Friday Fictioneers 11th September

Posted on September 9, 2020 by pensitivity101

Rochelle Wisoff-Fields is our host for this weekly challenge. You can find out more here
This week, she has selected one of her own photos as our prompt


Sally had spent months making the chimes and window dressings for her new business.
Today was the grand opening and she waited expectantly for the little bell to ring announcing her first customer.
Three hours later, she hadn’t had a single visitor and checked to see that the door was indeed unlocked.
It was then that she kicked herself for her dyslexia as the sign read NOPE instead of OPEN.

70 words.

About pensitivity101

I am a retired number cruncher with a vivid imagination and wacky sense of humour which extends to short stories and poetry. I love to cook and am a bit of a dog whisperer as I get on better with them than people sometimes! We have recently lost our beloved dog Maggie who adopted us as a 7 week old pup in March 2005. We decided to have a photo put on canvas as we had for her predecessor Barney, and now have three pictures of our fur babies on the wall as we found a snapshot of my GSD so had hers done too. From 2014 to 2017 'Home' was a 41 foot narrow boat where we made strong friendships both on and off the water. We were close to nature enjoying swan and duck families for neighbours, and it was a fascinating chapter in our lives. We now reside in a small bungalow on the Lincolnshire coast where we have forged new friendships and interests.
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38 Responses to Friday Fictioneers 11th September

  1. Jen Goldie says:
    September 9, 2020 at 10:41 pm

    LOL! I didn’t even notice the spelling possibilities…….Great Take! 😏😊

  3. trishsplace says:
    September 9, 2020 at 11:07 pm

    I hadn’t even seen that! Well done.

  4. willowdot21 says:
    September 10, 2020 at 12:08 am

    That’s absolutely brilliant 💜

  5. Sadje says:
    September 10, 2020 at 1:51 am

    Fantastic take on the prompt.

  6. murisopsis says:
    September 10, 2020 at 4:11 am

    I guess I’m not so observant today! Well played!

  7. Iain Kelly says:
    September 10, 2020 at 7:32 am

    At least it wasnt because her shop was bad! Hopefully the customers will arrive now.

  8. rochellewisoff says:
    September 10, 2020 at 2:43 pm

    Cute story, Di. Hope she gets it straightened out.

    Shalom,

    Rochelle

  9. Bill says:
    September 10, 2020 at 7:56 pm

    Indeed. I can imagine such things happening on the first day. It’s a sign, you see. 🙂

  10. Keith's Ramblings says:
    September 11, 2020 at 9:49 am

    Thank goodness she noticed after three hours, not three weeks! Nice one Di.

  11. granonine says:
    September 11, 2020 at 12:21 pm

    Well, at least it was an easy thing to fix :). Cute story!

  12. Dale says:
    September 11, 2020 at 5:25 pm

    Definitely not a way to welcome people into her brand-new shop! Fun story.

  13. ahtdoucette says:
    September 11, 2020 at 9:43 pm

    LOL. Fun take on the prompt. I’m sure she will do better next time.

  14. James McEwan says:
    September 12, 2020 at 8:47 am

    We all make those kind of mistakes, but how did she notice with her dyslexia? Perhaps we all do notice our mistakes when we pay more attention to the detail. A charming humorous story with a subtle lesson.

  15. Brenda's Thoughts says:
    September 13, 2020 at 6:25 pm

    Oops, it’s a good thing she checked! Now, the customers will come. =)

  16. Anita says:
    September 14, 2020 at 2:10 pm

    At least she realized! Now things should be fine with a new sign 🙂

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