In the special occasion restaurant, one server said to the other, “Any idea who the party is on table ten? Every time I take something to the table, one of the older ladies comments how many dishes she had to wash to enjoy it; and everybody laughs.”
The dishwasher, being a veteran, overheard and went to look. The next time he saw the servers, he said, “The younger man on ten is the band leader at the No Thanks. He treats his bandmates’ parents to Valentine’s dinner for doing the dishes during the bar’s annual veterans-only Thanksgiving eve meal.”
Written in response to Charli Mills January 30, 2023, prompt at Carrot Ranch Literary: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about the dishes. It can be the every-single-day activity, a precious collection, or any other interpretation of dishes as objects or activities. Who is stuck with the dishes and why? Go where the prompt leads!
02/09/2023 at 07:39
That was a lotta dishes I’d say. A well deserved meal! Lovely take on the prompt, Sue.
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02/09/2023 at 14:21
Thank you, Gloria.
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02/12/2023 at 04:27
Michael’s a lovely man, and the volunteers are generous too.
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02/12/2023 at 08:24
Thanks, Norah. I see myself in the volunteers and it makes me happy to be a giver.
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02/13/2023 at 06:10
Perfect!
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