THE APPOINTMENT!

THE APPOINTMENT!

A Story by mick weller
"

communication lets me down...

"

Hello?

Hello... are you all right?

...all right?

IT'S ME.

ME.

LISTEN, PRESS THAT BUTTON

MOTHER, LISTEN, PRESS THAT GREEN BUTTON

GREEN BUTTON

orgh... 'phew ...'

PRESS THE GREEN BUTTON!

HAVE YOU PRESSED IT... CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?

I'VE MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR YOU... AT THE HOSPITAL... ABOUT YOUR EARS...

NEXT WEDNESDAY... HALF-PAST TWO... WEDNESDAY...


WED-NEZ-DAY

NO I'LL TAKE YOU. I'LL SEE YOU BEFORE THEN ANYWAY.

OKAY. BYE.

© 2009 mick weller


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gasp - Emily's review was abruptly cut off! is she ok?!?

"I -"

lol, just kidding. she is fine, i just spoke to her.
back to your story...

very amusing. you have a gift for dialogue
"WED-NEZ-DAY" - we [people] do this.

the mundane. aka the real and important.

Great piece Mick.
Thanks for your review earlier.

Posted 15 Years Ago


2 of 2 people found this review constructive.




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Was smiling all the way through this because you have captured the moment of frustration so well! I can see you smacking your forhead with your hand and draging it over your face to vent your feelings ... very well done!

Posted 14 Years Ago


gasp - Emily's review was abruptly cut off! is she ok?!?

"I -"

lol, just kidding. she is fine, i just spoke to her.
back to your story...

very amusing. you have a gift for dialogue
"WED-NEZ-DAY" - we [people] do this.

the mundane. aka the real and important.

Great piece Mick.
Thanks for your review earlier.

Posted 15 Years Ago


2 of 2 people found this review constructive.

And if it's this difficult to have the common things understood, how do we get across the communication rifts that the big stuff causes?

I

Posted 15 Years Ago


2 of 2 people found this review constructive.


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...and so it became interesting to write about the mundane - maybe master of the short story Guy-de-Maupassant's tale 'The Piece of String' was a pivotal experience... ha ha. http://www.online-liter.. more..

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