“ Ah Mr. Miller” my boss just looked at me with those cynical eyes, expecting some kind of excuse. He continued,
“ How nice of you to join us…twenty minutes late”
“Yes sir, sorry Mr. Daniels, my car…it…um it…”
“ Honestly Mr., Miller I really don’t car. You are late at least twice a week, you are constantly having these personal problems and we need someone we can rely on. It is the decision of the board that you should find yourself a new job. Please make haste of clearing you desk and be on your way. Thank you, and have a nice day” There was a domino effect of smirks and grins throughout each member of the board as my jaw dropped and the blood rushed out of my face. I just backed out of the room, without so much as a grunt. As I came to my former desk, I noticed they had left me a nice letter and a little box cardboard box…how thoughtful. It was at this point it all got to me’
“HAVE A NICE DAY”?!? I shouted, as I threw my belongings into the box and stormed out. As I got into the lift the older lady from accounting just looked at me and sighed
“Lost your job darling“ I just shot her a look as if to say, ‘ Talk to me again and I will be forced to make a sarcastic comment about your make-up’, well that’s what I was thinking at least. She didn’t try to start a conversation after that. Finally the lift came to the ground floor, I stepped out and took one last look and thought ‘This isn’t an office building…its hell with florescent lighting’. I left the building and got into my car. I thought I would go for that breakfast now. I drove to this café I normally would go to for my lunch. I parked now far from the café; almost positive I was going to get a parking ticket. I guess a little more wouldn’t hurt, I mean my day can’t get much worse…can it? It’s quite a nice little place. It has 6 little tables with four chairs each, and in each corner there are two bigger tables, which are shorter, with a sofa either side. I took my usual seat, the table just to the left, looking out on the world. A young guy, no older than 18 came up and asked for my order.
“Yes. I’ll have the big breakfast please, without the tomatoes please.”
“Sure thing, would you like anything to drink with that?”
“Just a small pot of tea please” with that he walked away in the general direction to of the kitchen. I just sat staring into the distance toying with my spoon. Just contemplating what had actually happened little less than half an hour ago, replaying in my mind really great comebacks that never actually came out. I rested my elbows on the table and put my head into my hands. I looked up and took a quick look at the people around me, maybe someone was as miserable as me. The lady at the opposite table, who was also sat alone, smiled at me. I just smiled politely and averted my gaze back down to my table. I heard footsteps and automatically assumed it was the waiter, as I looked up I surprised to see the guy I had noticed from two tables across. He was in his early twenty’s.
“Mind if I join you, you look like you could use some company” he was very well spoken. He wasn’t very tall, about average height I would say. He had short, dark brown hair, which was purposely spiked, with ice blue eyes. He was wearing fairly casual clothes; blue jeans and a beige t-shirt with a white ‘Animal’ logo printed on the front.
“Sure, be my guest. I could use some company to be honest with you”
“I’m Jeremy by the way” Jeremy…I have never met a Jeremy before.
“Hi Jeremy, I’m Marc” And that’s where it began. From there on we got talking about many things; Life, loves and past. He is the most interesting guy I have met in my life, and from that day we kept in touch, and gradually got closer and closer. Now I have Jeremy, someone special to me that I can share bad days with as well as some of the best days of my life. This is a prime example of how life can change and flip 180 degrees. How a bad day can turn out to be the most important and special day of you life.