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Writer's pictureKristin Lindstrom

Episode 87: Snippets

Five of us were in the company elevator heading ultimately for the 11th floor. The two men were talking about the coming weekend’s golf tournament. The elevator stopped on 10, and the men got off. The two other women, who worked for the Human Resources department, looked at each other, and one said, “What’s a golf tournament?"

Tiger Woods at the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Georgia.


The marketing department was small with nine women and one man, the art director. We shared an intimate space with another department consisting of two men and one woman.



The men were out, as well as our bosses, so the women gathered into the center of the bull pen and started telling stories. Eventually, we turned to the subject of bad experiences with gynecologists and were laughing raucously when a timid voice spoke up.


“My gynecologist’s name is Dr. Harry Beaver,” Cindy said in the spirit of joining in.


There was a gasp and a long pause before everyone broke out roaring with laughter.


“What’s so funny?” Cindy asked, making it worse. “That’s his name, Dr. Harry Beaver.”


This of course set us off again. Eventually the laughter died down but I don’t think anybody could trust themselves to explain to Cindy what was so funny.



The company hired a darling graphic artist to design the annual report. I was assigned to work with Rodney as a writer.


We were in an office on the third floor staging a photograph. The company liked to use its own staff as models for the photography. We tagged Paul B. for this shot. Paul was tall, blond, and handsome and held an upper level position.


Paul was seated at a desk that had a briefcase on it, having chased away Jim, the guy who occupied the office. After much considering, Rodney told Paul to open the briefcase and pretend he as looking for something.



He didn’t have to pretend for long, because sitting on top of the stack of papers was a copy of Beaver Hunt. There was a general intake of air there were six or eight people in the room—and then of course a burst of laughter. Rodney was leaning on the wall trying to stop guffawing.


Recognize a theme here?


Jim was not fired, but there were many companies that would have done so. But he suffered a relentless campaign of humor abuse among his coworkers.


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bluebird3
May 28, 2023

I Love all your stories. My only complaint? They are too short! I want to know more.

Have you written about how you met your husband? If so, I didn't see it. (And between us, if I'd had to climb up a mountain, and try to get back down without breaking anything, I might have been more than a tad upset with him....for awhile!)


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