Night Jobbed

Cannot be here TONIGHT! … Stuck teaching fucking irregular verbs! … My girl — a captain — playing in the final!!

Then it hits me, the most regular of verbs: Pull.  Pull … the … fire alarm.  Yes, it’s irresponsible, I’m a parent, and blah-blah-blah.  But it’s night school and hardly anybody’s here!  And these things routinely go off and there’s never any harm done.  Plus, I’m part-time, ridiculously underpaid, and is it my fault there’s no budget for a sub?

PULLLLL IIITT!!

Result?  6-5 loss.  Our all-county pitcher?  Unhinges early on — rattled that her dad’s late.  His night job?  Volunteer firefighter.

 

Photo credit: Sherman Geronimo-Tan

2 Responses to “Night Jobbed”

1. Gretchen Tessmer says:

   September 2, 2016 at 3:35 pm

   Ha! Narrator’s colloquial voice is great.

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2. Tony Press says:

   August 31, 2016 at 3:21 am

   Oops!
   Fun story.

   Reply