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Roll The Die
Winner retires!
NOTE: I read many Drabbles with great twists. I was never good at that, but through reading so many writers that are, and in so few words, I wanted to write a piece where the twist outdoes the twist!
Six sales executives are seated around a table in the conference room, all waiting for the regional head to arrive and pass on his gratitude. These six were all given large bonuses for their sales over the last year. I’m not the bitter type, but this lot is the most undeserving bunch I’ve ever come across, and, anyway, I happen to know that my sales figures were higher than three of the group, maybe higher than all of them.
The difference is that I don’t sit there reading the company newsletter and laughing pathetically at the Managing Director’s jokes. So, who are the Sales Executive Six?
Tim: he’s a well-meaning bloke, but if he ever set out on a mass murdering spree, his tactic would be to try to bore people to death. A ten-second message can become a two-hour epic, typically centred around the bridge match he had the night before. It doesn’t matter if you don’t like the game or if you don’t know what it’s all about.
Jane: Her body has no ill-bearing bone but is obsessed with cats. She’s got five of them, all named after Greek goddesses; I can handle that, but I begin to worry when she rings…
