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Elizabeth Crabtree

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2020

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To: Stranger

I looked at her, sitting patiently, a purple shopping bag clutched close to her body. Click. “Attention passengers, I regret to inform you that the train will be stopped for another hour or two until we figure out what the problem is,” the conductor matter-of-factly announced over the intercom. Click. Immediately, sighs of desperation filled the car as passengers angrily muttered to themselves and others about how shitty the subway system was. But this woman, who sat politely holding her shopping bag, didn’t seem to comprehend the inconvenie...

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Pointless

Submitted to Contest #76

That’s it. This. This is the final straw. Getting up from my desk, I storm over to Sandburns office and throw my report in his face. I said, “So this is how you treat your employees, huh?” Unsurprisingly, he looked at me with shock. But I continued, “Do you think it’s funny to harass the people in this workplace?” He opened his mouth, presumably to stop me, but I wouldn’t let him. I slammed my palms down on the hard oak desk, knocking over a couple of pens and cheap knick-knacks. Glaring, I said, “I don’t care that you're the boss, I don’t c...

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