Wandering Shop Stories 102

Prompt Word: Brief

#wss366 (brief) (1/2)

Patricia: I really wish you wouldn’t say that, Chuck.

Chuck: Say, what?

Patricia: Ugh, that thing you just said. It makes you sound like a cartoon character.

Chuck: What do you mean? You did a great pitch in there, and I think the board was impressed by what you had to say.

Patricia: Yes, thank you, I wish you would say it that way.

#wss366 (2/2)

Chuck: I don’t get it, what’s wrong with me saying, ‘Good brief!’

Patricia: You sound like Charlie Brown when you say that, you even use the same tone as the TV voice.

Peter (poking his head into the hall): Patty, Good brief!

Patricia: Thanks!

Chuck: He even sounded more like Charlie Brown.

Patricia: And yet, his name isn’t Chuck, is it?

Chuck: Now, I’m frustrated, and I need a work appropriate way to express that, but clearly I’m not allowed to.