I couldn't believe that bugger fired me. All because I spilled one measly cup of coffee on some hipster doofus that likely owned 50 ties just like the one that he claimed was going to cost so much to replace. And now, I knew there was no way that I was going to make rent. It was due at the end of the week and I had been counting on the tips I would have made this week to make enough money for rent. What the fuck was I supposed to do?
Well, at 1 in the morning, there wasn't much I could do about it at that point. I might as well go get drunk, I thought.
I headed down the street to a bar where I knew I could chill and not think about much. It was kind of seedy and none of my friends would ever be caught dead there. Fortunately, there was hardly anyone there, so I took a seat at the bar and ordered the strongest drink I could think of - a gin and tonic.
I remembered my mom getting drunk on those at 2 in the afternoon. We had all the money in the world and not a problem that wouldn't be seen in one of those "first world problem" memes, yet that woman was perpetually drunk. Might as well join her. Seemed like fucking up was in my genes.
If only Dad was still around. I know he would have helped me out if he was here. Unfortunately, he died in a car crash five years ago. And I was stuck with my mother. And she wouldn't give me the time of day. When she married a rich older man that made her life easier and I disagreed with her, she cut me out of her life. So despite the fact that she had millions of dollars in diamonds on her body now, I was waitressing to get by and couldn't go to college. But that's life I guess.
I sipped on my gin and tonic and watched people. The thing I liked about this bar was that no one here seemed to be any better off than I was. They were working class people. And I'm pretty sure that some of them were hookers.
After about half an hour a couple of girls came in. They looked to be about my age. Cute. They didn't look like prostitutes. In fact, they looked like they could have gone to college or something near by. Not professionals or anything. Just normal girls. They were happy and smiling and laughing. I was jealous to be honest.
I tried not to pay too much attention to them. It's rude to stare. But they caught my looks anyway.
One of them spoke up.
"Hey, are you ok?"
"Ya, I'll live. I just lost my job today."