Category
Human Behaviour
The patterns we repeat without deciding to.
4 stories
Schadenfreude
The Restructure
The email went round at 11:04 and Amara read it twice and then had to go and stand in the stairwell.
3 min read
Inherited Flinch
The Dropped Plate
The plate hit the tiles and Marcus said, "Ah, shit," and bent down to pick it up.
3 min read
Nunchi
The Second Pot
The American did not understand why he had been sent home.
4 min read
Emotional labour
The Fourth Shift
Ask Ruth what she does and she will say she is a ward sister, which is true and is about a third of it.
4 min read