Entry to this week’s FFfaW! Image courtesy of Ellespeth’s friend.
“Hey Billy! Turn off that goddamn phone! We’re in the middle of a repair job here!“
“Sorry Joe. I don’t want to miss the Knicks game. They’re playing in the finals right now.”
“It can wait. Two guys have already died pulling a stunt like yours. You want to become a statistic?”
Billy smirked as he put on some headphones. “Nah, I got this covered Joe. Winds, heights, and debris don’t scare me!” he yelled but a moment too soon. The rest of the crew had heard the loud crack beneath his scaffold.
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Great title. And boy, he should have listened — pun intended!
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Ha! It always amazes me how some people manage run/jog/bike with headphones on. I’d be looking over my shoulders all the time.
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It’s dangerous! On a similar note, I recently saw someone bicycling down the street staring down at his phone the entire time. Whoa. I’m betting he thinks his peripheral vision is a lot better than it actually is.
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Heh. His GPS will warn him of the oncoming traffic 😉
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If winds, heights and debris don’t scare him, how about their shoddily-erected scaffolding 🙂
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First and last time he fell off a scaffold 😉
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That’s really too bad about Billy. He was too arrogant for his own good. Great story!
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Yep. Overconfidence is a great folly.
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Uh oh, the oft repeated ‘Better safe than sorry’ comes to mind! Great piece! 🙂
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Those headphones were his entertainment and downfall. Poor Billy !!!
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He paid a steep price for slacking on the job.
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Good word: slacking. : )
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I hope he gets saved… Interesting take on the prompt.
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I wonder how often that’s happened. An excellent tale.
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Oh no, never ever say something could never happen. The moment you do it happens! Great write!
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Yep. It’s as if the world wants to prove the person wrong.
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Great building of tension!!
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I hope he survived that fall. The knickers could have waited.
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Indeed. But he was too impatient which led to his downfall (pun intended!).
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As cocky as the players on the court… Nicely done!
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