By Trevor Berndt
Typical space tourist. “Gimme some meds.”
“Long flight? Choco-lag good enough for ya?”
“Yes, move it! Only ten minutes to launch, pal!”
My fingers raced across the data panel. There, D13.
This was the good stuff, helped with jet lag.
A spiral plunked it down the chute.
Odd, I remembered the tablets being smaller. New formula?
I scanned his payment. “Have a nice…”
But he was already gone. “Day, sir…”
Call it a hunch. I checked the panel again. Whoops.
Choco-lag was D12. I had given the man Choco-lax for his interplanetary flight.
Oh well, he’ll probably blame the shuttle food.
Oops. We all make mistakes. I enjoyed reading the story but I wouldn’t like to be in the rude customer’s shoes!
I liked the funny twist at the end.
hahaha – love how even with the different naming etc. it was still very clear what happened. and Just desserts! Great story!
Love the ‘whoops’ an love the last line.
A good laugh.
Hee hee!
The moral of the story – be polite! Unusual and funny. I like it!