The $600,000 Cookie

I ate a cookie because I was hungry from working overtime, and my manager fined me six hundred thousand dollars!

She jabbed a finger in my face, furious. “Ethan Brooks, landing a contract doesn’t make you special!”

“This is a workplace! If you want to eat, go home!”

“Company policy clearly states that snacks are prohibited! You knowingly broke the rules, which makes it even worse!”

“Your six-hundred-thousand-dollar commission on that contract is canceled!”

I looked at her and said flatly, “Whatever.”

I decided to stop going the extra mile.

That was when she started to panic.