Mr. Vecchio was horrible boss. He’d fired four previous foremen during the old building’s refurbishment. The pint-sized dictator ruled with his immense wealth and a tyrannical demeanor. Marty counted the days until his job as foreman ended and his kids went hungry.
Then one day, Vecchio raged at Marty. “I should fire you right now!” Vecchio showed him where some of the crew stood on a scaffolding, staring into a small window. “They’ve got a hooker in there and the whole crew is taking turns with her. Deal with this!”
“I’m on it, boss.”
Marty climbed up the scaffolding and chased the men off it. He peered in the window and realized what was really happening. He took pictures and saved them to his iCloud account. He climbed back down and faced his raging boss.
“Tell me why I shouldn’t fire your worthless butt right now,” screamed Vecchio.
“Sure,” said Marty. He held up his phone with a picture displayed. “It would be a shame if these pictures of your wife got out!”
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Written for the weekly Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers writing challenge. Look here for the original prompt and links to this week’s other stories: https://flashfictionforaspiringwriters.wordpress.com/2016/02/22/fffaw-week-of-02-23-2016/
Haha. Very funny, his wife 🙂
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Hehe. For the first time in ten years, Vecchio didn’t know what to say. 😉 Thanks so much, Mandibelle! 🙂
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LOL.. What a twist at the end!!
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I like saving the best stuff for last. 😉 Thanks kindly! 🙂
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good job!
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Well, that’s one way to get back at the boss! His wife! I think the men’s jobs are all safe now. 🙂 Great story, Eric!
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Yep. Leverage is a good thing when it comes to bad bosses. Yeah, the whole crew is pretty safe now. Thanks so much! 🙂
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It was a wonderful story, Eric! I enjoyed it. 😀
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I expect Vecchio would just fire the wife and get a new one.
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Oh yeah. Divorce papers are getting printed. 😉
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Wonderful! Pictures really are worth a thousand words! The cell phone and icloud saved his job and tamed the boss a bit. Great story. 😄
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Yep! And sometimes pictures are worth a stable yearly salary. 😉 Glad you enjoyed this. Thanks so much! 🙂
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That is very clever and funny! Well done!
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Thank you! Glad you got a laugh. 🙂
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Someone’s doing the nasty!
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Haha! That’s for sure. Apparently, it isn’t Mr. Vecchio. Seems his wife needed to find “satisfaction” away from her tyrant husband. 😉
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Information is power… and apparently a picture is worth thousands… not just a thousand words?
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Absolutely! And yeah, a picture is worth thousands of a lot of things. 😉 Thanks much! 🙂
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