The task? Write a story in 6 sentences, no more no less, and if you’d like, share your creation or just visit and comment, with GirlieOnTheEdge, Denise. The prompt is “Beam”, and here’s where you join the party: Six Sentence Stories Link
It had been a very long day, in fact it had been a very long and stressful day, and what’s more, it had been a very long and stressful month. When he thought about it, the entire year had been like that: non-stop work, no boundaries.
He realized, with dull surprise, he was missing the backdrop of multiple keyboards clicking, co-workers watching cute cat videos on Youtube, the juicy details of personal phone calls overheard, the smack of mouths licking greasy fingers during working lunches, and even the snik-snik-snik of that one woman who clipped her nails in her cubicle.
And with another, more intense wave of the virus rolling through after the holidays, it didn’t look like they’d be going back to an in-person workplace any time soon.
He poured a bit more Jim Beam into the lowball glass, took a swig, and grimaced at the sweet bourbon bite, noticing that the bottle was draining a bit more quickly than it had, say, six months ago,
He smiled at the thought that tomorrow he could mask up and see the familiar folks at the liquor store.
© Liz Husebye Hartmann (2020)
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PROMPT WORD: BEAM
Valley of the Trolls 
A friend who works at a state liquor store said it’s been good for business.
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I believe it. In my state, during the first shut, liquor stores were classed as Essential businesses, and allowed to stay open. Go figure…
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I just haven’t figured out the essential part…
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I think many people thought it would be kind of fun to work from home and bake bread and take up new hobbies. Then the second week of quarantine happened and it stopped being so fun. We are social animals, aren’t we, even as we might complain about it? Terrific 6!
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Social animals? Yes! Even us introverts…😉
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Funny how our familiar environments can change so quickly…. Loved this story!
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Thanks Ann! Yes, there’s been a lot of that this year!
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Some people do not work well in isolation. It has been stressful and unfortunately, you can’t drown your sorrows and stresses, they float.
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Yep. Have also heard that hope floats
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Yep. Have also heard that hope floats, so maybe th as it’s the better garnish…
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This is a revealing look into some office settings. What a great descriptive third sentence! Well done SSS.
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Thank you, Pat!
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This is very real. I think I knew that guy…oh, and every office had its nail clippperer person…oh dear.
Great six. I could see, feel, and hear it.
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You captured it well, but hey, who else misses that person who wanders from cube to cube taking everyone off task with small talk?
BTW: Bars are closed but Total Wine and More tastings are still going strong. Go figure.
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No perfection to be found anywhere, I guess 😦
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and yet, surely there is opportunity in the deprivation… (I can’t be the only one thinking, ‘damn, gots to work on my formal business letter chops… more sight than sound these days)
fun (and thoughtful) Six!
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There’s opportunity…but we’re getting tired. 😉
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Social isolation has its costs.
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It does indeed. So much fatigue!
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Wow. So well done, Liz.
I’d say your Six pretty accurately reflects the reality of so many people dealing with the effects of this pandemic.
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Thanks! It’s strange, the things we never thought we’d miss.
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This is great, Liz. You have so much detail.
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Thanks! (I may have borrowed from Real Life, Lol!)!
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