Worker volunteer | drabble

drabble is: an extremely short work of fiction with exactly one hundred words. The purpose of the drabble is brevity and to test author's ability to express interesting and meaningful ideas in an extremely confined space.

Haven't written one ever, but what the heck.
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He seemed faintly familiar as he filled out the form in front of her.

“Previous work?”

“In telecoms.”

“Any media experience?”

“Extensive. I appeared as an extra on TV, once.”

“What sparked the interest?”

“Oh, my family’s always been into politics.”

“Oh, really? They also want to volunteer?”

“I doubt it, they’re more for the other party.”

‘Oh I see… haha well, guess your father’s going to kill you for this, lah.”

“Quite possibly.”

She laughed. “Fathers always say that.”

He shrugged and smiled. He was not always a truthful man, but he had not lied once this evening.