Homicide Á La Carte_The Task of Tolerance_The old road_Going Above and Beyond
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Homicide Á La Carte
As the common saying goes: you are what you eat. It’s quite surprising how much you can tell about a person just from what theywww.onedoor.cc consume. A prime example would be lunch at the office. More specifically, the office of the local detective station where, at this moment, five coworkers sat around a table, each munching on their inpidual meals. Though they had worked together for over seven years, it was surprising how little they knew about each other. Even partners who patrolled the city together only knew the surfaces of personal histories. Yet, a large chunk of each officer’s past could be reve...
The Task of Tolerance
Constant accusations of Jessie Benet, being unapproachable, permeated the office cubicles and the men’s room walls. These misconceptions were a cold draft, leaving an unpleasant feeling in Jessie. It fueled his desire to prove them wrong.So he said, “Yes” to the yearly team building holiday trip.He had already discovered every cognitive distortion, emitted by each of his colleagues, on the airplane. To someone like Jessie, it was the stench of small-mindedness, but to Scott, Clint, Derrick, and Keith, It was the aroma of untold opinions, clogged by the daily demands of work, marriage and fathe...
The old road
For a third time, Madeline Sanders missed her turn, going around in endless circles. Her fingers clench the wheel, brain throbbing against her skull. The task of driving home should be easy. After all, houses don't move. Madeline has driven this street countless times. Once a week every Sunday for the past year. Wiping away invisible dirt from her cheeks, Madeline saw the turn coming up again, and this time as she has done so many before Madeline made the first turn down the road onto a long narrow highway. The evergreen trees mix with the morning mist. Road clouded in a dim shadow. The sun r...
Going Above and Beyond
Early one morning shortly after the school year began, Melanie Zane walked into her office to prepare for her day. The clock on her computer said 7:15 AM; she liked coming in early to catch up on paperwork and to prepare for the day ahead. There was a lot of paperwork to catch up on: requisitions, student requests for appointments, intra-district paperwork to go to the district office. She thought, I’ll NEVER catch up on all this paperwork! I need three weeks just dedicated to working on paperwork to catch up! She sorted them by importance: the time-sensitive documents were the first to be wo...