Schlagwort: carr

That evening, Joe calls his friend Remington to vent his anger over his current economic situation. This new paper stand was only meant to be a short time solution until he got back on his feet, but not only is he now stranded without a job in the goddamn middle of nowhere, but he can’t even afford to move back into the city due to recent rent increases.

Remington has a solution: one of the families he cleans for is in dire need of a gardener. Joe isn’t thrilled. He certainly didn’t go to college to water some rich guys plants, but beggars can’t be choosers, he guesses. It’ll only be temporary, right?

A sports fan through and through, Joe has built a goal in the backyard in order to distract himself a bit. But still, he has to pay the bills somehow, and no one currently has a job for a run-of-the-mill business man.

His friend (and flirt) Christy drops by to cheer him up.

“Yeah, I think I’m going to sell, too.”

“Why? Your news paper stand is tiny!”

“I don’t just own the small shack, but also the surrounding park. And that’s a lot of land. The stand just doesn’t pay for itself.”

“Huh.”

Actually, Joe had a pretty secure job as a junior executive- or so he thought. After a bunch of layoffs, Joe found himself without a job and, in light of the current job market, decided it was time to move on. Living in a small town is much cheaper, and until he gets back on his feet, the small newsstand should provide a sufficient source of income.