Prompts = Collateral, Pleasing, Discussion
Story 1 — Collateral Benefits
I don’t remember where it happened, but I was involved in a discussion about “collateral damage”; “collateral” here meaning something secondary.
What a terrible thing for the words “collateral” and “damage” to roll off the tongue like they’re Siamese twins. It’d be far more pleasing, for me anyway, to talk about “collateral benefits”.
Consider that for a second: good things arising from something else happening. It’s so “a rising tide lifts all boats”, which is another euphemism I don’t hear nearly enough.
And it applies here too — I’ve written a story and perhaps, as a side benefit, planted a seed.
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Story 2 — Still Paying
Photo by Austin Distel on Unsplash
Have you ever accidentally walked into a restaurant that was wildly beyond your ability to afford but you decided to stay anyway?
You haven’t? Really? Yeah — me neither.
I certainly wasn’t engaged by the extremely pleasing waitstaff into a discussion about what I do for a living, which bank I’m with, or asked for my broker’s phone number.
I also wasn’t asked for a preprint of my credit card or handed a several-page document which assigned my worldly possessions to the restaurant as collateral.
The glass of water I drank before leaving will take me months to pay off.
Links to other sites where I publish:
Blogger = https://onehundredwordsbyparz.blogspot.com
Medium = https://medium.com/100-word-or-less-stories
YouTube = https://www.youtube.com/user/parzivalsattva
And a link to where my Lovely Lady Love (who also operates the camera) posts her art: https://www.youtube.com/user/recyclinggoddess
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