Tagged: Work (581)

Twister 1129

He woke up, showered, got dressed. He boarded a bus. He got off a bus. He went to an office. He dreamed about hanging himself. He went home.

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Twister 1271

He lost his job because of a ham sandwich with mustard. And the ugly stain it created on Mr. Lee’s pants. And what Mrs. Lee thought it was.

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Twister 1431

Jones walks into the boss’s office and says, I lack power. The boss says, And then some. Jones slumps. Do you hear sad music? the boss says.

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Twister 1548

The watchman sneezes and wakes the cats and quickly regrets not taking his allergy pills; just another regret before the tigers are upon him

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Twister 1668

It was just words, and they knew it, but words still mattered. Two of them got it. But not the boss. He sat playing with his paper airplanes

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Twister 1823

He was an ad man and then went into antiques and gave his store the tag line “Love Your Junk.” Everyone got the joke except his ex-boyfriend

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Twister 1975

She gave the mailman a coffee and he took this the wrong way and made a comment and she pushed him away and he said, The terrorists have won

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Twister 2173

Then he tried to rhyme a word with “eternal” and he knew the interview was over. And he had failed again. You see, he said, I’m bad at life.

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Twister 2350

He dug a hole just for the sake of digging it. He went inside to get a beer. It’s come to this, he told his wife. And he returned to the job

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Twister 2546

Jones gets a thrill from the tears of subordinates. He yells a lot. The office rings with his wrath. When he gets home, his kids ignore him.

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