100 Word Story

About All I've Got Time For Today

The office worker gazed at the clock, hoping the phone would ring.

Not just any caller would do. All too often it was just cranky customers, or irate suppliers. Those calls added nothing to the day's ambiance.

No, the call needed to be a misdial, a wrong number. Someone hoping to reach Accounts Payable, or even Fleet Services. Then, fun would commence.

"Sounds like you're from up north somewhere. Is it true y'all eat boiled pig's balls there?"

"Your last name's Havelock? Wow. I banged the snot out of a girl named Havelock. Any relation?"

The hours just fly by...