The Electrolux Blues
WD February Flash Fiction Challenge — Day 4
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Electrolux
Model 1205 (1968–1974)
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“The Electrolux Blues,” 2024
Peddled door to door for decades across America, this device represents the depths a man would sink in order to provide for his family. Weighing in at 24 pounds, it set homemakers back over $1,000 — a big ask in its day. Many a man, and a few women, too, would haul these monstrosities from house to house, knocking on one door after another, facing constant rejection and very few opportunities to enter.
However, once in, they would get to put on their show, displaying the amazing suction power of this heavy-weight contender. These Disciples of Sales, unswerving in their faith that the Electrolux was the best vacuum cleaner on Planet Earth, might have been surprised to know that today, the Electrolux brand now owned by the Swiss company who happens also to manufacture the Eureka vacuum cleaner — Enemy #1.
This is Day Four of the Writer’s Digest February Flash Fiction Challenge. The prompt is “Let’s let a story bloom out of format. Write a story in the form of a museum exhibit placard.” I wrote it on the 9th. This is the last one for today. Stand by for tomorrow’s double-entry.
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