Jan 09 2009
Is saving money really worth it?
“Her heart beat painfully in her chest, she dove behind the doorway that suddenly loomed out of the dark. Shutting the door carefully behind her so as not to make a noise that might attract attention she slumped bonelessly to the floor, gasping for breath. Suddenly, she heard a faint noise in the distance, “tap tap” “tap tap”. She strained her hearing for any other sound, but heard nothing. Suddenly “Tap Tap” “Tap Tap” it was much closer, she knew she had to run.
It started out as a perfectly normal day for Ashley Quick. She woke up early, and kissed her sleeping son, and got ready for work. She left at about 6:40, happened to spot the clock on her way and cursed, she was late…. Again. Just yesterday her boss had given her a no-nonsense talk about the benefits of timeliness, and integrity. He also told her that if she were late one more time she may as well just not come in.
So, she jumped in her car and swerved out of the driveway, heedless of the consequences and drove at a breakneck pace all the way to work. She made it in the front door about 1 minute before 7, and settled behind her desk. She was a bit frazzled, not only because of her close call, but also because through the entire drive she kept hearing “asssshhhhlllleeeeeyyyyyy” “Ashhlleeeeeeeeey”
She kept trying to see who was calling her, but she never saw anyone.
The day went by quickly, though every now and then she heard that same faint voice… “asssshhhhleeeeeey” “leeettt meeee ouuuuutt!” Whenever the voice sounded, she would look around to see if anyone else heard it, but noone ever did. She had a late lunch because it was so busy that day and she didn’t go until 2:30, she went to the break room and was just so tired that she took a little nap.
She woke up to darkness. Everyone had left without her! She got up and after blindly fumbling around found the door to the hall way. While she was making her way towards the exit a chill ran down her spine “ashleeeey, ASSHHleeeey, I know your in here, and I’m going to get you!” “tap tap, tap tap” She broke into a cold sweat at hearing the voice, and ran to the door. Yanking and pulling at it, with freedom just on the other side she almost panicked, it was so unfair! A flimsy piece of glass separating her from freedom, and keeping her locked in with some ravening monster. She resolved to survive, if nothing else for her son’s sake.
Now almost 3 hours later, of running through the entire building, relentlessly pursued by the mocking voice, and that terrible tapping, she was almost ready to give up. “Assshllleeeey stop running away, I only want to talk to you” the voice taunted. “GO AWAY! LEAVE ME ALONE!” she shrieked at it, and started running again. Around the next bend she came upon an upstairs corner office, she resolved to meet her fate here, at least she had some light coming in through the window.
She took up position behind the door, and held a chair at the ready. Tap tap, came the noise, tap tap, tap tap, tap tap, her heart seemed almost to be beating in tune. Suddenly the door began to open, and the shadow of the thing stretched out on the wall, it was a monstrous lizard! As she looked it opened its jaws to swallow her whole, and she heard…
“O There you ah! I thought yew might like to change to geico for your ca insurance. She looked at the Gecko, it looked at her and said “whot? Oh my crutches? You ran over me this morning when u left your house. Terribly rude of you.”
Ashley brought the chair down, again, and again, and again. “Hey! Hey! What the hell are you doing!?” Ashley opened her eyes to see it was her boyfriend standing there in their house. He had his arms up to ward off the blows she had been raining down upon him.
“Does this mean you DON’T want to switch to Geico for our car insurance?”
