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“Hello – I am currently busy working on some fiction for a competition. Or at least I would be if I wasn’t wasting time writing this message, letting myself get all distracted again. Actually writing something for a purpose is, it seems, somewhat harder than I thought, so it is taking a while.
While you wait, please feel free to shake your head at me disapprovingly for my actions yesterday. I managed to drop my coat from the above-seat rack on the train, onto the head of the lady in front. I apologised immediately of course, but she just kept rubbing her head and looking at me disgusted. I apologised again but she kept going, loudly huffing her hatred of all things male and yet again rubbing her head. I remind you that it was just that my coat flopped on to her head. I apologised a third time but when this too was ignored in favour of making a massive fuss, I snapped. I pointed out to her that she could stop pulling the ugly faces now, because I’ve apologised three times already. To be fair, she did stop making a fuss, but I think on reflection that I may have been a tad sharp there.
After walking away I managed to clip the back heel of another lady by the ticket gates, knocking her shoe clean off. I absolutely hate that when it happens to me. This lady turned and gave me a sharp look, but as the crowded melee pushed us apart, there wasn’t really much I could say.
It may please these ladies to know that Karma intervened when I got to my tube station, I managed to ‘fall’ up the stairs, jarring my shoulder when I braced for landing. My shoulder still hurts a bit, which should help cheer the women of London up a little, I suspect.
Anyway, I really do need to get back to work, this story won’t write itself and I’d quite like to try and win something, it is now well and truly mid-October and the people from the Bridport Prize still haven’t contacted me, so it is safe to say I can’t count on their prize money to pay for my Christmas cheese board.
Please leave me a message after the tone…”
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13 comments:
I wouldn't worry too much about those two ladies - you did your best to apologise and anyway, no one's perfect - least of all them!
Good luck with your writing - I need inspiration for a story before 3pm tomorrow so if you've any going spare then please send it this-a-way! ;-)
Okay - best i can do is this... there is this big family, loads of kids who can all sing. Then this Nanny comes along who can also sing and looks a bit like Mary Poppins. She sings with them for a bit and then they all escape to Switzerland.
It needs a little bit of work, but it was short notice...
Hmmmm - hasn't that one already been done ....?
;-p
I am sure that you don't need copy that one. Your flash fiction has been brilliant to date. All you need to do is take one of those stories and expand on it. ;-)
That is one of my pet peeves...something happens and you apologize profusely and you still get the death glare, geeze! Hope we get to read your story when you are done, always enjoy your writing. Penny
I missed the deadline on a flash fiction story a couple of weeks ago but since I liked the idea so much I made a promise to myself to continue and expand upon it.
Its been two weeks now and I have yet to even look at it.
Maybe this weekend.
Sue - Bah was Tom Cruize in it :-)
Annie - Thank you - very nice of you to say that
Penny - Thank you also. unwarrented death glares are just wrong!
Beach Bum - maybe... :-)
Glen, ya goof (that covers the post AND the comments!)
Pearl
I wish I had been hit by a coat; but instead, while sitting in my seat on a plane waiting for everyone to get off in front of me, a #@$%! man hit me on the head with his suitcase when he pulled it out of the overhead storage. Now that smarted. Sounds like your day was pretty bad. Hope the ensuing days have improved and your shoulder is better.
I think they will live. Someone must have peed in their cereal that morning. :D Hey Glen, I have given you an award because you are awesome!! Stop by to pick it up!!
Kathy
http://gigglingtruckerswife.blogspot.com/2011/10/tell-me-all-about-yourself-award.html
yay glen's fiction! always a pleasure.
You're a monster. I like your style, though.
+followed
Pearl - I know.
CW - now that sounds painful - I spilled tea on a lady on a plane once...
Kathy - thanks - I'll head over :-)
Christina - happy to oblige :-0
Elliot - well hello :-)
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