Tagged: Work (581)

Twister 3239

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The nightly special is couscous, and by the end of the evening, the waitress with the lisp will lose her job. Because the chef is heartless.

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Twister 3552

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

And the meeting entered another dimension, where time didn’t exist and donuts had yet to be invented, and he stood and declared his insanity

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Twister 63

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Jones misses the chair and falls flat on his ass. His boss watches this and rolls his eyes. I could sure use some barbecue, the boss thinks

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Twister 163

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He was a sickly kid, picked on. He grew up and went into politics. He was forever in grade three, hearing the taunts. He was the taunter now

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Twister 287

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He sneezed during the speech and he felt another one coming. He got up and then he sneezed again. The director of HR put her hand on his leg

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Twister 431

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

People stood in line, burdened by winter coats, the thermostat set way too high. He did that on purpose. And he took long lunch breaks, too.

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Twister 543

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They tried to scream bloody murder at the conference of mutes. The champagne corks popped without ooing and ahing. The silence was deafening

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Twister 672

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He was a thumbless carpenter with a habit of nose picking and bar brawls. The papers wrote about him often. Until they went out of business.

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Twister 765

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He made some money. Then he lost it. Then he made a lot of money. And lost it all. Then he made even more. This will never get old, he said.

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Twister 902

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He looked like a garden gnome but with long hippy hair. Even his children were afraid of him. Though his looks made him an effective lawyer.

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