Okay, we have a task for you today. A thread on Twitter blew up not too long ago and it is seriously a lot of fun.
Here’s the assignment for you: come up with a horror story about your job in five words or less.
But before you write your own, you need to read through all of these first.
Here’s the question that was posed to folks on Twitter.
give me a horror story from your specialty in five words or less
— status annoyicus (@medburnbook) May 22, 2020
And here’s what they came up with.
Enjoy!
1. A terrible idea!
Don’t do that!
Passwords: spreadsheet on shared drive
— Sean Gallagher 高老鼠 ??⚒ (@thepacketrat) May 23, 2020
2. Hot mics are never good.
You never know what they’ll pick up…
“The mic was on.”
— Weijia Jiang (@weijia) May 24, 2020
3. Don’t ignore them!
This goes for EVERYONE.
Uninsured: ignored symptoms until now
— Margaret Russell, MD (@Margaret1473) May 22, 2020
4. Ouch. That hurts.
Lawyers, this one’s for you.
Motion to withdraw denied
— Harmeet K. Dhillon (@pnjaban) May 23, 2020
5. You did what?!?!
Now what?
I memorized the wrong role.
— Michael McKean (@MJMcKean) May 24, 2020
6. Oh, shit…
No writer wants to hear that.
Editor: “This story needs focus.”
— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) May 23, 2020
7. Back to square one!
Somebody’s in trouble.
“I’m sorry. I wasn’t rolling.”
— Ray Suarez (@RaySuarezNews) May 23, 2020
8. Teachers, does this sound familiar?
Over and over again.
Is this on the exam?
— Orin Kerr (@OrinKerr) May 24, 2020
9. Noooooo! This isn’t good.
For all the graphic designers out there.
Photoshop has reset your presets
— AlexandreDiboine (@A_Zedig_Diboine) May 24, 2020
10. Oh, boy…
This is gonna be quite a story.
I can’t find the kids.
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) May 23, 2020
11. None of that!
Some people really don’t want to hear this. Ever.
“But the Bible clearly says…”
— Alex M. Griffin (@alexegesis) May 23, 2020
12. Really? Damn…
That doesn’t seem fair.
congrats
can you lose weight please? https://t.co/PlviyrI2fx— livevamaria (@EvaNoblezada) May 25, 2020
Now it’s your turn to get creative!
In the comments, tell us your job horror story in five words or less.
Let’s see what you can come up with!