Wednesday July 30th, 2014

The exercise:

Write about: double duty.

Since one of Kat's aunts is coming for dinner tomorrow night, we went out for dinner this evening to celebrate our fourth wedding anniversary. The food was very good, the setting was lovely, and it was nice to have a night out without Max, who was busy having a blast in the garden with Kat's parents.

While we were eating dinner a group was seated at the table next to us. Their server did not fit the usual image of a waiter and he seemed a little unsure of himself. This became totally excusable when I overheard him explain to the group while he was pouring their wine that he's actually one of the chefs, but he was filling in because the restaurant has been short-staffed this week.

And thus, a writing prompt was born...

Mine:

"It's a nice truck, obviously."

"So what's the problem?"

"Well, I just don't understand why the price tag is so... steep."

"You mean like a mountain?"

"No, no. No. More along the lines of... expensive."

"The price tag isn't expensive. It's just a piece of cardboard I wrote the price on. I think I got it from an old cereal box. You can have it, if you want."

"No, not the... wow. Really? Okay. What I don't understand is why the truck is expensive. That's a lot of money you're asking for."

"Oh. Well, it's not just a truck, you know."

"It's not?"

"No sir! It also pulls double duty as a wildlife habitat. Come on, I'll pop the hood - you won't believe the number of snakes I've got living in there!"