After an expensive meal with my buddies at a local steakhouse, I handed the waitress my Visa card. A few minutes later, she returned, looking perplexed, handed me my card, which she’d apparently cut into small pieces, and said, “It expired.”
What a day! After losing my job and fighting with my wife, this was the last straw. In anger, I jumped to my feet and pulled off the tablecloth, scattering plates, glasses and silverware. I threw the tablecloth on the floor, turned, and ran out of the restaurant, my friends close behind me.
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Thanks to Girlie on the Edge for inspiring the above work of flash fiction with her six-sentence story prompt, in which the given word is “Visa.” You can click here to participate in this week’s hop and read other bloggers’ six-sentence creations.
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New! Why Grandma Doesn’t Know Me
Copyright 2021 by Abbie Johnson Taylor.
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Sixteen-year-old Natalie’s grandmother, suffering from dementia and confined to a wheelchair, lives in a nursing home and rarely recognizes Natalie. But one Halloween night, she tells her a shocking secret that only she and Natalie’s mother know. Natalie is the product of a one-night stand between her mother, who is a college English teacher, and another professor.
After some research, Natalie learns that people with dementia often have vivid memories of past events. Still not wanting to believe what her grandmother has told her, she finds her biological father online. The resemblance between them is undeniable. Not knowing what else to do, she shows his photo and website to her parents.
Natalie realizes she has some growing up to do. Scared and confused, she reaches out to her biological father, and they start corresponding.
Her younger sister, Sarah, senses their parents’ marital difficulties. At Thanksgiving, when she has an opportunity to see Santa Claus, she asks him to bring them together again. Can the jolly old elf grant her request?
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Very descriptive way to escape from paying the bill. I like how the card was cut up when it was returned.
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Thank you. I’ve actually heard of restaurant employees cutting up customers’ expired credit cards. Talk about adding insult to injury.
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Oh boy! What an exit! Haha.
Great story 🙂
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Thank you. My uncle told me years ago that when he was in college, he and his friends often ate dinner in an expensive restaurant. But they wouldn’t even try to pay. At some point after they finished their meal, someone would yell, “Omaha!” Then, they would pull the tablecloth off the table and otherwise create a raucous before running out of the restaurant.
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Haha, that’s fantastic 😂
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A perfectly reasonable response, I think! 😛
–Shay
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Thank you.
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I feel badly for him, and for the staff that had to deal with the mess.
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I know what you mean. I’d like to think that his friends convinced him to go back and let them pay for the meal and for any broken glasses and plates. I couldn’t add that to the story without going over the six-sentence limit.
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Now that, is what I call a bad day! And clearly the straw that broke the camel’s back.
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Absolutely! Thanks.
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