I’ve known my best friend for so long, I’m not even sure of when we met. All I know is that back then, I didn’t even like girls yet. But she changed all that without trying. She was kind to me when no one else at school was. Oddly enough, I was the guy who…
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I got to work only a couple minutes early for my 8am shift. I’ll be honest, after the previous day’s 16 hour shift I was still pretty tired. I know I am not as young as I used to be. I have been a paramedic for going on 18 years now. There are some grey…
I had just recently started working for a new ambulance company. I had already been a Paramedic for several years by this point, so I knew the job, but I was still newer amongst my coworkers since they had been with this company longer than I had been. It was spring time and the days…
I love being self-employed!! I have a small successful consulting practice, just me and my assistant, Anne. We have a busy season for 4 months of the year which basically pays our wages for the whole year. The other 8 months of the year we work shortened hours just to deal with client questions. My…
The weights clinked into their cradle as he added more to the bar, this scenery was HEAVY damnit and the little lady running the get-in was making him sweat for his time. At first on paper, it had looked like just a few fly bars hung with scenery backdrops and a bunch of lights. Now,…
I let out a long sigh as I closed the front door of the bar. It was three thirty in the morning and obviously, this Friday was a busy one. Working in a bar can be a pain in the ass during weekends, especially long weekends. I am a manager at a bar near a…
I have the best summer job!  It doesn’t pay the most money and it won’t look great on a resume, but I really love it.  I work in the shipping and receiving department of a well known department store.  It’s the perfect respite from college stress.  The work is super easy…
The Marketplace The woman known only by the number on the door of her cement cell awoke in the early morning when her cell door was unlocked and creaked open. The attendant in his usual brusque manner brought in a wash basin filled with warm water and soap plus a razor. He informed her to…
Chapter 5  On the front verandah there were two lay back canvas chairs you could sit in and listen to the surf very relaxing and just snooze. One evening as the world went by something to my left caught my attention. It was Kate I didn’t hear her approach I asked her where she…
Chapter 4   The front door was open didn’t even have to use my key on the last day, Jim should have been at work maybe taking a sick day. Through the hall to my room the door was slightly ajar I usually closed it but couldn’t remember if I had closed it or…
The Blizzard of The Century, or at least that is what the media was calling it. It was snowing so hard that the hospital didn’t let the day shift go home, that is how dangerous it was. Not to mention the fact that the night shift couldn’t get in. I was working with one of…
Third Shift   The first day on third shift was difficult, but I wouldn’t have traded it for the world.  The shift started at 1900 hours and ended at 0700 in the morning.  A warm spring day made all the natives restless and we were very busy.  I was assigned to…
Sigh… Anne had been working for this financial company for nearly 10 years now; giving her all, actually too much to climb the leader of success. Now looking back she realize that’s she’s got what she wanted…she’s got a home, well a mansion, a booming career…yes that’s all she ever wanted, or was it? It…
The heavy lock turned with a loud clunk as Jessy closed the front doors to the pool hall. “Finally! Just a few more closing items and we’re out of here,” she said to her closing partner, Bronwen. “And what a night it was,” Bronwen replied, sifting through the change from the tip jar, counting and…
AUTHOR’S NOTE AND DISCLAIMER: This story is a work of fiction containing adults in adult situations. The persons depicted do not exist nor have they existed to the author’s knowledge. This story is not to be read by, read to, or printed and given to any minor under the age of, oh let’s say 20….