joeislove's 100-word story for June 15, 2025

joeislove wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on June 15, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

The problem with living in an old warehouse is that the interior spaces were not meant for people. People need to go upstairs and they usually prefer to do that by going up those stairs on demand rather than wait to be lifted there by a forklift or a crane. Just upstairs, downstairs all day long at the most random times. Such pests. The next time I bring in new tenants, they will have to agree that they are okay going to sleep on a schedule, and that when that time comes they will sit on their pallets and wait!

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