On The Job Joke, An Honest For-True Story
My neighbor Don sells novelty products. He drives around Cape Cod in a mini-van filled with pop culture trinkets. For some time he has transported a human-sized stuffed bear in the passengar seat because it won’t fit anywhere else.
One summer afternoon, man and bear park at a diner for lunch. Hot and hungry, Don quickly slips inside the comfortable eatery. The loud, busy restaurant is filled with Cape Cod locals but he finds one free seat at the counter and plops down to read the menu board.
Suddenly, there is utter quiet. Not a voice, not a fork, not a chew is heard. From across the room an elderly man calls out. “Hey, mister.” Don looks over. The old man nods towards the front window and Don slowly follows his gaze. There, in the dirt next to the passenger door lays the stuffed bear. It has tumbled out through the open van window. “Mister,” the old man yells, “I think your dog’s dead.”
One summer afternoon, man and bear park at a diner for lunch. Hot and hungry, Don quickly slips inside the comfortable eatery. The loud, busy restaurant is filled with Cape Cod locals but he finds one free seat at the counter and plops down to read the menu board.
Suddenly, there is utter quiet. Not a voice, not a fork, not a chew is heard. From across the room an elderly man calls out. “Hey, mister.” Don looks over. The old man nods towards the front window and Don slowly follows his gaze. There, in the dirt next to the passenger door lays the stuffed bear. It has tumbled out through the open van window. “Mister,” the old man yells, “I think your dog’s dead.”
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