How To Qualify For The Doghouse (Wordless Wednesday) and Words for Wednesday

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Linking up with Wordless Wednesday and Sandee at Comedy Plus.     

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Words for Wednesday was begun by Delores and has become a moveable feast of word or picture or music prompts that encourages us to write stories, poems, or whatever strikes our fancy.    

This month, the prompts are being provided by Elephant's Child.     

This week's prompts are:

1. peel
2. justify
3. wall
4. employee
5. temperature
6. roll

And/or

1. volume
2. revenge
3. fraud
4. explain
5. weak
6. vague

"Just once!" he said, the VOLUME of his voice indicating the TEMPERATURE of his inner equilibrium was again rising past the boiling point.

"What's up this time, boss?"  His long-suffering assistant had come in at this point, and knew he needed to let the boss bend his ear, see if he could defuse whatever it was now.

"Just once I would like for us to get an EMPLOYEE who can PEEL an onion or ROLL a burrito correctly without me having to EXPLAIN it to him or her over and over again!  We have certain protocols here!  How do we always end up with people who have either a WEAK work ethic or only a VAGUE understanding of how to follow directions?

"Look at these products!  Can you JUSTIFY serving this to a customer?  All of them are supposedly at least high school graduates and some are working their way through college, or that what they say on their applications -- are they committing FRAUD and lying?  I just don't understand it!"

Knowing there was only a thin WALL between them and those employees, and not wanting any of them to overhear and possibly plot REVENGE by quitting mid-shift and  thus leaving him, the assistant, short for the rest of the evening, he steered the conversation as soon as the boss slowed down.

"Boss, those were for practice from the new guy.  The rest of the crew is doing great, we're having a busy evening, and you have been here since way too early.  Why don't you go home and relax, let me cover the rest of this shift, and Jane can cover the morning.  You can come in tomorrow afternoon.  We've got this, and you have to get more sleep."

Glaring at the tray in front of him, covered in what he would term "wasted product," he said, "You're right, I am tired.  I'll be in tomorrow by eleven."

"That sounds great," the assistant said, handing him his coat and all but pushing him toward the door before he could change his mind.

As soon as the door shut behind the boss, the assistant took a moment to compose himself, too.  He had heard through the grape-vine that this hard driving, hard drinking boss of his was slated to be fired by national and he was trying to do everything by the numbers so he could get the promotion.

He knew if he played his cards right, he wouldn't have to sooth the ruffled feathers of a crazy boss too much longer.

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Today is:

Children's Day -- India

Chinggis Khan's (Genghis Khan) Birthday -- Mongolia 

Day of the Colombian Woman -- Colombia

Equorum Probatio -- Ancient Roman Empire (official cavalry parade of the equites)

International Girls Day -- for info, see confidencecoalition.org

Leftover Trading Day -- internet generated; trade your leftovers for the much more interesting ones in your neighbor's fridge

Loosen up, Lighten Up Day -- to remind us of the benefits of joy and laughter, begun by Stephanie West Allen of Denver, CO, US

National Educational Support Professionals Day -- US

National Spicy Guacamole Day -- as opposed to National Guacamole Day back in September   

National Pickle Day/Pickle Appreciation Day

National Teddy Bear Day -- US (anniversary of the day in 1902 that Theodore Roosevelt refused to shoot a cornered and tied bear, because it was unsportsmanlike)

Operating Room Nurse Day -- US, but feel free to celebrate those dedicated nurses around the world

Readjustment Movement's Day -- Guinea-Bissau

Spirit of NSA Day -- members of the National Speakers Association are encouraged to focus on giving back and mentoring     

St. Dubricus' Day (the saint who crowned King Arthur)

St. Lawrence O'Toole's Day (Patron of the Archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland)

Works Getting Into Championships -- Fairy Calendar (Gremlins)

World Diabetes Day -- UN (learn more about diabetes here)     

Anniversaries Today:

Princess Anne of the UK marries Captain Mark Phillips, 1973

Birthdays Today:

Joseph "Run" Simmons, 1964

Laura San Giacomo, 1962

D.B. Sweeney, 1961

Condoleezza Rice, 1954

Yanni, 1954

Prince Charles, 1948

King Hussein of Jordan, 1935

McLean Stevenson, 1929

Boutros Boutros-Ghali, 1922

Brian Keith, 1921

Veronica Lake, 1919

Barbara Hutton, 1912

Rosemary DeCamp, 1910

Joseph McCarthy, 1909

Harrison Salisbury, 1908

William Steig, 1907

Louise Brooks, 1906

Dick Powell, 1904

Aaron Copland, 1900

Mamie Dowd Eisenhower, 1896

Jawaharlal Nehru, 1889

Claude Monet, 1840

Robert Fulton, 1765

Debuting/Premiering Today:

Moana(Disney animated film), 2016

"Black or White"(Music video), 1991

"Murphy Brown"(TV), 1988

"Good Evening"(Revue), 1973

"Der Tapfere Soldat/The Chocolate Soldier"(Operetta), 1908

"The Girl of the Golden West"(Play), 1905

Today in History:

Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca empire, 1533

Samuel Pepys reports on the first blood transfusion (between dogs), 1666

Loius Timothee is hired in Philadelphia to be the first professional librarian in the US, 1732

Captain George Vancouver is the first Englishman to enter San Francisco Bay, 1792

John Mason debuts the first horse-drawn streetcar in NYC, with a route between Prince and 14th on 4th Ave., 1832

Herman Melville publishes "Moby Dick", 1851

The St. Andrews Golf Club, in Yonkers, NY, opens with 6 holes, 1888

New York World reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) began her attempt to surpass fictitious journey of Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg by traveling around world in less than 80 days; She succeeded, finishing the trip in January in 72 days and 6 hours, 1889

Albert Einstein presents his quantum theory of light, 1908

The first airplane flight from the deck of a ship takes place in Norfolk, Virginia, 1910

The BBC begins radio service in the United Kingdom, 1922

The first regular UK singles chart published by the New Musical Express, 1952

NASA launches Apollo 12, the second manned mission to the surface of the Moon, 1969

After German reunification, the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Poland sign a treaty confirming the Oder-Neisse line as the border between Germany and Poland, 1990

The last direct-current electrical distribution system in the United States is shut down in New York City by Con Edison, 2007

Scientists announce the discovery of the closest known rogue planet to Earth, about 100 light years away, 2012

A photo of one of the rarest mammals on earth, the saola, an Asian unicorn is released by WWF; the photo was taken by a camera trap in a forest in central Vietnam in September 2013, last seen 15 years ago, 2013

American harness racing trainer/driver Dave Palone sets the world record for wins when he drive Missy Tap Tina to the winner's circle for his 16,754th career victory, 2014