Someone shit on the floor in the bathroom where I work. Seriously. Someone shit on the fucking floor. And it’s my job to clean it up. Fuck. This isn’t worth minimum wage, I think. But then I clean it up anyway. I wear gloves but it still makes me feel like I need a hot shower. Need to wash everything. All of me. Because feeling dirty really brings out my OCD. I get stressed just thinking about having to drive home in my car without showering first. I feel like my hands are still covered in shit. I feel sick. But I suck it up and I finish my shift. Then I drive home in my car without showering first. And, finally, I clean myself off. I change into some fresh clothes. And I sit down at my desk. I take a breath. Then I tell myself that I’m going to quit that shitty job. This year I’m really going to do it. I tell myself that I’m going to finish my book, too. This year. This is the year that it will really happen for me. I tell myself it will. Only, I know that it probably won’t. Fuck a new year. It’s all the same shit.
Cleaning Shit / New Year
Posted bylou rasmusPosted inShort StoriesTags:#Anxiety, #Depression, #Flash-Fiction, #life, #micro-fiction, #reality, #work, #Writer, ramble, Short Story
Published by lou rasmus
Lou Rasmus is an independent author from Chicago, IL. His works are largely focused on exploring the meaning of life – or lack thereof – while the themes of love, relationships, and self-loathing are also central to many of his stories. His upcoming novel, Primrose Isle, will be his third self-published title. Grapefruit Juice, a collection of bitter poems and short stories, and DEAD RED FISH, his semi-autobiographical debut novel about a young man coming to age on a road trip with his childhood friends, are also available on Amazon. View more posts
That’s just fucked up – crapping on floor
LikeLiked by 1 person
people are fucked up man
LikeLiked by 1 person
I have heard this happens and dream up elaborate tales as to WHY??? Just why?
LikeLiked by 1 person
who knows… people are nasty animals
LikeLike
You’re completely brilliant. And you need a drink. Yep. Different year. Same shit. But if you want to finish that book, maybe you need more than one. Just sayin’.
LikeLiked by 1 person
hahaha ya itll take a lot more than one to get thru the rest of my book.. but i think im up for the challenge haha
LikeLiked by 1 person
A good challenge will keep your mind tuned!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Well I really wish that for once you do believe in yourself with that.
LikeLiked by 1 person
confidence has never really been my thing
LikeLike
Neither mine but we can try
LikeLiked by 1 person
ill pretend as best I can
LikeLiked by 1 person
Sounds like you need some hardcore S&M metal to start your New Year.
Always cheers me up…
Happy New Year!!!
LikeLiked by 1 person
missed this comment… but happy (late) new year
LikeLike
You can definitely get a better job an why not finish your book?
LikeLiked by 1 person
we’ll see. i kinda think all jobs are probably shit though. and i know the book will happen.. it’s just gonna take some time
LikeLiked by 1 person
Some are definitely shitty jobs!
LikeLiked by 1 person
but who knows.. maybe ill find a better one this year
LikeLiked by 1 person
I hope you do. 😀
LikeLiked by 1 person
“And I sit down at my desk. I take a breath. Then I tell myself that I’m going to quit that shitty job. This year I’m really going to do it. I tell myself that I’m going to finish my book, too. This year.”
I know I don’t know you, haven’t been following you long, but I am rooting for you. Sometimes we need someone crapping on the floor to make us realise what needs to change. This is not profound, it’s just the truth. X
LikeLiked by 3 people
definitely puts things in perspective.. and thank you
LikeLiked by 1 person
People suck. I keep telling myself “this year” too. Maybe this year. …
LikeLiked by 1 person
maybe if we say it enough it will actually happen.. or maybe not
LikeLike
I hope you do finish your book. We’d like a book from you.
LikeLiked by 1 person
well you’ll be the first to know when i do.. thanks for reading
LikeLiked by 1 person
Hmm the old pooper scooper jobs … sincerest commiserations!
And Happy ‘same shit, different year’ New Years to you … I do hope you write a book though: I’d read that 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
thank you and same to you… and i am working on my first novel now, i hope to have it done in a few months … give or take a few months haha
LikeLiked by 1 person
My sort of timeframes … Nice and Good Luck 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
thank you
LikeLiked by 1 person
I feel your pain! As a first aider at work we are the only ones who are allowed to clean up ‘bodily fluids’. Recently a bloke shit himself and managed to get to the gents to take his pants off, he must have stood in his own crap as it was every where, it took me 2 hours to fully deep clean on my own, I really don’t know how I stopped myself from throwing up.
LikeLiked by 1 person
jesus christ what a mess. good for you for dealing with all that haha
LikeLiked by 1 person
In some ways, I feel I’ve been cleaning poop my entire life. But I’m pressing forward. You’re an eloquent writer – so clear, so vivid. Keep writing. I applaud you!
LikeLiked by 1 person
haha metaphorically it applies to almost every job and task and chore… and thank you, that is very kind
LikeLiked by 1 person
I never could understand celebrating a new year. All I can hope is that this year will be better than last year. I’ve quit a few jobs. That can be a good thing. I’ll pray for you to find a better one.
LikeLiked by 1 person
thank you
LikeLiked by 1 person
SS,DD
LikeLiked by 1 person
or in this case SS, DY .. thanks for reading
LikeLiked by 1 person
A post about shit didn’t feel like shit. It was still good. So, just as you did, clean the filth up in your life, and write that book. All the best!
LikeLiked by 1 person
thank you, that is very kind. ill try my best. and well wishes to you, too
LikeLiked by 1 person
The new year truly is all the same shit!!
LikeLiked by 1 person
yup hahha
LikeLike
That’s abut as real as life gets right there.
humbling comes to mind.
i do like the idea of publishing, i would totally back that.
i’ve actually been thinking about stealing one of those “free” magazine paper boxes with a lift lid,printing a bunch of poetry with a blog site link,write “free poetry” on the side with spray paint,and drop it off in the middle of the most populated area i can find.
…..i’ve already been scoping paper boxes lol
well penned piece
LikeLiked by 1 person
haha damn that’s a fucking great idea. do it. also, thanks for reading. im glad you liked it
LikeLiked by 1 person
it’s like the business model for “random acts of flowers” but instead its” random acts of poetry” lol.
LikeLiked by 1 person
right on. now i wanna try it
LikeLike