A Series of
Unfortunate Events
Kalane Abbey
Word Count: 382
On a seemingly
normal morning, Janice left the house and started her day. Her first stop was
to her car of course, so she could drive to work. As she walked through the
garage, the top of the broom and rake fell on her feet because her younger
brother, James forgot to put them away properly. Not trying to ruin her day,
Janice shook it off and kept on her merry way.
She arrives safely
at work and is well into her day when a package arrives for her. The UPS man
asks for her signatures and proceeds to drop the box. Only he miscalculated and
the box landed right on her feet. She holds back the gulp of pain and picks up
the box and heads back to work.
Finally, her work
day is over. Three times a week, Janice works out in hopes of losing the 20
pounds she gained after the birth of her first child. Being as though it was
Monday, Janice swiped her membership card into the Gold’s Gym that was right
around the corner from her house. After her 20 minute tread mill run and 2 sets
of core exercises. She makes her way to the rack of weights to finish her
workout with shoulder shrugs and dumbbell curls. The previous user forgot to re
rack the weights properly and as she is trying to do so the 5 lb dumbbell falls
on her feet. Grateful that it wasn’t a heavier weight that fell, she gathers
her things and sets home.
After a brief shower
and a quick wardrobe change she is set to attend the monthly dinners her
community service organization holds. In line for food, the person in front of
her drops her plastic cutleries on Janice foot. That was the breaking point.
Janice immediately erupts, letting out a slew of curses and angrily storms out
of the hall.
Now, under normal
circumstances you would say Janice was way out of line and definitely over exaggerated
the whole scene. But now that you have the background and context of the chain
of events of her day, can you really blame her?
Moral of the story: You never know somebody’s past, so don’t judge
their present.
