Overheard


at Al's Deli
A: Yeah, so Monday I called Tom and told him that I wasn't going to be in. That I was deeply depressed and distracted and that I was just waiting for Tuesday, when I got my answer, and so there was no reason to go in on Monday. And that I was just going to sit on my couch and watch TV and play videogames and try not to think and wait for Tuesday.
B: And he was fine with that?
A: Yeah, I don't take many sick days. But, get this, he asked me instead to do it at his place. Because he was expecting the UPS guy!
B: Sure.
A: Not sure! I was having a hard time, and he wanted me to do him a favor!
B: Well, it was nothing to you, right? If you're just going to be moping on a couch, or pacing or whatever, may as well help someone else out. He's got a TV right?
A: Yeah, cable too.
B: There you go.
A: But I was pretty much a wreck!
B: Your mental state doesn't factor in here, at all. He needed a warm body to stay in his house until the UPS dude showed up; you were a warm body, and explicitly said you had nothing better to do. You were the perfect candidate!
A: I guess
B: Life keeps moving man. Big wheels keep on turning.
A: Lynyrd!