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Home / Etcetera / PROMPTuesday #40: Phoning It In

PROMPTuesday #40: Phoning It In

Etcetera, PROMPTuesdays

So tonight I basically asked a man why he was in a wheelchair.* If “basically” were “I did.” And since I’m still toothpicking toenail shards from my teeth, I’m phoning in an easy PROMPTuesday this morning.

 

This week, tell us about your first job. As I recently twittered, I worked at the Jelly Bowl Bakery in bucolic Buffalo Grove, Ill., and will write further about this learning and buttercreamy experience tomorrow, but for now, I want to hear about you. Tell me why you no longer have the use of your legs.

 

Oops! It appears there was a probing question file mix-up! Sorry! Just ignore me and instead write about your first job. If you want to fictionalize it, all the better.

 

But first, if you’re new, read a bit about PROMPTuesdays here.

 

Meanwhile, if you care to observe PROMPTuesday’s rules, here they are:

 

  • Try to write your entry in 10 minutes. This encourages top-of-mind, primal thinking before the ego and judgmental brain kick in. Just set a timer, make your kid count to 600 slowly, whatever. It’s an honor system. And I trust you.
  • Aim for 250 words or less.
  • Please have fun. Don’t put pressure on yourself. Together, let’s rediscover the simple joy in the writing process.
  • Post your submission in the comments OR post in your blog and leave a link to your blog in the comments.

 

Wanna catch up on the PROMPTuesdays archive? It’s here.

 

*It was a plane crash. Good thing it wasn’t a traumatic reason or anything. Don’t they make lobotomy pills for stupid idiots with inappropriate question disorder?

 

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  1. Da Goddess says

    January 27, 2009 at 3:26 am

    You got two for the low price of one from me. I caught up on last week’s, too.

    Reply
  2. Blognut says

    January 27, 2009 at 3:48 am

    I shall go on ad nauseum, (because that is what I do), and you’re dying to hear about cleaning offices for a spice factory in Yorkville, Illinois. You are… you know it… and you will be holding your breath for the post, I’m sure.

    Reply
  3. matteroffactmommy says

    January 27, 2009 at 6:39 am

    my dad is an amputee and people ask him all the time “what’s wrong with your leg?” (and by “people”, i mean CHILDREN. hehehe.)

    Reply
  4. Karelle says

    January 27, 2009 at 7:38 am

    It’s not pretty, witty, or interesting, but I’m back in the saddle.

    http://happyhippyraindancer.wordpress.com/2009/01/27/hey-look-promptuesday-is-back/

    Reply
  5. g says

    January 27, 2009 at 8:35 am

    I’m there.

    http://www.doves2day.blogspot.com

    This one was fun – I thought about a time I had long forgotten.

    Reply
  6. Kate says

    January 27, 2009 at 10:37 am

    I enjoyed writing about my first job; as clerk turned phlebotomist in a hospital lab in Houston.

    http://aheadofthewave.blogspot.com/2009/01/my-first-job.html

    Reply
  7. KristiBug says

    January 27, 2009 at 12:38 pm

    Ahh, my first job :) Edwards Cinema. Don’t eat the pretzels. Trust me.

    Reply
  8. Melanie @ MelADramatic Mommy says

    January 27, 2009 at 2:10 pm

    Hahahaha! I laughed several times on the way home. Don’t worry, I think he wasn’t offended. BTW What were you doing up till 4AM?

    Reply
  9. Melanie @ MelADramatic Mommy says

    January 27, 2009 at 2:42 pm

    My first job was at Wet Seal. was 15 and it was the new, hot store to shop in. I jumped up and down screaming when I found out I got the job. Some of my other high school friends worked there too. We were well paid and totally fashionable! I would cash my checks and go right back to shop. When I started dating hubby he worked at the CVS right across the mall. Ah, memories!

    Reply
  10. Blognut says

    January 27, 2009 at 8:23 pm

    http://blognut-moremindlessrambling.blogspot.com/

    DONE! The day almost got away from me, but the memory block has been lifted and the story has been told.

    Reply
  11. stephanie (bad mom) says

    January 27, 2009 at 9:56 pm

    This is a brilliant prompt to which I would love to respond, if I were not already procrastinating to the point of potential joblessness.

    In the meantime, I have awarded you (despite your present feelings of jackassness, which I’m not sure are founded, but I digress) with a Fabulous badge at my place :D

    Reply
  12. Crystal says

    January 27, 2009 at 10:54 pm

    Thar she blows…

    http://butterfly80.blogspot.com/2009/01/promptuesday-40-first-job.html

    Reply
  13. Me says

    January 27, 2009 at 11:18 pm

    Would you believe it? McDonalds. Oh my gosh.

    Reply
  14. tinsenpup says

    January 28, 2009 at 6:21 am

    …and that’s the story of how I lost both of my arms and learned to type with my feet… Or perhaps just some rubbish about my first job and my

    boss’ big fat fleshy lips.

    Reply
  15. ilinap says

    January 28, 2009 at 12:33 pm

    I worked in a party goods store. I fucked up a stationery order from a hoity toity client and got fired. The memory is too painful to conjure up more details. Thanks for adding more fodder to my imaginary therapy sessions I have in my head. I vowed never to work again but learned the hard way that there was no silver spoon in my mouth.

    Reply
  16. Cheri @ Blog This Mom! says

    January 28, 2009 at 3:52 pm

    Frick. Finally.
    You Wanna Know What Comes Between Me and My Whoppers?

    Reply
  17. San Diego Momma says

    January 28, 2009 at 4:23 pm

    Here’s mine! I broke all my rules. Because I can.

    Where I Learned to Be Sweet

    Reply

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  1. PROMPTuesday - My First Job | KristiBug says:
    January 27, 2009 at 12:37 pm

    […] Kristi on January 27, 2009 · 0 comments This week, tell us about your first job. As I recently twittered, I worked at the Jelly Bowl Bakery in bucolic Buffalo Grove, Ill., and […]

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