It seemed absurd to her.
‘You think I should have one security camera to cover the entrance and then a second security camera to cover the first camera?’
‘Exactly.’
‘Why?’
‘In case the first security camera is tampered with. That way you’ll see them do it.’
‘Okay,’ she paused. ‘But what if they tamper with the second security camera so that we don’t see them tampering with the first camera?’
Leon thought for a moment. ‘Perhaps you need a third camera to cover the second camera? But then what’s to stop them tampering with the third camera?’
She thought for a moment: ‘What if, instead of covering the entrance, the first security camera covered the second camera, the second camera covered the third one and the third camera covered the first one. That way all the cameras are being covered, so no one can tamper with them.’
‘Good idea, but what about the entrance, there would be no camera covering that?’
‘I could put a guard on the entrance.’
‘You would need a security camera to cover the guard.’
Later, with all twenty-five security cameras installed, Leon rubbed his aching back. Another profitable day for Leon’s Surveillance Cameras Inc.
Written as part of Sunday Photo Fiction. Write a story of around 200 words based on the photo prompt given (above). Hosted by Al Forbes. For more details visit HERE.
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Iain Kelly 
Beware of Leon!
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He’s simply offering his expert advice 🙂
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Lol 😂😂😂
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Thank you, glad it gave you a smile 🙂
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Laughing.
You are a bad man, Mr Kelly!
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Thank you 😉
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delightful, and sadly probable.
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Thanks Susan – there is a definite trend with all work contractors, plumbers, mechanics, electricians and so on!
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Amusing, delightful, brilliant. Nice one Iain, but then I wouldn’t expect anything else from you.
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Thanks Keith, it stemmed form the idea of why would you use a camera to take a photo of another camera…
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They guy’s a crook but then again, she’s really gullible.
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He’s looking out for himself, and to be fair, her property is thoroughly monitored now 🙂
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I think she should have shopped around first.
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Pretty funny and totally believable. Some salesmen are crafty that way. Our neighbors put a camera in their window so they could “catch” our son playing basketball in our driveway because they said the ball kept hitting their house. Even called the police once. Perhaps they called Leon. Glad they moved 🙂
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Too many cameras around these days!
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I enjoyed this Ian; it’s a clever take on the prompt. Imagine how much Leon could make it he got a contract with a public sector organisation (I say this as a former public sector employee).
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I work in the public sector too. He would have hit a goldmine! 🙂
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Haha! A very good one Iain. I’m still laughing. 😀
A very profitable business and all it takes is a skilled person like Leon.
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He certainly has a good skillset for this sort of business! Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
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Wow such a trickster. Than again, I remember a phrase “Ignorence is no excuse for Stupidity”and I think that very much describes his lady customer. So I Some Way, you cantblane the guy for taking advantage of her ignorance resulting in a stupid purchase of 25 cameras. Great write Ian! I hope you and your family are doing well!
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Thanks Mandi, we’re all doing great. So nice of you to ask. Hope you are good too. I’m with you, I can’t blame him for making a living as best he can 🙂
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lol. that is hilarious!
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Thank you, glad you enjoyed 🙂
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Cleverly done.
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Thank you
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