No way! I’m looking for a job that will pay the bills, not get me killed.

From Create Your Own Story

“No way!,” you reply. “I’m looking for a job that will pay the bills, not get me killed.”

“Hey, man, I’m sorry,” he says. “I didn’t mean to offend you. I just though you might be interested…”

“In killing people I don’t even know for a wad of cash and a pat on the back? No, that’s not my idea of a job.”

Harvey looks away with a defeated look on his face. “I’m sorry, dude.” He looks nervously at the door and turns back at you. “Listen, let me reschedule my meeting with my boss and I’ll take you back home, okay?”

“Alright then,” you reply. Harvey walks through the door and shuts it behind him. You hear a trickle of noise coming from behind the door. Pressing your ear up to the door, you can hear someone yelling from the room. His boss must be pissed, you think.

A moment later, Harvey comes out from the room. The two of you walk back the way you came and return to his car. The whole trip back home, neither you nor Harvey say a word. Harvey pulls up to your apartment building and you step out. Harvey runs around the back of the car and up to you, saying “I’m sorry this didn’t go over so well. Maybe if you change you mind, you can call me.”

“Alright,” you say, and head back to your apartment, knowing that you will never take that job. You return to your couch and turn on the television. Your soap is over. Now it’s some wacky Spanish game show. You lie down on your couch and watch the television. At the end of the week, you find a job as an auto mechanic.


Oh, what potential you had.

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