A Self-Checkup
Illustration★★★★The pharmacist of the town drugstore overheard a young boy talking on a payphone. “Hello sir, I was calling to see if you needed a lawn boy. Oh, you have one. Well is he adequate? Oh, he is! Thank you, I was just checking,” said the young boy. The pharmacist then said to the boy, “Sorry you didn’t get the job, son.” “Oh, no sir,” said the boy. “I’ve got the job. I was just calling to check up on myself.”
The point
A pharmacist overhears a boy calling to check on his lawn-mowing job; the boy reveals he has the job and was just checking up on himself—illustrating self-accountability and personal integrity.
Audience
Adults
Tone
Humorous · Instructive
To tell aloud
under a minute · 81 words