Stories tagged “boss”
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What a mistake
He crashed into the office obviously had taken a few beers, maybe quite a few beers, maybe quite a few beers followed by a load of chasers. Damn ok he was loaded. He went into an odd rambling that he had won the lottery and his numbers were the full ma...
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She Came for the Party
“He’s been quite the gentleman,” Lucinda said sweetly, causing Ben’s heart to leap in his chest. His boss did not answer, having already lost interest in the topic as he wandered towards the assortment of bottles and decanters o...
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Passing Notes
In the three weeks since she’d wandered into the coffee shop, she’d grown quite accustomed to the rhythms of the place. Breakfast and lunch were intense and the evenings ran on forever, it seemed. Regulars greeted her by name, and she was n...
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Have a Nice Weekend
4:35 PM, Friday: Not too bad – only 25 minutes until the end of another week that lasted a year. I think I can get through it without smashing my head against my cube’s half-wall. I’m pretty sure that I won’t get fired until nex...
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Lackluster
“Miles, we need to talk.” Great. She’s going to try to be professional. I watched her straighten up behind her desk, making her already ample chest more flattering. She was like some animal in the wild, puffing up to intimidate. I was...
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19 million dollar Accountant
As soon as Theo saw Stew amongst a couple corporate level executives, he felt a rush of energy and direction. Without hesitation, Theo headed to the punch bowl where the men in expensive suits were gossiping money matters. “Mr. Sanko, Mr. Laveen,...
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Rusty Grotto to the Rescue
A cry came from around the corner, “Rusty!” That’d be me, Rusty Grotto. I told her to stay in the club, but did she ever listen? No, she didn’t. And to think, people referred to her as the brains of the operation. Hoofing as fas...
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Rusty and Tequila, Up and Down
She gave my handiwork her usual look. I never knew what to make of it, except that it wasn’t exactly ‘pleased’ or necessarily ‘approving’. The violence was always done at her bidding or for her sake, so that didn’t m...
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Sleeping with the fishes
“You trouble me Harry, you are bad news,” Li’l Joey said with a toothpick in his mouth. He stared at Harry who was now tied to a block of cement on the edge of the pier. “I didn’ do nuthin Joey, I didn’ do nuthin!...
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Beginning with the Middle of Things
“Arma-freaking-dillo. Arma-freaking-armor-plated armadillo. Arma-what-the-freak-is-it armadillo-dillo-dillo…” Marcus babbled. How he ever managed to find the sanity to pull a job was beyond me. Sometimes I thought it was all an act with h...
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A Plausible Scapegoat Suggestion Failure
We turned to leave the house, but the stupid kid piped up. “And just what am I supposed to tell my mom about what just happened?” he shouted. “Or the neighbors?” Marcus was getting irate. Past experience taught that, if not corr...
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Extras: It All Happened in the Black Van
Sitting in the driver’s seat of a black van, a tall man with elvish ears turned to face his passengers. To our amusement, this man was our boss and was aptly named Mr. Elf. Mr. Elf gestured with his hands extravagantly as he rambled because he wa...
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Retrenchment
The worst part about breaking bad news is watching how they react. Some get real quiet. Some get mad. Some just stare blankly, not quite believing. But not this guy. The moment I got to ‘severence’, he began to cry. A grown man, bawling on ...