Wordsmith Holler

Original Pulp Fiction

Tag: office workers

  • Water Cooler Talk

    Water Cooler Talk

    A Conversation

    “I’ve lost my cereal bowl. I had it Friday.”

    “Did you look in the refrigerator?”

    “You nailed it. I found it on my desk. I didn’t finish my soup.”

    “Those new extensions?”

    “Maybe.”

    “I don’t understand why you change color or hair length every week.”

    “It makes me more interesting.”

    “The water cooler took three minutes to give me hot water.”

    “It’s not sucking from the bottle.”

    “Yeah, that’s what I meant.”

    “No. It’s not getting any air so the water isn’t coming out.”

    “Well, that sucks. I really don’t want this leftover soup.”

    “Dump it out.”

    “I should have done that when I was looking for a cereal bowl.”

    “Then you would have missed out on our water cooler talk.”

    “Perhaps. But it was more fun this way.”

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  • The Baby Picture

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    “The usual?” Mary grabbed two slices of sourdough from a bag before slapping on some tuna salad.

    “Yeah,” Tom replied looking around the deli.

    Two small puddles of rain water merged on the floor. He shook the drops from his umbrella before sticking it into a cloth grocery sack. Water leaked through the canvas of the heavy bag. He looked around to see if anyone saw its contents.

    Mary sliced through his sandwich, placed it on a plate with pickle, and pushed it toward him. He placed on his tray a banana from the fruit basket and a cello-wrapped brownie from the deserts.

    “Just a cup of ice water,” he said paying for the lunch.

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