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The Shirt

October 24, 2023 6 Comments

By Mel Goldberg

“That’s your third screw-up this week, Billy. I’m deducting this one from your pay.”

“What the hell’re you talking about?”

“The window you broke when you moved the ladder. You think no one would notice?”

“So what? You ain’t in charge!”

“My shirt says ‘BOSS.’ I’m in charge on weekends.”

“You got that shirt from the locker, shithead. It don’t mean nothing.”

“Who you calling ‘shithead’? That’s four. One more and you’re fired.”

As a high-school dropout, I know construction jobs are hard to find. So, I have to let my brother boss me around. After all, he has the shirt.

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  1. Nia says

    October 24, 2023 at 7:48 am

    Hilarious! LoL funny.

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  2. Carl Keefer says

    October 24, 2023 at 9:53 am

    Love it!

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  3. Lore says

    October 25, 2023 at 9:23 am

    Gave me a good chuckle. Amusing capture of both work and family relationships.

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  4. Paul Scott Wood says

    October 25, 2023 at 10:31 am

    I agree with Lore.

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  5. Lisa Braithwaite says

    October 25, 2023 at 1:34 pm

    Oh, great ending! A real-life extension of siblings saying “you’re not the boss of me!”

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  6. sharon strahand says

    October 26, 2023 at 4:19 am

    This is funny – well done!

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