Post Its: A Short Story Analysis

This is an analysis of the short story 'Post Its' by Paul Dooley and Winnie Holzman. The story revolves around a couple who communicate through post-it notes due to their conflicting schedules. The story explores themes of communication, relationships, and the importance of physical presence. The document type is a short story analysis and the type of assignment is not mentioned. The subject, course code, course name, and college/university are not mentioned either.

Running head: POST IT’S
POST IT’S
Name of the Student:
Name of the University:
Author Note:

1POST IT’S
Actor: Will be attending a party tonight. Sandwiches are in the fridge. Will leave for work by
11 pm. Back by 9 in the morning.
Actress: Thought you’d be home tonight. Don’t even remember your face. Give me a
call once you reach home. I’ll be off to work by half past eight in the morning.
Actor: Guess you had told me that you never wanted to see my face either. Six months later,
don’t blame you for forgetting my face. Welcome back!
Actress: Groceries, please!
Actor: They’re closed for today. Don’t feel like walking down to Stewart’s. We’ve got
enough groceries till Sunday!
Actress: When are we even going to see each other living in the same house? I hate your
night job.
Actor: Will try to be home early tomorrow morning. Dinner in the fridge.
Actress: Groceries!
Actor: Tomorrow!
Actress: Was there something I forgot to tell you last night? Yes! You look good in that
new beard.
Actor: Will be at Sam’s tomorrow. Good day!
Actress: Nearly a week and we’ve only seen each other once. I don’t believe it! Can you
change jobs?
Actor: You can quit yours!
Actress: Guess you’d have to make breakfast for yourself once you reach today. We’ve run
out of bread. I’d get the groceries tonight. Thank you!

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Actor: Will be at Sam’s tomorrow.
Actress: Again? He’d better be a guy!
Actor: Sam’s again tomorrow. And yes, he is!
Actress: Maybe returning to this house wasn’t exactly what I needed.
Actor: Maybe believing that things would work out this time wasn’t exactly what we needed!
Actress: Take care! I’m out. I’m done living with a fridge that puts up short messages once
in a day.
Actor: I thought I told you over the phone that it’s for a project.
Actress: Hey, my phone fell off my hands tonight. I’ll get a new one soon. Until then, post-
its are how we’re going to communicate?
Actor: Wasn’t it only in the evening when you were cursing me over the phone, swearing
you’d never get back? But hey, I’m glad you’re still here. Sunday tomorrow. Looking
forward to taking you out for a drive by!
Actress: I’ll be at Jessica’s.
Actor: Why am I not surprised?
Actress: Hey, no redemption or something! Alright?
Actor: Got a phone yet? We don’t talk for ages now! Where’s my breakfast these days,
anyway?
Actress: I said I’ll get one soon.
Actor: Groceries please, so I can make some breakfast for myself.
Actress: No money!

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Actor: When are we going to see each other? I’m home tomorrow.
Actress: I’ll be at work, honey!
Actor: Who? Wait! You don’t call me that!
Actress: But now I do. Big deal?
Actor: Gave you a call last night. It actually rang. You sure you broke your phone?
Actress: Oh, yes I got it repaired.
Actor: You didn’t pick it up this time either. Tell me what’s your name?
Actress: I’ll move out. I’m not your wife. Please do not tell the police. She did move out
when she swore that she would. Just left the keys inside. A homeless man needs a
shelter. The urge to have a roof over his head and food inside his stomach can get him
sneaking into wherever possible, even if it means living with a fridge that
communicates once a day. What matters to him is what’s inside the fridge, not what’s
on it.

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Bibliography
Dooley, P. & Holzman, W. (2016). Post-its (notes on a marriage). In L. Kirszner & S.
Mandell (Eds.), Portable literature: Reading, reacting, writing. 9thEd. (pp. 955-959).
Boston, MA: Cengage Learning. (Original work published 1998)