Tagged: Work (581)

Twister 188

He was a failed decorator. He took up gardening but didn’t like getting grass stains on his white paints. He called his fat mother and cried

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Twister 328

He felt essential. But when the CEO proudly proclaimed “ties are the new socks” he’d had enough. He went back to his desk and set it on fire

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Twister 448

He left work and discovered he’d left the keys in the minivan. He struck up a conversation with a young cop. It ended in shame on both sides

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Twister 572

They called their pies “tarts” and overcharged for everything. Add an “e” to tart and we’re golden, he says. Greed tastes so good, she says.

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Twister 701

He woke up feeling ill. My ass just exploded, he told his secretary on the phone. Boom, he said. I really don’t need to know that, she said.

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Twister 806

They huddle around the table, this disparate group, the office wunderkinds, and they try to fix the thing. But they can’t. Even they know it

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Twister 934

He undoes his tie and walks home. Then he decides to down a shot at each bar he passes. And then in the park he kicks a pigeon. Just because

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Twister 1157

He takes a pencil and jams it into his hand and he calls HR and says he’s been stabbed. But not in the back, he says, because I can’t reach.

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Twister 1283

The butcher wears an ascot. During the novocaine of winter, he is tasked with making dead things delicious. “Funkytown” plays on the stereo.

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Twister 1454

She walks into the office and smells that thing again. She bumps into her boss and he smiles and says I smell it too. It’s the smell of fear

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