Genre Shorties Week 53: Terror in Two

Use two (or more) of these PAIRS of words to describe your day at the office.

hop / hope
glob / globe
cop / cope
lob / lobe
bar / bare
spit / spite

Two pairs from the list, that is, should be in your story.

Your story may be serious or lighthearted or as silly as you like just so long as it is 100 or fewer words.

Terror in Two

I stopped at the bar after work to bare my soul to Sid, the moonlighting cop turned bartender; it was the only way I could cope with day I had at the office.

“You would not believe the spite at work today. Bob spit at Marge, I watched Cecil lob a stapler at Denis and Tim bit Peggy on the ear lobe.” I shook my head. “I had to hop out of there early. I hope tomorrow’s a quieter day.”

Sid wiped a glob off the brass globe behind the bar. “It sounds tough at the Wee Kids Twin Daycare.”

Comments: 33

Angela A. Mar 7, 2011, 9:15pm UTC

Ha, ha. I had thought it would be one thing, and it ended up being another.
Very clever!

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A. F. Stewart Mar 7, 2011, 9:40pm UTC

Thanks.

Angela A. Mar 8, 2011, 8:12pm UTC

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Brenda Youngerman Mar 7, 2011, 9:24pm UTC

Very clever....and nary a mention of a creature of the night!

A. F. Stewart Mar 7, 2011, 9:38pm UTC

Those terror tots are far more frightening than any night creatures.

Brenda Youngerman Mar 7, 2011, 9:49pm UTC

oh...sounds like you're speaking from experience!

A. F. Stewart Mar 8, 2011, 9:22am UTC

Just observation.

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JustMe ~I'm happy to be~ Mar 7, 2011, 9:48pm UTC

Good one! :)

A. F. Stewart Mar 8, 2011, 9:22am UTC

Thank you.

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Tracy Fabre Mar 7, 2011, 9:55pm UTC

You are just about the best at the surprise zinger ending -- and "terror tots" is LOL-able as well!

A. F. Stewart Mar 8, 2011, 9:31am UTC

The term "terror tots" came about after attending a rowdy matinee for the movie Toy Story.

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JOHN BECK Mar 7, 2011, 10:15pm UTC

Clever twist at the ending. Makes it fun to reread.

A. F. Stewart Mar 8, 2011, 9:50am UTC

Thanks.

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david f. Mar 8, 2011, 12:38am UTC

excellent job!

A. F. Stewart Mar 8, 2011, 10:36am UTC

Thank you.

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lynn a. Mar 8, 2011, 5:37am UTC

Never would I have expected the work place to be a day care center. It caused me to read the whole thing all over. Sounds about right.

A. F. Stewart Mar 8, 2011, 11:36am UTC

I do tend to be a bit tricky.

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Michael Fishman Mar 8, 2011, 7:42am UTC

Great ending, A.F.! After reading about Tim and Peggy I was thinking it might be a fun place to work, but not now! Good hint in the title, too!

A. F. Stewart Mar 8, 2011, 10:33am UTC

Glad you liked it.

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Kay M Mar 8, 2011, 12:40pm UTC

I'm laughing at the last line and imagining the feelings of terror that biting kids can invoke. Very clever.

A. F. Stewart Mar 8, 2011, 3:51pm UTC

Always pleased to invoke laughter.

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Bernard C. Mar 8, 2011, 12:46pm UTC

Quite good use of the given prompts - what a bar - hey ? - thanks for sharing :-)

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Kimberly Blackadar Mar 8, 2011, 1:53pm UTC

I love this. As I read it, I wasn't picturing a daycare, but a very dysfunctional workplace. The ending makes perfect sense, but I thoroughly enjoyed the erroneous imagery. :)