Working Woes

Flash Fiction

Working Woes

Me, at the top of the damaged tree, and Andy, my co-worker, decided he needed to go pick up lunch!

I yelled down to get me down first! But he yelled back, “Can’t hear you. Back in a jiff !!!” off he went.

So now I was not only up a tree that we taking down because it’s damaged… but there was no truck sitting next to it telling people that. Add, nobody could hear me from up here, even though I could hear them…

A kid came along, apparently out with parents. “Look!” he yelled, “There’s a guy in the tree!” Of course, they did look, and the father yelled up “What are you doing up there?”

I said, “Waiting for my co-worker!” but, they couldn’t hear me. The dad yelled again, and again… then pulled his phone out of his pocket.

“I’m calling the police!” he yelled, “you should not be up there!”

I yelled again that my co-worker was coming right back…, but they still couldn’t hear me. There was crowd was gathering! I yelled more, but now they all seemed to think I was some kind of a nut. Frankly, I was starting to feel like they were right…

Just as the police drove up, Andy also drove up! I heard him yell “What’s going on here?”

The policemen walked over and they chatted as Andy apparently explained why I was up there, and why he’d left. There was even laughing!! The police eventually shooed away the crowd. And then they helped Andy get the ladder up.

I climbed down, and immediately punched Andy right in the nose!

“You’re lucky they didn’t arrest you!” our boss said later, not happy with me. But it’s what I expected… I hate working with the boss’s son…