© J Hardy Carroll
Three days had passed and not a soul had sat in the waiting room.
“I’m bored.” Gabe idly flicked through the register book. “It’s unbelievable. No-one has come to us. They can’t all have been bad.”
“You wouldn’t think so. Out of 151,600 people each day, normally we would get at least a third. Usually we’re full of people. I’ll have to get a new job if this continues.”
“You don’t think they’ve finally cracked it?” The red warning light started flashing before Peter could answer. He rushed to the controls.
“Shit” he said “The ascension angels have gone on strike.
In response to the photo prompt provided by J Hardy Carroll for Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers. Follow the link to read other interpretations or to take part yourself.
About Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist
I began my working career as a reluctant potato peeler whilst waiting to commence my training as a student nurse. On completion I worked mainly in intensive care/coronary care; finishing my hospital career as clinical nurse educator in intensive care. A life changing period as a resort owner/manager on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu was followed by recovery time as a farmer at Bucca Wauka. Having discovered I was no farmer and vowing never again to own an animal bigger than myself I took on the Barrington General Store. Here we also ran a five star restaurant. Working the shop of a day 7am - 6pm followed by the restaurant until late was surprisingly more stressful than Tanna. On the sale we decided to retire and renovate our house with the help of a builder friend. Now believing we knew everything about building we set to constructing our own house. Just finished a coal mine decided to set up in our backyard. Definitely time to retire we moved to Queensland. I had been writing a manuscript for some time. In the desire to complete this I enrolled in a post grad certificate in creative Industries which I completed 2013. I followed this by doing a Master of Arts by research graduating in 2017. Now I live to write and write to live.
Reflections and Nightmares- Irene A Waters (writer and memoirist) 
Even the messengers of God may take the road of social activism in a broken world. What a great story, Irene.
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Glad you liked it Sharon.
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a strike, even there,
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Your old man may be waiting longer.
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Nothing would suprise me, these days. Great take.
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Thanks Sandra.
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Brilliant! You really did mean, “not a soul”! I love your humorous twists.
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Yes I did mean soul. Glad you got the humour Charli.
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Brilliant story. Love this
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Glad you enjoyed it Raewyn.
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Ah.. I guess the good one are piling up in limbo… wonder what the angels strike for.
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Danger money. Too risky flying these days with terrorism.
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This was hilarious, I love it. Gabe doing the statistics, LOL.
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You’ve given me a smile that I’ve given you a smile.
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LOL! Love it!!! Not a ‘soul’…oh you are very clever and so good at these flashes Irene, they are brilliant!!
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Thanks Sherri for that wonderful compliment. I had no idea when I did the first one of Charli’s prompts that I would enjoy flashing as much as I do.
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Keep flashing Irene…you’re great at it. And it’s because of you that I too now love to flash lol! Who knew? Life is full of surprises 😀 ❤
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Thank you for that compliment Sherri and glad you became a flasher because of me. You never know what is revealed beneath.
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Too right…you just never know… 😀
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Dear Irene,
What a unique take. What will we do with the angels on strike? I enjoyed this.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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I’m glad you enjoyed it Rochelle. Thanks for dropping by. Cheers Irene
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And the title (which I read last) cracked me up!
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Glad you liked the title Dawn.
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