Welcome to Friday Fictioneers where each week close to 100 people participate in a flash fiction challenge based on a photo prompt.
This week’s photo: Copyright: Claire Fuller
My 100 Word Story:
I like my part-time evening job in the library. They call me a library assistant but I am more of a library laborer. I don’t mind. A lot of technology has replaced a lot of jobs over the years but it still takes a human to re-shelf the books. The extra income helps pay my student loans. The older women complain about their knees if they have to climb the ladder but I think it makes my legs look nicer. In fact I have taken to wearing more skirts since getting this job.
I hope the law students notice.
The Day After 
🙂 This seems just like something a real person would think and I like the way your title works in.
jnaet
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I have a hard time with titles, I am glad i hit one. Thanks Janet.
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Yes, the title fits in rather cleverly.
Good story 🙂
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A ladder can make one look sexy, especially surrounded by books. Maybe she’ll met the man of her dreams. It can happen!
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H-e-doublehockeysticks Yeah! it can happen!
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very, very cute story.
What branch is she working in? I may have to put on my briefs… i mean, read a few briefs over there soon myself. 😉
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Lol..yep, your comment made me LOL
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Hehe. I like this. I would be one of the ones who notice.
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With a name like Eagle Aye..one would hope. 🙂
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🙂 She’s not getting the best out of the library I think, but she might get her man
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If she learns to work it.
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Eventually someone will invent a mechanical bookshelf stacker and then there’ll be no more legs to look at!
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Do you ever watch SNL? Your comment made me think of that show. Mainly Debbie Downer. 😉
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I don’t think we get it over here (had to google it). Sorry if I’m being a Debbie Downer, maybe they’ll build a mechanical stacker with nice legs 😀
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I hope you understand that I said that in the spirit of the comedic tone with which we were conversing.
a mechanical stacker with nice legs..now there’s an idea. lol
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She is making lemons out of her lemonade and using her assets to attract the lawyers-to-be! A smart cookie is she.
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A girls gotta do…you know 😉
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Wonderfully realistic (AnElephant imagines!) and beautifully written.
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Thank you 🙂
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don’t sign the pre-nup 🙂
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Lol..that’s right!
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and she wants mostly the law students to notice:) lol. a nice read
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Well, I was thinking of a young woman not too long out of college. So then i had to decide who would be close to her age but still in school? Future doctors and lawyers, of course.
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Dear Dawn,
Clever story. I have to wonder what she wears under those skirts. 😉
shalom,
Rochelle
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Hopefully the fellas are wondering too 😉
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Last Line Perfection.
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Thanks “t”
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Ha! Love that last line. Wonderful voice for this character too. 🙂
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Thank you Trudy
~ Dawn
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Funny! If she winds up with a lawyer, though, she might not like it so much …
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They can’t be ALL bad; can they?
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That reminds me of a skit I saw where a couple of old men kept asking a young salesgirl to fetch something from the top shelf. Perhaps she should raise her standards and go for a med student 🙂
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If the term med student instead of medical student had occurred to me, she would have (slaps forehead “doh”)
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The voice… perfect. The confidential tone reminded me that we are supposed to be quiet in the library. 😉
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This character began in my mind as a bit of a loner it was actually sudden(when I ran out of words) that she became a bit more risqué.
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Oh that sounds very realistic. I can see you on those ladders.
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Back in the day 😉
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Quite a idea. Maybe drop a couple books while she’s up there, in case they don’t notice right away. 🙂
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Well aren’t you the clever one! lol
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really cute story. and i so love that title, it’s perfect ^^ i sure hope she finds what she’s looking for 🙂
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Thanks kz
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Oh, dear. What kind of library is this? 🙂 Seriously though, it was a great story. It’s a nice reminder that we all have basic human needs, even in sterile academia.
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Thank you
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I agree with David–she’d better drop a couple of books while on the ladder otherwise the short skirts might go unnoticed (unless, of course, she’s a real knockout, and then she might find herself out of a job because she’s an attractive nuisance).
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No worries. She also has a beautiful smile.
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Great job and very real. I like it so much. And I hope she meets the perfect guy.
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She’s young and educated, that should help.
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I loved what you’ve written!
Thanks for sharing….
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Thanks for commenting!
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