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Thirty Seconds Tales #8: Bad L(o)uck!

Pradita Kapahi / June 26, 2017

“Why?! Why only the day I decided not to double check the locks and be a normal person again?” Cried the woman at the burgled safe lying barren before her; the same woman who had an OCD of obsessing over locked doors.

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June 26, 2017 in Stories. Tags: Bad Luck, Break-in, Burgalary, Burgled, Compulsive Behavior, Crime, Disorder, Doors, fiction, Flash fiction, Locks, Loss, Luck, Micro Fiction, Misfortune, OCD, Psychology, Short Story, Sudden Fiction, Theft, Unfortunate

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27 thoughts on “Thirty Seconds Tales #8: Bad L(o)uck!”

Prajakta says:

June 26, 2017 at 9:22 AM

I guess its good to be paranoid sometimes.. specially in cases like these… Double checking the locks…

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- Pradita Kapahi says:
  
  June 26, 2017 at 11:00 AM
  
  Precisely. I always follow the policy ‘better safe than sorry’, but life is difficult for ppl with OCD. Tough luck for the poor woman 😂
  
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vishalbheeroo says:

June 26, 2017 at 12:00 PM

Good one. A reminder that we need to take precaution and check if it’s locked. For OCD, it’s quite tricky, Pradita:)

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- Pradita Kapahi says:
  
  June 26, 2017 at 12:05 PM
  
  Yep… Poor woman 😂
  
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Shweta Suresh says:

June 26, 2017 at 1:09 PM

Uh oh. That poor woman! It’s better to be paranoid and check twice. Great choice of title. 😁

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- Pradita Kapahi says:
  
  June 26, 2017 at 1:40 PM
  
  Thanks babe 😘 😁
  
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  - Shweta Suresh says:
    
    June 26, 2017 at 1:41 PM
    
    Don’t mention it, dear! 💕😊
    
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- Pradita Kapahi says:
  
  June 26, 2017 at 1:40 PM
  
  Thanks babe 😘 😁
  
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  - Shweta Suresh says:
    
    June 26, 2017 at 1:41 PM
    
    😘💕😊
    
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sakshi~the escapist says:

June 26, 2017 at 6:05 PM

Good one Pradhita! Haha…the struggle is real for those people.

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- Pradita Kapahi says:
  
  June 26, 2017 at 6:11 PM
  
  Absolutely! Thanks for reading 🙂
  
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Dahlia says:

June 27, 2017 at 6:14 AM

Poor thing now she wont be ever be able to break free

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- Pradita Kapahi says:
  
  June 27, 2017 at 7:25 AM
  
  Exactly the tragedy I meant to write about.
  
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Pradita Kapahi says:

June 27, 2017 at 3:18 PM

No, thank you

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Nisthur Anadi says:

June 28, 2017 at 2:34 PM

Amazing short story

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- Pradita Kapahi says:
  
  June 28, 2017 at 2:36 PM
  
  Thank you 😊
  
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  - Nisthur Anadi says:
    
    June 28, 2017 at 2:36 PM
    
    Pleasure is all mine
    
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    - Pradita Kapahi says:
      
      June 28, 2017 at 2:37 PM
      
      Same here 😊
      
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      - Nisthur Anadi says:
        
        June 28, 2017 at 2:38 PM
        
        Let us increase this pleasure by sharing with each other…
        
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        Pradita Kapahi says:
        
        June 28, 2017 at 2:43 PM
        
        Oh i believe we’ve already started with the sharing – comments and admiration 😉
        
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        Nisthur Anadi says:
        
        June 28, 2017 at 2:44 PM
        
        Agreed…That’s what I meant.
        
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        Pradita Kapahi says:
        
        June 28, 2017 at 2:45 PM
        
        👍👍
        
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        Nisthur Anadi says:
        
        June 28, 2017 at 2:46 PM
        
        Do let me know how to increase this further..
        
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        Pradita Kapahi says:
        
        June 28, 2017 at 2:47 PM
        
        I’m sorry? I didn’t get you. Increase what?
        
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        Nisthur Anadi says:
        
        June 28, 2017 at 2:48 PM
        
        Pleasure with mutual appreciation as blogger
        
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        Pradita Kapahi says:
        
        June 28, 2017 at 2:56 PM
        
        😊👍
        
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        Nisthur Anadi says:
        
        June 28, 2017 at 2:58 PM
        
        😊😊😊
        
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