This week 100 Words Challenge for Grown-ups with a prompt saying ..they worked when I put them away.. Exactly 107 words, which is 100 words of my own. Picture is from Wikimedia Commons
Santa’s new workforce
Santa had problems, the cost of North Pole gnome workforce was going up and funding from good deeds decreased.
He needed to outsource to the south pole.
A flock of penguins showed up and provided some exquisite samples, he signed an agreement, and on Christmas Eve he made his few deliveries.
Complaints came already on Boxing day. Gifts were not up to normal standards.
“But they worked when I put them away in boxes?” he cried to the two gnomes, (his remaining workforce)
They desperately tried to hide the sledgehammer, but Santa understood.
Next year, no good children remained, so Santa started to work as a tourist guide.
Björn Rudbergs writings 
Outsourcing – not always a good idea.
Cheers!
JzB
lol loved this.
lol. I believe you’ve hit the nail on the head: that is how outsourcing works. I wonder whether we work for the same company…?
Ha! Flippin’ penguins….