Stories tagged “butter”
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Toast
He was anxious. She’d asked about the butter, and then it’d all gone quiet. He knew she sometimes found his little foibles frustrating, so he tried to curb the worst of them. But the butter just drove him nuts. There were mornings he ate th...
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Quandary
Amy was eating breakfast at the table when he came in. She was sitting precisely where he had been hoping she wouldn’t be, in the only chair that allowed a clear view of the open fridge’s interior. John took a clean coffee mug from the cupb...
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The Prize of Success
I always saw myself as a freedom fighter in the office. I waged a rebellious, guerrilla campaign against the stupid, the tyrannical, and the uncooperative. For some reason I always found battles to fight and Dilbert was my hero. Last week I had fought ...