This is the new me! I have met my goal weight according to my BMI, said Ms. Knogle excitedly. Now I can wear those small dress sizes I have only dared dream about. And you should see how people just stare at me now while before they never gave me any notice!
Dr. Trim cringed. How could this happen? The computer had always been reliable before. Week after week, month after month, year after year, spewing out the weight recommendations to the staff according to the patient’s BMI. We never had to question it before or give it any thought at all. What could have gone wrong? After all, the computer never makes a mistake.
The office manager stepped into Dr. Trims’s office. The tech people have figured out what happened, she said nervously. The computer program was corrupted. It is possible it was hacked.
That’s just great, he replied. Have you looked into my waiting room? It looks like a bone yard.
Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers is hosted by Priceless Joy of the blog Beautiful Words. Image of Ms. Knogle, the skeleton, by Pixabay.com
Notes Tied On The Sagebrush 
Hahahaha! Waiting room is a boneyard. I guess everyone is losing weight according to the BMI. LOL!! Wonderful story Deborah!
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Thank You, Joy! I appreciate it. It was fun to write. 🙂
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Don’t you just love writing fun stories?? I do.
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Yeah, sometimes you just gotta do it. 🙂
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Hahaha! I agree!
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They’re going to get sued.
great story.
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I know, it does not look good for them. Thank You!
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This is fantastic!!!! 😀
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Thank You!! Glad you liked it. 🙂
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The last line made me laugh out loud. I really like the implied criticism of dieting mania, as well. Good stuff 🙂
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Thank You very much, Sonya. I am glad you enjoyed it.
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I think a few souls in the waiting room would still want to lose a few pounds. Good job!
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People can get carried away with the dieting craze. Thanks, Dan!
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LoL, thanks for the smile! 😉
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You are welcome. 😀
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Have a good weekend Deborah!
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You, too. 🙂
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Funny, and Dr. Trim great name! And the women are just thrilled with the results!
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Ha ha. Thank You. Yes I think many of us go a bit overboard with all the health and diet advice. She was encouraged to follow her doctor’s advice and thought she was doing it right.
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Funny! Technology does have its problems…and does things that are very unexpected! 🙂
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Thank You! Yes, we have to remember to use our common sense and not follow blindly along even if the computer says it is so.
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Hi Deborah. I could just see your tongue in your cheek. What a satirical look at these weight loss goals in the new year! Had a science fictiony feel. A warning re our reliance on computers, too. Lots of fun!
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Thank you, Denise! Yes I rebel at these rigid weight loss guidelines and the computer likes to put us all in the same box. 🙂
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Excellent, Deborah; love the humour!
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Thank You very much, Anna!
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” And you should see how people just stare at me now while before they never gave me any notice!” Loved this line… Loved the “boneyard” as well!
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Thank You very much, Roger! 🙂
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Too many people take such weight guidelines as gospel, not even thinking about how they actually look or feel, just how they match up to the numbers. You’ve captured this perfectly. I love the description of the waiting room as ‘like a bone yard’. 🙂 Great story, Deborah.
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Yes, many people do follow these guidelines very rigidly and the computer in the doctors’ offices reinforce it. Thank You. 🙂 ❤
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