Wednesday micro-story challenge: in 300 characters or less, write a story (fiction or non; it could even be a poem) about...work.
06:55 PM - Jul 05, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
I wish I could schedule time for when I need to take time off in the middle of my day and be back before its time to clock out.
I wish I could finish before I start and know in advance what I had to do. Chins would drop.
I wish I had a job like that to complain about.
Magicians assistant wanted.
I wish I could finish before I start and know in advance what I had to do. Chins would drop.
I wish I had a job like that to complain about.
Magicians assistant wanted.
08:59 PM - Aug 18, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
Staring out the window down onto the people racing to and fro on the street, he considered their lives; full of angst and stress about bills to pay and people to emulate. Here they were rushing off to cubicles and warehouses where all their dreams came to die. The misery of it all made he so sad.
12:23 PM - Jul 27, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
“Community you say?” “Why, yes.” “How can that be? Are you at all aquatinted with the 1980’s?” “I think so”. “Then recall, the Lady T declared an end to society, it ceased to exist. Can therefore community exist without society?” “ Well, that’s a hell of a question for hump day!”
10:24 PM - Jul 26, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
HS! I thought I was following you this whole time! I love ur challenges. I’m glad they were popping up on my TL. Def following now! TY for the content and engagement 🥰
08:22 AM - Jul 20, 2023
(Edited)
In response to Professor Kyle.
I had been sliding the temporary cubicle partition an inch a day for weeks, until my office space had doubled in size and hers was so small she barely had room to hang a coat on her chair. She never caught me, but she often mumbled about filing an age discrimination suit against our employer.
01:05 AM - Jul 20, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
Did you hear what happened?
Nope, Jerry, I missed it.
Kelsey lost her shit with Doug and the client in the conference room!
Well, I had crunched my way thru a glittery carpet of shattered glass, soggy papers and spilled water to get the coffee pot.
I smiled into my steaming mug.
My plan worked.
Nope, Jerry, I missed it.
Kelsey lost her shit with Doug and the client in the conference room!
Well, I had crunched my way thru a glittery carpet of shattered glass, soggy papers and spilled water to get the coffee pot.
I smiled into my steaming mug.
My plan worked.
11:39 PM - Jul 19, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
“And then the client said - bring me a rock - so I did” she said, walking away, her heels crunching over the shattered glass, stained red by the pooling blood.
11:32 PM - Jul 19, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
His lips parted ready to hurl the words he knew would hurt most. 17 years of marriage; familiarity breeds weaponry. Fuck it, she had started it. He glared into her eyes, then saw a stray lash just below her left one. He sighed, reached out and plucked it from her soft freckled cheek. And smiled.
11:29 PM - Jul 19, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
He stood stiffly before the watching throng, as his bride approached, dressed all in white. Her face was blank, but her eyes were hollows of despair.
This marriage would unite the realm. But the prince knew, as he placed a perfunctory kiss on her unresponsive lips, she would rather it had burned.
This marriage would unite the realm. But the prince knew, as he placed a perfunctory kiss on her unresponsive lips, she would rather it had burned.
11:11 PM - Jul 19, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
She frowns wearily at the bottle tucked behind the boxes. Another. The cans in the garbage. The glass behind the couch. The empties in the closet.
He seemed fine.
Almost good.
He promised.
And then chaos.
The call from jail. A DUI.
Another.
Can he quit?
He's not ready.
She weeps. Another.
He seemed fine.
Almost good.
He promised.
And then chaos.
The call from jail. A DUI.
Another.
Can he quit?
He's not ready.
She weeps. Another.
09:29 PM - Jul 12, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
Love this! Came searching for this after @nancycharette mentioned your weekly micro-story challenges. 🤭
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Time drifts me out into a sea of thoughts…the riptide dragging me from the forbidden shore of the weekend. I gaze longingly back, paddling with all my might to return.
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Time drifts me out into a sea of thoughts…the riptide dragging me from the forbidden shore of the weekend. I gaze longingly back, paddling with all my might to return.
10:57 PM - Jul 07, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
A little late, but what the hell.
"The bipedal predator stalks amongst the generic bodies, hunched in feigned concentration,
Lost in the moment, the discordant cacophony,
A mediocre understanding in the monotonous drive towards another's goals"
"The bipedal predator stalks amongst the generic bodies, hunched in feigned concentration,
Lost in the moment, the discordant cacophony,
A mediocre understanding in the monotonous drive towards another's goals"
06:31 PM - Jul 06, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
My Experience with a 40 Hour Work Week by Genocon
It sucks.
The End.
It sucks.
The End.
04:53 PM - Jul 06, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
Woke with a start in the rocking chair! Reached for the glass of wine on the table next to me. Took a swig. Tasted funny. "Now, what was I doing again? Ah, yes, baiting rat traps."
11:17 PM - Jul 05, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
Labor of Love
With pen on paper
this proves I have something to
say about today.
With pen on paper
this proves I have something to
say about today.
11:10 PM - Jul 05, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
Young me, working in a fancy hotel shop. A guy enters, "I need a tie." I look at what he is wearing and offer him a tie, I have to tie it for him.
He comes back a few hours later and punches me in the shoulder, "The tie went over great, thanks."
My thoughts later, "What if the tie had failed?"
He comes back a few hours later and punches me in the shoulder, "The tie went over great, thanks."
My thoughts later, "What if the tie had failed?"
10:40 PM - Jul 05, 2023
In response to Carla Reid + Chilla.
Ha! Love it. If this were a movie he would keep coming back asking for clothing advice.
10:45 PM - Jul 05, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
Based on a true story
John Anderson took a last glance around to make sure everything was set as the properties' owner had been out of town for the duration of the job.
Pulling up to the site the owner exited his car and looked aghast, "John Anderson, you painted the wrong house!"
John Anderson took a last glance around to make sure everything was set as the properties' owner had been out of town for the duration of the job.
Pulling up to the site the owner exited his car and looked aghast, "John Anderson, you painted the wrong house!"
10:05 PM - Jul 05, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
How many people enjoy their job?
🤔 wrong question.
How many people enjoy their coworkers?
🤔 not quite.
🤓 Ok.. got it.. it's not about numbers.. it's about you..
Do you enjoy your job? Coworkers?
Commute?
🤔 Got it!
What do you find that gives you that feeling of accomplishment?
🤔 wrong question.
How many people enjoy their coworkers?
🤔 not quite.
🤓 Ok.. got it.. it's not about numbers.. it's about you..
Do you enjoy your job? Coworkers?
Commute?
🤔 Got it!
What do you find that gives you that feeling of accomplishment?
08:31 PM - Jul 05, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
Always enjoy your challenges to see what people come up with. Verbally challenged here.
07:20 PM - Jul 05, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
There it was again. I had heard the noise before in my dream. I reached for my phone and the alert on the screen made me jump to my feet and race downstairs. I breathed a sigh of relief as I hit "join meeting," but my blood ran cold when I heard the leader speak.
"Everyone, turn on your cameras."
"Everyone, turn on your cameras."
07:19 PM - Jul 05, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
Tree-covered mountains and a lake visible behind me, I, face the wall, and write and code technical material sent out in machines. The work brings mental stimulation, happiness, pay. The devil finds work for idle minds to do, and the Internet mind means mine is never idle, working or playing.
07:05 PM - Jul 05, 2023
