Chapter n+1
Posted in Uncategorized on 01/12/2005 08:57 am by Tam“Our customers are complaining that it’s cold. Here are some rocks to bang together.”
“I’m sorry?”
“Bang these rocks together to make fire, so our customers will be warm.”
“Shouldn’t they just turn up the heat?”
“We supply HVAC services. It’s in the SLA.”
“Okay, but with rocks?”
“Bang them together to make a fire in this here wastebasket.”
“Er, you know a lighter would cost all of sixty cents.”
“Rocks! We’d have to walk all the way over there to buy a lighter.”
“But–”
“ROCKS!”
“Jeez, okay, rocks, whatever. …Hey! These aren’t even rocks! They’re just a couple pieces of styrofoam painted brown! You can’t make fire with these, even if you *did* think it was the right way to heat a building!”
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Aramat picked up the styrofoam and gazed longingly at her spoon.