“The new custodian you hired is computer illiterate.”
“That shouldn’t matter. Our mops and brooms are low-tech.”
“Maybe so, but when he heard about a mouse in one of the outer offices, he decided to take drastic action.”
“What happened?”
“The trap he set broke one of the receptionist’s fingernails.”
John H. Dromey has contributed to a wide variety of online and print publications.
Editor: Perhaps this is a companion story to The Mouse?
Love this piece and I love The Mouse, too. Thank you for pointing us to Victor’s piece, Tim!
Thanks, Amanda.
I took a lighthearted, maybe even superficial approach to the subject. “The Mouse” could indeed be considered a companion story with its highly-imaginative, entertaining take on the same topic.
As always, the stories on Tim’s website find themselves in good company.
As someone born in the pre-digital years, this made me chuckle.
Thanks, Madeleine. That’s the kind of response I was hoping for.
By the way, I’m older than transistors myself.
Here is a place of disaffection
Time before and time after