2805. SLURP! © Bruce Goodman 5 August 2023

Kitty was incorrigible. She slurped her coffee in the staff room. One would be sitting down to have a drink of purified water and a salt-free cracker after several hours of paperwork and SLURP. Kitty the vacuum cleaner would be sucking up her coffee. SLURP. SLURP. No one in the staff room could think. “Kitty, can you slurp a bit quieter? Some of us have had a busy morning and want to spend a few moments chilling out.” SLURP. Oh hell’s bells and buggy wheels. I’d had enough. I stood, went over to Kitty and threw my glass of purified water at her face. “Take that, you pig,” I said. Honest to God… That’s why I’m currently out of a job. No doubt Kitty will have no trouble employing someone else. Contact Author Back to Index Next Story Previous Story