1-Sentence Pitch
“A friend pestered the protagonist to help him decide on a date-spot, and so the annoyed latter decided to introduce a 'wonderful' place of his...”
Story
“I can't think of anything good!”
Jack's voice crackled through the phone's speaker. “Nothing interesting, nothing unique... none, nil, zilch, whatever!”
“And so you rang me up...” I sighed in disbelief as I took a peek at my clock, “...at 2am in the morning, just to help you with your dating problems?!”
“You got to help me think of something,” replied the now pleading Jack. “I promised my girlfriend that I would bring her to some place cool tomorrow... but I am out of ideas of where to go!”
It is during these times when I can't decide whether he was being unreasonable or just utterly desperate. What kind of sound advice did he think he could get from a guy like me who has been single for his entire life thus far?
“Umm, just go to the movies.” I suggested while fighting against my own drowsiness. “Then wrap it up with a romantic dinner.”
A brief silence followed, before Jack groaned in response. “That's lame, bro! Plus I did just that yesterday anyway.”
“Okay, then how about the beach?”
“B-O-R-I-N-G!” Jack spelt each letter of the word in a slow manner to spite my suggestion.
This one-sided exchange of a phone conversation continued on for a few more minutes, where my numerous suggestions to fix the plight of this particular friend of mine, were all shot down by the same man himself.
My patience was wearing thin. There is a certain amount a person can tolerate after having so many of his ideas rejected, and that very limit was now at the verge of breaking. My fingers were more ready than ever to press that disconnect button.
Then all of a sudden, an 'eureka' moment struck me! That was it – the perfect venue for someone as annoying and naïve as Jack. I cleared my throat as I began describing this wonderful place in great lengths.
“So you are saying,” exclaims Jack, while he tries very hard to suppress his growing excitement. “There are sports cars, brawling matches, dance floors, and even a shooting range – all packed into a single venue?!”
“Yep, and there's even a machine robot that dispenses plush toys.” I added with enthusiasm.
“Dude, tha... that's AMAZING! Tell me the location of this place quick!!”
“Sure. Here's the directions to my secret wonderful place...”
If only Jack could see the new grin that had surfaced on my face.
“Have fun tomorrow!”
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The next day, a clueless couple was standing in front of a certain shopping strip, staring blankly at the glass panel of a children-filled store.
“So is this the really wonderful place you intended to take me to?”
The girl queried, while looking not a slight bit impressed.
“...Jack-dear, it is just an arcade centre.”
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