The sign on my door says No Soliciting but they knock anyway, two collared-shirt gentlemen advertising pest control. Thirty percent off if I sign up now. I interrupt with a definitive “no.” When they ask why, I explain I’ll always have pest problems. Because the annoying little things can’t read.

Jennifer Lai lives in Washington state where she enjoys eating ice cream on cold days and writing micro fiction. She has an upcoming drabble in Five Minute Lit.