1) Years ago, when I was working a crappy retail job, which wasn’t all that bad really… In fact, it was a pretty enjoyable job, except during the months of November and December when we’d get hit with stressed-out holiday shoppers who wanted to blame us (the workers) for the crowded stores, high prices, and shitty winter weather.
Anyway…
Had a guy from the corporate office filling in for a week while the store was training a new manager. I was working part time on weekends and doing the “stay-at-home dad” thing during the week. Corporate guy told me he “worked in finance” before taking a job in the current company. He asked me about myself, and was especially interested when he discovered I’m a writer and have authored several novels.
He told me, “You know, I’ve thought sometimes about writing a book.”
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