{"id":4334,"date":"2017-04-08T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-08T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harperkingsley.net\/blog\/?p=4334"},"modified":"2023-10-17T23:36:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T06:36:31","slug":"prompt-098","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/prompt-098\/","title":{"rendered":"Prompt: 098. dirty computer keyboard"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prompt: 098. dirty computer keyboard<\/h1>\n

1. The worst thing about the IT job was fixing the office computers. It was hard to believe that so many people could happily use such dirty computer keyboards.<\/h2>\n

A. The worst thing about the IT job was fixing the office computers. It was hard to believe that so many people could happily use such dirty computer keyboards. It made her skin creep to see the crumbs and smears of grease on the keys.<\/p>\n

The office was a breeding ground for germs. It was like a trip through a sewer every time she had to make an office visit. On leaving she would practically bathe in hand sanitizer and would wash her hands, arms, and face thoroughly once she was back in the IT department.<\/p>\n

It reached the point where she finally had to face the facts: 1. She couldn’t do this job anymore. 2. She was going to need a new job.<\/p>\n

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2. The soda can hit the desk and tipped sideways. A flood of sugary soda covered the computer keyboard, slipping into the nooks and crannies.<\/h2>\n

A. The soda can hit the desk and tipped sideways. A flood of sugary soda covered the computer keyboard, slipping into the nooks and crannies. By the time he’d lunged across the room and begun mopping up the mess, it was already too late.<\/p>\n

His keyboard was dead.<\/p>\n

As the office had a no open beverages around the computers policy, he was going to have to buy a replacement keyboard out of his own pocket. And considering how close he’d been cutting his finances, he would be living on ramen, Spam, and rice until his next paycheck.<\/p>\n

“Dammit.”<\/p>\n

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3. There was a dirty old computer keyboard poking out of the ground. Someone had gotten creative to mark the grave.<\/h2>\n

A. There was a dirty old computer keyboard poking out of the ground. Someone had gotten creative to mark the grave, using a remnant of the old world to help shape the new.<\/p>\n

Julienne leaned down to read the name scratched into the plastic of the keyboard: <\/p>\n

CRAIG DANSEN
\n 14 YEARS OLD.
\n HE WAS BRAVE.
\n HE DIDN’T CRY.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Just another dead kid. One amongst the billions that had died since the end of the world.<\/p>\n

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