Thumper: The Office Idiot - Writers Forum

CandieK · 06-22-2005, 04:01 PM

A new guy just started at the office this Monday. But I'm not worried about him moving in on my space, you see the guy isn't exactly an asset around here. I don't remember his name because it isn't worth remembering. With the job he's doing now I bet he'll be gone by Friday. Actually, I did. The guys and I have a bet going on to see how long "Thumper" will last. Thumper, that's what we call him becuase he's always tripping all over himself.

I gave him until Friday because his supervisor uncle got him the job, and as everyone knows, it pays to have connections.

Besides the bet of how long Thumper will stay, we also guess at a number to see how many times the new guy screws up in each consecutive day. He is such an idiot that on the Limbo Scale of Intelligence, he 'can't go any lower'.

Martha our secretary even had to explain the alphabetical filing system to the poor guy. ....Okay, so maybe I exaggerate a little. But with an IQ so low he'd be better off flipping frozen cow parts at the local burger joint.

I've been watching this boy for amusement. He'll pick his nose when he thinks no one is watching and wriggle in his seat when trying to work out a problem.

Can you imagine a guy like that at the head of our company? When the biggest decision he's probably every made is "Paper or plastic?"

You know, he reminds me a little of myself when I first started out,.. I wasn't quite as fouled up though. Fresh out of college with lots of ambition..... I remember how hard it was for me coming here when I recieved the nickname of "Spritz" for burning my mouth with coffee and promptly spewing it out, while in a meeting.....

James! Ah, that's his name......Maybe I'll go talk with James on next coffee break.

Mada · 06-22-2005, 04:05 PM

Is that true?

CandieK · 06-22-2005, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Mada

Is that true?

What... do you mean a true story?

No, it's not. Just a piece I enjoyed having fun with.

gohn67 · 06-22-2005, 04:35 PM

That was fun to read, it really does sound like a story that may have happend to you or at least based on experience. I encourage you to keep going with this, see where it leads you. I think it'd be fun. Cause you ahve interesting characters.

CandieK · 06-22-2005, 04:40 PM

I was experimenting with the first person... kind of a stream-of-conciousness style of narraration.

It was alot of fun and I appreciate your insight.

shadowseer · 06-23-2005, 03:15 PM

that was pretty interesting. i enjoyed how it ended

semtecks · 06-23-2005, 03:25 PM

Good, i like a first person story when the narrator is interesting to listen to. I noticed a few mistakes, nothing worth mentioning.

ToucanMan · 06-28-2005, 02:56 PM

I must admit I really disliked the beggining and middle of your story, but the end!. It made me smile. In the last sentence of the story we learn more about you as a person than we could ever hope to learn about Thumper in a thousand sentences. Good work.

CandieK · 06-28-2005, 09:58 PM

Hey Toucanman.

Looks like we can both find good things in each other's stories.

Thank you for your input!

And off the subject, what is your signature from?

It's very original!

ToucanMan · 06-28-2005, 11:54 PM

Hi Candie, I collect tongue twisters and I've written a few. I don't know if "A toucan can't keep........ qualifies as a tongue twister, but it sounds nice. Also the toucan is my favorite bird. In fact, I wrote a children story about two toucans.
I also liked your other story "Shades".