Jiggle Juice and Cleavage — Daniel Eness

A space elevator technician finds himself caught between a world he doesn't understand and a world he doesn't want to understand when he takes on an emergency repair job as he scales the ancient, collapsing old "beanpole" that connects to a freight satellite in the Clarke Belt. Jiggle Juice and Cleavage is a short story of the future past."Ray covered his entire face with his hand, gently gnawing on the heel of it. He guessed at approximately twelve words that could instantly change his employment status for the worse. Leto said, "Ray, you are going to have to be flexible. You've got to fix it without batteries. I'm sorry, yesterday's inventory reports showed that there were still three in storage, but I see now that they were removed late last night."The oxygen stores are draining. You need to get that platform up to the satellite and the reserve tanks one way or the other, or -" Leto stopped, but Ray knew exactly what Leto was thinking, because Ray was thinking it too: Or people die.