Tuesday – Anything Possible – Finger Point Prompt – “Meeting”

~ John W. Howell

 

Today, I opened My GRL randomly to Page 25 and, with eyes closed, pointed to the page. My finger landed closest to the word” meeting.” That is our prompt today.

Meeting by John W. Howell © 2025

“What’s this meeting about?”

“I don’t know. I got a message to show up here at 9:00.”

“Yeah, me too. Makes me a little nervous.”

“Why’s that?”

“When the Boss calls a meeting with no subject, my mind always goes to a dark place.”

“Now that is silly. The Boss never calls meetings for bad news.”

“Well, this could be a first.”

“Besides, this is the holiday season, and we are way too busy for bad news.”

“All well and good. I’ve heard rumors that Amazon and free deliveries are putting the squeeze on traditional holiday outlets.”

“That may be true for some, but all our gifts are custom-made. Are you worried about a layoff?”

“That has crossed my mind.”

“Believe me, if there was going to be a layoff, it would have happened in the spring, not in the middle of the holidays.”

“That does make sense. We are needed right now.”

“You feel better?”

“Yes. Thank you.”

“Good. You’re fired.”

“W-what?”

“Just playing with you. Relax. Everything is okay.”

“You had me there.”

“One more point. The entire team needs you to guide the sleigh. Especially if it is foggy.”

“Thank you, Prancer. As the last to join the team, you can see why I might worry.”

“You’re good kid. Oh look. Here comes Santa, and if I’m not mistaken, he has a bag of oats slung over his shoulder. Looks like the reason for the meeting is a par-tay. Now smile.”

55 thoughts on “Tuesday – Anything Possible – Finger Point Prompt – “Meeting””

  16. Ha ha that was funny and I did not expect that. Santa has a billion children to visit who are spread across the globe. 0.0000864 seconds per child including travel time. That is not the time to fire reindeers.

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  20. When the Boss called a meeting with no subject, in my experience, that was never good. I was feeling for your characters. Then I got suspicious of your devious mind, John, and wondered what non-human you might have sneaked in… Yet I still didn’t get to reindeer — (despite the fact that I made reindeer Christmases for two days!) until the word “guide.” You clever devil. 😉 Hugs.

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