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Submitted to Contest #153
"This...this is the hill you're willing to die on?" He eyed me for what felt like two years and then finally nodded in the affirmative. I dropped my head in my hands and clawed at my face in frustration. "I can't believe we're arguing over this," I muttered, running my hands through my hair to emphasize my point. "It's important." "It's really not." "How can you say that?" "Because my tastes differ from yours," I countered. "But does that make your taste correct?" "In this instance, yes." Jim, my current sparring partner, s...
Submitted to Contest #142
"I take this task very seriously," Alice said. I was waiting for a punchline, but one didn't come. Alice, the boss librarian at my local branch, stood behind the counter wearing a smart, smocked dress and a serious look on her face. I'd been to this branch a dozen or so times and seen her hustling in the back but had never spoken to her before. Until today. "It can be a life or death decision," she said. Again, I waited for a punchline that never arrived. "Ugh," I started, "well, I like adventure books. Preferably ones that don't perso...
Submitted to Contest #26
"Of course, but there is a catch."It's a phrase I've said a thousand times to a thousand different people about a thousand different things. Sometimes the people actually HEAR the catch and walk away. I can't waste my time thinking about what could've been with them - only that I need to keep going. Sometimes they're ready to sign on the proverbial dotted line when some long-dead animal instinct kicks in and they run away. But sometimes they sign and those times are the best times.Who am I? What do I offer? It all really depends on where we ...
Submitted to Contest #25
The message in my inbox haunted me. "Performance Review Reminder" in bold letters from my company's HR ghoul. I was nervous but not because I was bad at my job - I do all right - but because there had recently been a merger of two companies and I was starting to feel a bit redundant. I was afraid the company might share my opinion and send me packing. Not a great way to start the week.The meeting was scheduled for after my lunch break but there was no way I'd be able to eat something other than my fears. I left the office just the same but m...
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