joeislove's 100-word story for September 26, 2025

joeislove wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on September 26, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

"Back in my day, sonny, we learned to type! And not only that, but we had to do it OUTSIDE in the burning heat of the Nevada desert! My typing teacher was a vulture! Every time my fingers came off the HOME ROW he would eyeball me. I KNOW he was just waiting for one of us to keel over so he could FEAST! But we weren't QUITTERS! We just KEPT ON TYPING! I remember the day that Johnny DIED and Mr. Vulture ATE HIS EYEBALLS and we KEPT ON TYPING! Your generation just has no sense of WORK ETHIC!"

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