If I were to write a response to today’s one word prompt—FRANTIC— it would be one of the three below. However, I am on my way out to begin a hectic day of activities. So, I will leave you with three possibilities. If I were to write one at a later date, which would you prefer.
The bus driver heard my frantic screams to hold the bus. Still, I heard the dreaded whirring of the automatic doors closing from a quarter block away. He always came a couple of minutes early. Sadistic bastard! Like Steve Martin’s character, Dentist Orin Scrivello in Little Shop of Horrors, the driver got off on making riders miss his bus. But I had a plan.
The office elevator wasn’t the place for a supervisor to shriek frantically, so I tried to maintain a professional façade. Inside my seeming calm, however, desperation was begging to spring free. Would someone—anyone—unstick this damn contraption? It wasn’t your usual musical model, but the clanky, old fashioned, do it yourself elevator in the back of the building. I used it because it was private and I was anti-social.
We had given our dog, Lexi, a real meat bone. We never did this, and she assumed it was a mistake. Now, she charged around the kitchen and dining room in a mad circle, frantically seeking a place to hide it, ‘less we realize our mistake. Bull-in-a-china shop would be an adequate description as she was knocking down anything and anybody in her way.
The Long and Short Stories of Life 
The third one with the frantic dog is hysterical and my favorite, but they’re all good. 😉 xx
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That video is hilarious. Evidently the babies weren’t hurt since the parents kept filming. LOL!
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Oh I was sure they were okay. Very funny!
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All good, but the bus driver is the one I am most curious about!
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LOL! Thanks for commenting, D.L. That one seems to be winning.
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Well-done, Linda. You left me wondering what the “plan” was for the bus driver. 🙂
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Wow, Jan! This one won. Now I have to come up with a plan. LOL!
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Don’t you just love that? 😉
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The plan for the bus driver. I once was caught in the door of a bus,a nd the passengers had to get the driver’s attention. I just hopped along side until he opened the door, and hen fell in the street. He lost his job after I filed a suit against them for his negligence. He was too busy romancing a young woman to notice, but he lied and did not report it. Thankfully, I had witnesses. Nothing like regular riders to find witnesses.
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Glad you got recompense. The regular riders probably wanted to see him taken down! Thanks for commenting.
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I want to hear more about the girl in the elevator. What happened to her? 🙂
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Hi Penny. Thanks!
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