Two Sentence Horror Stories

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Hey, Tina!

You said one cigarette.

I'm done. Relax.

He said heads will roll

if we didn't get everything done tonight.

Woah.

I thought you was giving up on them caffeine pills.

Because they weren't working.

But I raided Gus's stash.

He's got the good stuff.

I don't get you guys.

Killing yourself for a company that...

- I thought I saw one. - Oh God, you and your rats.

It's out of control.

I filed a complaint.

As long as them suckers ain't nibbling on product,

corporate doesn't care.

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You okay there, grandpa? What are you doing?

Nothing.

Come on. We've wasted enough time.

Let's get to it.

So, grandpa, huh?

Okay, let's see you keep up with this old timer.

You're too soft with your team.

You think you're still one of them, but you're not.

You're their boss.

I'm tough when they need it.

Look, our competitors are eating our lunch.

If we want to compete with their one click, 24-hour delivery,

idle workers cost us $10.5 million last year.

I can do what needs to be done.

I hope so, because if you don't exceed quota tonight,

my hands are tied when it comes to your bonus.

What?

Daniel, you said my bonus was guaranteed after 90 days.

The bank will foreclose on our house if I can't...

I'm really sorry.

I really am.

We changed company policy.

Christmas bonuses are for exceeding quota.

Fine.

I can get the team to stop taking smoke breaks.

If you could, you would've already.

Well, I know DKL locks their employees in.

We could just do that.

Yeah. That's a great idea.

Wait, what?

I'm going to set it to this door code on my way out.

Uh, you won't need it, but keep it here just in case.

Okay, hold on. I was just joking, Daniel.

We're not seriously saying we're locking people inside. That's...

Sarah, if this works, then we exceed quota.

Everyone wins.

Like I said, I'm going to lock the door on my way out.

Only use the code in case of emergency.

I know you, Sarah.

You gotta stop being so soft.

Trust me and let me help you succeed.

Hey Doyle, quit it.

You're making us look bad.

It's just wrong.

The company shouldn't be able to take our phones away

before every shift.

I'll ask again if we make quota. Daniel's usually more open.

Thank you.

Can't believe we finally have one of us as shift manager.

Own it, girl.

I bet you Jamal happy.

Yeah, now that I'm making more but he's still out of work,

and it is not easy looking after Kayla all day.

Hey, did you talk to Daniel about that...

We can't bring in any exterminators.

Daniel will never sign off on shutting everything down

to take care of a few rats.

It's more than just a few.

Okay fine. What about this then?

Isn't this stuff toxic?

Can't we at least lock it up someplace safe

instead of having it laying around everywhere?

You know, you could help me do something about all this

if you joined management.

Okay, then at least have my back tonight.

Daniel will let people go if we don't meet quota.

Fine.

We'll look out for each other. I'll keep the line tight.

Hey Doyle, you all right?

Hey, old man.

Ugh!

Doyle, stop! Get off him!

He bit Gus?

Yeah. Just before I got there.

Gus knocked his lights out and the guys brought him here.

I don't need this.

Why would they start fighting now and biting?

I don't know.

Him and the guys always going hard on caffeine pills

and uppers.

Maybe it's a side effect.

- We should get him to a hospital. - Listen to me.

We need to keep this under control.

There's plenty of time after the shift.

After the shift?

You lost your mind. He bit somebody!

Doyle?

Hey, you okay?

What the hell happened?

Doyle? Doyle?

What's going on?

What the hell kind of pills was he on?

Wait... Tina!

We can't mess around with this. We need to call 911.

No. No way.

The cops will make everything worse.

Let's just get through this shift.

Sarah. Doyle just went crazy.