Wednesday is here and it looks like the week is going to go by pretty fast. Last week I asked your opinion of the title of this mid-week feature and received some really good responses. The net-net was to indicate in the title that the story is very short (which it is) since a lot of bloggers really don’t have the time to read long posts. So this week the result is up there and hopefully it will lure attract some readers to the actual content. I’ll just have to wait and see. This week’s story concerns the element of not enough time to take care of things properly. It is titled Too Busy and I hope you enjoy it.
Too Busy by John W. Howell ©2014
“Did you get a chance to read the report I sent you, sir.”
“Sorry Ray, but I just didn’t have a chance to finish it.”
“Did you read any part of it Frank?”
“Well yeah, I got a few pages in.”
“And you ran out of time?”
“Let me be honest. The report was pretty boring and way too long.”
“But the subject of stealing and selling company secrets is a complex subject.”
“Sure. I know that. Don’t worry about it; I forwarded the damn thing up the line. Let’s let the big shots earn their money. As far as I’m concerned you did your job.”
“I wish you had finished the report.”
“We all wish for things that never come true. So sorry Ray what can I do about it now?”
“I guess you’re right. If you had read it and before you sent it on maybe we could have helped you.”
“What do you mean?”
“I named suspects in there Frank and your name was at the top of the list. By the way, corporate security is headed over here. I have to go now.”
Fiction Favorites 
Brilliant
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This is rich. Um, Someone rich is going to jail. I can’t stop laughing. Love the punch line. 😀 😀
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Thank you so much
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~(*_~)~~
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Now that is cool
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😀
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🙂
On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 10:48 AM, Fiction Favorites wrote:
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I love this! I’m always tempted to put some odd thought in a report just to see if anyone is really reading the whole thing 😉
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It’s like the old “if you read this far check the box.” Thanks Marie
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When are you going to learn, Frank. 🙂
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I hope never.
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Me too. Wouldn’t seem right.
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Oh Frank…how will you get out of this one!?
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Good thing he has a thousand lives
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I’m starting to feel sorry for old Frank. Is he a loveable antihero now? 😉
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gonna have to change that feeling
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Ha!! I bet that’s a fantasy story for many a corporate pen-pusher! Well crafted!
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Used to be a corporate pen-pusher…so yes it is I resemble that.
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😀
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Thanks
On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 6:12 PM, Fiction Favorites wrote:
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I actually know people that were forward happy like this…except they would have copied to their staff and every manager above them. 😡
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We have all seen the reply to all that provided much humor. Thanks Kitt
On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 7:58 PM, Fiction Favorites wrote:
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Frank goes from worse to worse-er. 🙂
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and back again. He is a bad boy.
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