Jillian says she loved working at a bakery because her customers always walked away happy. Not many businesses can say they do that :) I wish your experience wasn't so tainted by the Frenchman!
I had a Pablo in second grade. I gave him my biggest Valentine but by fifth grade he’d become a school annoyance. I so, so love this. All of it. Delightful.
Hahaha! As I commented earlier to another reader, I loved the lying about us all having been middle-aged women fresh from divorce in some sense. That and always feeling slightly guilty—I resonate. Oh, and cultivating distrust of authority in general. You’re a kindred spirit, my friend.
I'm so glad you weren't arrested, Anna! You definitely hit the Bingo card square on that! I think putting good things out into the world (like extra cookies to cops or cute guys or homeless people) is a way to balance all the negative karma. Glad your boss saw sense and fired the french dude (he sounds like an asshole).
Wonderful writing - I always get so engrossed in your stories!
A very tasty treat, I want it to be a true story and maybe there's another chapter, or perhaps an epilogue? Anyway, There's a little good in bad and a little bad in good, usually.
I'm so glad it's true. I'm afraid that I'm a rather naive romantic, who believes - rather than questions the teller. Better to be proved wrong sometimes, than be skeptical of everything.
Jillian says she loved working at a bakery because her customers always walked away happy. Not many businesses can say they do that :) I wish your experience wasn't so tainted by the Frenchman!
Yeah, it can be a great work environment for sure—bakeries are generally cheerful places and smell good too!
That French guy! Love the way he got promoted over you even the only thing he was good at was being French.
Being French is in everyone's best interest!
I had a Pablo in second grade. I gave him my biggest Valentine but by fifth grade he’d become a school annoyance. I so, so love this. All of it. Delightful.
That's so funny! Thank you Mary.
So much fun to read this, Anna. Black and whites are my favorite with rugaelach a close second.
Don't call it a bribe, call it a Mitzvah.
Ha! Thanks David
What a read, and i haven’t heard the fuzz called the fuzz in a long time
Me neither!
This reads with the all the freshness and warmth of a newly baked baguette. Brava!
Grazie, Jeffrey
I gobbled this up! Délicieux!
Hahaha! As I commented earlier to another reader, I loved the lying about us all having been middle-aged women fresh from divorce in some sense. That and always feeling slightly guilty—I resonate. Oh, and cultivating distrust of authority in general. You’re a kindred spirit, my friend.
Thank you for yet another delightful piece!
Glad you enjoyed it Holly!
I'm so glad you weren't arrested, Anna! You definitely hit the Bingo card square on that! I think putting good things out into the world (like extra cookies to cops or cute guys or homeless people) is a way to balance all the negative karma. Glad your boss saw sense and fired the french dude (he sounds like an asshole).
Wonderful writing - I always get so engrossed in your stories!
Thanks Sheila, I agree it is good to have cookies at one's disposal
Beautifully woven, Anna.
Thanks!
“…we’ve all been middle-aged women fresh from a divorce at some point, in some sense, even if we haven’t..”
This line 😊
Yes! It was this line for me too!
Ha ha, I hope so, anyway
I was hooked in this tale from start to finish/smile.
Awesome
Real good.
Thanks Bob
Sublime.
Haha, thanks!
Hilarious and insightful. I guess there really are multiple ways to buy bacon.
Thanks Sue!
You're welcome!
A very tasty treat, I want it to be a true story and maybe there's another chapter, or perhaps an epilogue? Anyway, There's a little good in bad and a little bad in good, usually.
I'm so glad it's true. I'm afraid that I'm a rather naive romantic, who believes - rather than questions the teller. Better to be proved wrong sometimes, than be skeptical of everything.
Thanks Tom. It's a true story!