The following short story is excerpted from Daniel Orozco's debut collection Orientation and Other Stories. Those are the offices and these are the cubicles. That's my cubicle there, and this is your cubicle. This is your phone. Never answer your phone. Let the Voicemail System answer it. This is your Voicemail System Manual. There are no personal phone calls allowed. We do, however, allow for emergencies. If you must make an emergency phone call, ask your supervisor first. If you can't find your supervisor, ask Phillip Spiers, who sits over there. He'll check with Clarissa Nicks, who sits over there. If you make an emergency phone call without asking, you may be let go.
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05.17.11Orientation: A Short Story by Daniel OrozcoShort Story
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07.14.11Recent Longreads HighlightsShort Story
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09.15.11Fiction to Get You Through Your WorkdayShort Story
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01.17.12Gary Shteyngart Reads Etgar Keret’s “What, of This Goldfish, Would You Wish?”Short Story
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04.13.12Willem Dafoe, Jonathan Safran Foer, and Shalom Auslander Read Etgar KeretShort Story
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07.09.12Mother BackwardsShort Story
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05.08.15Resort Tik TokShort Story
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05.14.15MonumentShort Story
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05.29.15The GeraniumShort Story
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08.20.15Angel’s LaundromatShort Story
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09.10.15Only the AnimalsShort Story
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10.23.15DollsShort Story
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05.19.16Man and BirdShort Story
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03.16.17Letters HomeShort Story
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04.06.18Land DealShort Story
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11.09.18Lost in the LouvreShort Story
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01.25.19PortalsShort Story