This post is written for Friday Fictioneers.
The challenge is to write a story with a beginning, middle and end in 100 words or less using the picture prompt below.
He spent his teenage summers working at his father’s farm market: “Leon’s Farm Market.” He worked seven days a week while his buddies enjoyed their summers just hanging around the neighborhood. He was responsible for rolling up the chain link fence that surrounded the market at 9 a.m. He was giving exactly $40 (one ten-dollar bill, three five-dollar bills and fifteen one-dollar bills) to open the old crank style National cash register.
He knew his first customer today. Mrs. Rosenburg was always looking for anything on sale. Looking over his shoulder she said, “How much are those garlics today Danny Boy?”
Oh Danny Boy! 
A lovely slice of rural life.
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A food market builds a community that is the centre of life. An enjoyable piece of the ordinary.
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A vivid picture you’ve drawn here. Excellent writing.
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I really enjoyed this slice of life. I’m sure young Danny learned the value of hard work and went on to a successful life. Nicely penned!
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He did, and thanks for the nice comment.
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A good start to life, though maybe one day off now and then would have been nice!
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Wonderful slice of life (memoir?) Danny. Such a wholesome thing for a young person to do.
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Hard worker with good ethics. He’ll go somewhere. I like this little slice of Danny’s life 🙂
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Those skills worked out very well for him.
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I’ve no doubt.
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His first customer knows what she wants! I wonder what she will do with the garlic😊
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What do you think she will do.
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After all the work and preparation, that first customer is one he’ll never forget!
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Yup! Forever.
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A budding entrepreneur! I remember using a National cash register in my first job in a grocery store!
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Ours had a little pull up tab that when raised you could tell how many customers you had and a daily sales total.
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I love that he knew the first customer. Shows a sense of community
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He’s off to a good start !
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He went on to greater things.
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Got to start somewhere.
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