A good choice on a good day…
This is a short story based on the Reedsy writing prompt entitled ‘Write about someone taking advantage of some unexpected free time’. I tried to stick to the gist of the prompt as much as I could while giving the story a Christian moral that resonated.
She was sitting at her desk at work doing things the way she was so accustomed to doing them. Even though she loved her job, she wondered how she could make a better choice, so that she could make better decisions about her life in general and have a really good day.
Jeanette Henderson was a beautiful but thoughtful young receptionist for Star TV Media Productions who put more than the usual effort at work. She liked being herself, a receptionist that picked up the phone with glee, and smiled into the phone when she spoke. Perhaps it was a characteristic that people who called the thriving company loved about her.
Jeanette had her fair share of administrative work to do, as part of her duties, apart from just answering the phone. She tended to these duties reasonably well and was up to speed in everything she ever did.
One day her supervisor told her on the phone that he would not be coming in to work, and so she would not have any admin duties for the day. Jeanette did not see this coming, but in a way, she looked forward to the idea of having a little more time to…
