Tagged: Work (581)

T 4219

I fell asleep. Then I was roused and promoted to CEO and was told to go back to sleep and soon we’d all made a million bucks. I fell asleep.

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T 4211

She was a successful actress once. Before the tabloid thing. So she accepts the ad for corn chips. Maybe it’ll get me laid again, she thinks.

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T 4203

The chambermaid says, Where are you from? But she doesn’t realize how complicated her question is for him. He smiles. I have to go, he says.

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T 4200

I was her gardener. She said, That feels funny to me. And I said, Not as funny as this feels. And then for no reason she put her clothes on.

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T 4197

The animals stopped performing. Like they were on strike. The crowd demanded refunds. Then it rained. And the lions ordered falafel for all.

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T 4195

The new secretary was trouble. At home, he told his wife about her. Sounds like trouble, she said. With that confirmed, he got into trouble.

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T 4194

The CEO steps into the conference room and says simply, We can do better, and then he exits and then the dancing takes on even more urgency.

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T 4192

They found him writhing under a desk. Are you ok? he was asked. He was and so the meeting started. What a lousy day to try out the new thong.

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T 4140

Management brought in a magician to entertain employees. The obvious jokes made the rounds. And then the layoffs. Like magic, they were told.  

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T 4137

He is a doorman. He greets everyone with an infectious smile. He does this every day. For a decade. Then his dog dies. And his smile is gone.

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