Jenny watched as the cashier rang up her purchases.  "Cash, check or charge?" She asked. As Jenny fumbled for her wallet the cashier noticed a remote control for a television set in her purse.

"Do you always carry your TV remote?" the cashier asked. 

"No," Jenny replied, "but my brother Jerry had promised to come shopping with me, and then backed out, so I figured this was the most evil thing I could do to him."

© 2000 by Richard W. Killey

This story was originally published Mar 23, 2000, based on a story sent in by Dale, of Winnipeg MB..