copyright Sandra Crook
Pattern Recognition
I turn the corner and let out a primal scream. Then I take off my shoe and hurl it in rage. People look at me but then realize I’m a tourist and ignore me.
My girlfriend walks up. “What the— oh, it’s that pattern again.”
“It’s stalking me!” I wail. “It’s not argyle, it’s not plaid but I keep seeing it. The socks, the wallpaper, the hipster’s vest, that one Pinterest page, and now . . . this!”
“Just go ask,” she says.
I finally find an English speaker. “I don’t know its name,” the woman says. “We just found it on Pinterest.”
The Green-Walled Tower 
July 15th, 2015 at 11:59 pm
ha!
July 17th, 2015 at 6:11 pm
🙂
July 22nd, 2015 at 12:42 am
you vanished again! celebrating wife’s birthday?
July 22nd, 2015 at 8:51 pm
I’m in and out all the time, I’m afraid. I do my best, but I’m pretty busy a lot.
July 16th, 2015 at 12:51 am
How’s that for a different take on the prompt! Good one.
July 17th, 2015 at 6:11 pm
Thanks Sandra. Glad you liked it.
July 16th, 2015 at 2:23 am
Brilliant.
July 17th, 2015 at 6:09 pm
Thanks. 🙂
July 16th, 2015 at 5:03 am
Very different and entertaining! Those darn hipsters.
July 16th, 2015 at 6:07 am
Dear David,
To me this might just be the most horrifying story this week. Pinterest is a bane to me as a cake decorator. People find these elaborate cakes and expect us to be able to recreate them for pennies. When I see manicured fingers go for the phone my blood turns to ice and send me screaming.
As always, you bring something unique and well written to the table each week.
Shalom,
Rochelle
July 16th, 2015 at 4:39 pm
I can well understand that, Rochelle. There is such a thing as too much information readily available for people sometimes. Stay strong and install a cellphone jammer in your shop. 🙂
July 17th, 2015 at 11:50 am
I know what you mean, Rochelle! I could never charge the price I should… Or maybe, I should and attract the clientele that CAN pay!
July 16th, 2015 at 6:50 am
Good one David!! 😀
July 16th, 2015 at 4:33 pm
Thanks!
July 16th, 2015 at 9:31 am
“Damn that Pinterest” he wails, falling to his knees, his fist to the sky.
July 16th, 2015 at 4:31 pm
I’m sure that cry has been heard before. 😉
July 16th, 2015 at 5:40 pm
LOL
July 16th, 2015 at 11:58 am
(chuckling) loved it, Dave. Dawn’s comment is a great addition too. What fun!
July 16th, 2015 at 4:32 pm
Thanks. I had to go light this week after last week’s grim story. Everyone needs a little melodrama in their lives.
July 17th, 2015 at 12:03 am
I just never know what to expect from you, David! Great one. I think those type of patterns do come up. (Look at Erin’s story. I think that’s one.) That roof reminds me of a notebook. 🙂
July 17th, 2015 at 9:04 am
haha. Funny story yet those patterns whose name eludes us is no fun 🙂
July 17th, 2015 at 6:09 pm
I honestly looked for this one. If you know, let me know. 🙂
July 17th, 2015 at 11:50 am
This was great! And oh-so real!
July 17th, 2015 at 6:08 pm
Thanks, Dale!
July 17th, 2015 at 8:42 pm
I’m uncertain whether the pattern is disturbing or our hero is disturbed. Either way, great giggle at the end.
Cheers!
MG
July 22nd, 2015 at 8:57 pm
Maybe both, but I’ll let you decide. Glad you liked it.
July 18th, 2015 at 7:20 pm
Very entertaining story. Poor man needs a long rest in a darkened room.
July 22nd, 2015 at 8:56 pm
Yeah, maybe some sensory deprivation. Of course, he might just dream of that pattern then. 🙂
July 18th, 2015 at 10:25 pm
Funny! Patterns will do that. Like buying a new car – the color is unique until you own it, and then every other car is that color too! Well done!
July 22nd, 2015 at 8:56 pm
Thanks, Yolanda. That’s pretty much true.
July 19th, 2015 at 8:16 am
There has to be a name for needing to know the name for everything, including frustration when you don’t know the name of…. aggghhh….Whatever that is, I think I have it. (And even if I hear it, I’ll never remember.) Loved the histrionics here.
July 22nd, 2015 at 8:55 pm
Great, now I’ll always be wondering what the name of that condition is where you need to know the name of everything. 🙂 It never ends.
July 20th, 2015 at 10:05 am
Well, I need to pin this story. 🙂 Excellent!
July 22nd, 2015 at 8:53 pm
Yes, please do. 😉