TeleMarketeers 3 ~Please Louise

"Did Holly say anything about me, Louise? About our date?"

Short Story ~550 words ...

Please Louise

Copyright © 2021 by John D. Major

"Hi, it's Carson at Dandy Products, do you have MagicLight in your home, ma'am?"

"Not yet, but I've seen your ads. Does it come in blush-pink?"

"Only if you tickle it, ma'am."

"Haha, funny! What colors does it come in?"

"Ivory, Fawn and Raven."

"Send me one of each, please. Do you have my address?"

"Sure do, ma'am, we'll get them to you lickety-split."

"Only if you tickle it, ma'am," Louise mimicked. "You still flirting with the customers, kid?"

"All in the name of sales, pal." Louse occupies the call-center station next to mine. She's my other mother.

"Time for a bathroom break, Louise," hot Hollie said, getting up. (She's beside Louise on the other side.) "Thanks for your ear, you're a thoughtful listener, seeya in five."

I nodded Holly a reciprocal smile as she turned to leave. She looked impossibly pretty in a baby blue t-shirt with white bunnies on it, black tights and white sneakers with blue bunnies. We'd had a lunch date yesterday. I'd advised her on an issue she's having with Dwight, our supervisor. I study the law, nights, at City U. But mostly it was for me. Holly knocks me out. She's a dream.

"Did Holly say anything about me?" I asked Louise. "About our date?"

"She thinks you're quirky."

"Quirky? Damn. Quirky's bad."

"Holly likes quirky. Quirky's good."

"Yes! What else did she say?"

"Lots. Did you bring one of those Krispy Kreme's you like so much in your lunch today?" 

" ... Yeah, a glazed bear claw with sprinkles."

"Bear claws don't have sprinkles."

"I carry my own."

"Chocolate, or multi-colored sprinkles."

'Multi,"I said, unsealing my ZipLock box, and hers, and transferring the claw.

"She thinks you're real smart, kid, and--""

"Yes! Smart is good.

"It's very good. ... and cute too, in an Eddie Redmayne kinda way."

"What's an Eddie Redmayne?"

"He's the young Brit who played the young Stephen Hawking in the Theory of Everything."

"Did you see it? ... Do you think he's cute?"

"Yeah, good movie. And, yes, he'd do nicely in a pinch."

I grinned like a Cheshire cat. " ... Anything else?" 

"Yeah, she says your brand of humor is really messed up."

"What?S**t! This is bad, really bad. You sure? I had her laughing so hard she almost fell off her chair."

"That one confused me too. I think you're a hoot. But then she explained that messed up is good. Really good."

"Phew! That's a load off. I coulda lived with Stupid 'n Ugly if I'd had too, but Not Funny, no way."

"She likes you Carson, everything about you."

"Yes!"

"You get another sale, Carson?!" Holly asked, returning. "You're really on a roll, Congrats!"

"Thanks, Holly," I said, feeling like a million bucks. "How's your morning been going?"

"I'm really messing up, guys!" she said, plunking herself on her chair.

"Glad to hear it, Holly!" I whooped. "Hope it keeps up!"

"Jerk! Competitive a*****e!" She stood up and strode off. 

" ... What? What did I do, Louise?! My God! Was it something I said?"

"Yaaa! You're really messing up your big chance with Holly, real bad!"

"Nooo! Messing up is good! D****t, Louise, that's what you said!

"Messed up is good, kid! Messing up is bad. Very bad!"

"S**t!"

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Check out TeleMarketeers 4 ~Carson's Reprieve

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Author's Note

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Reviews

[Murf]

Nice twist on your last story, keeps us coming back for more :-)

[Beccy]

Really enjoyed all 3 parts. Clever, with just the perfect amount of wry humour and your character portrayal was really good; brought the whole thing to life.

Beccy.

[JD Major]

Thanks Beccy,
You've made my Day! X 3!
JD :)

[Ishaan Kumar]

You have portrayed it very beautifully. The ideology is a little different and that's what makes this wonderful.