magisternihil's 100-word story for May 6, 2025

magisternihil wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on May 6, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

“Look, I’m not saying Kevin is a bad worker, it’s just that while the rest of us are collecting pollen to bring back to the hive he’s flying around shaking it in people’s faces. What kind of buzzing waste is that?” “Shaking it in their faces? What, just to make them buzzing sneeze?” “Yeah, and then they get all stuffy and complainy and go to the farmer’s market because someone told them that the best cure for allergies is local hon…” “Are you thinking what I’m thinking?” “Holy buzz, Kevin is a marketing genius, isn’t he?” “He totally buzzing is.”

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