A Silly Millimeter (2012)
““A thousand dollars? A thousand goddamned dollars?”
“Hank, please don’t swear in front of the computer—you know how it likes to mimic you,” Mindy cried as she tried to calm her husband. “Besides, he did say that we wouldn’t have to pay the fine if we made corrections within the next ten days.”
“But, Mindy, a thousand dollars! It takes me a whole day and a half to make that kind of money! And who knows what it’s going to cost to fix it!” Hank growled as he ripped the violation notice to shreds.
...“No, Hank! Don’t destroy the notice! It’s recyclable! That’s a five hundred dollar fine!”
Hank sighed and dropped the pieces on the kitchen table. He pressed the “outside” key on a nearby config control and a window appeared on the wall. He looked out at all the rectangular homes on the street, all featureless and virtually identical. Some were white, others pastel pink, blue or gray. All identical in design and identical in size to a very small tolerance. Which is why his home had been cited.MoreLess
“Hank, please don’t swear in front of the computer—you know how it likes to mimic you,” Mindy cried as she tried to calm her husband. “Besides, he did say that we wouldn’t have to pay the fine if we made corrections within the next ten days.”
“But, Mindy, a thousand dollars! It takes me a whole day and a half to make that kind of money! And who knows what it’s going to cost to fix it!” Hank growled as he ripped the violation notice to shreds.
...“No, Hank! Don’t destroy the notice! It’s recyclable! That’s a five hundred dollar fine!”
Hank sighed and dropped the pieces on the kitchen table. He pressed the “outside” key on a nearby config control and a window appeared on the wall. He looked out at all the rectangular homes on the street, all featureless and virtually identical. Some were white, others pastel pink, blue or gray. All identical in design and identical in size to a very small tolerance. Which is why his home had been cited.MoreLess
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