The waiting quotation — a room for one change

Original flash fiction · Invented characters · A place for unfinished work

Noor wrote a sentence on the workshop board: “A project cannot proceed until a supplier replies.” Nobody laughed. It was exactly the problem they had been avoiding.

A visitor added a suggestion beneath it: “Record who is expected to reply and what decision follows.” Noor read it twice, then tried it on just one small part of the work.

The next morning the board was still untidy. One corner, however, showed an actual attempt instead of another promise.