Surprise
Uploaded by Lenders on Dec 10, 2001
Dan woke up suddenly and checked his alarm clock. He never liked that little thing, because he never quite figured out how to make it work. Jus1t as he suspected, the little display was showing 8:06 which meant that he had 24 minutes to get to work and eventually present the program to his irritating boss and the critics. He had been working for weeks on this presentation, sacrificing a lot of time and nerves, and now there he was in this helpless situation!
He got up at light speed and bolted through the door, however he returned after a couple of seconds, grabbed the evil clock and smashed it in the corner of his bedroom.
Now a bit more relaxed he started running around his apartment getting dressed and at the same time fixing his documents in the briefcase. He knew that he shouldn’t have been staying late yesterday night, watching that late-night movie on cable, but now thinking about it was useless and time consuming. In five minutes he was ready and after drinking orange juice like a thirsty camel from the refrigerator, he throw a tic-tac in his mouth, grabbed the briefcase, closed the door and started jogging toward his car.
At that moment he heard a voice behind him "that's cool man" but he didn't turn around. He knew that his hippie neighbor would make him loose precious time by telling him stupid Star Treck episodes or showing him some of his new so called revolutionary inventions.
After getting inside the car and turning the keys, three or four times the semi-old Dodge came to life and started opening its way through the dense morning traffic.
He was driving relatively fast and in twenty minutes he was in front of the eight store high building where he would be tested and if they liked his ideas, promoted. After parking in his reserved place, he got out and started replaying the program in his mind, desperately hoping that the critics would understand and laugh with a joke about money that he had incorporated in his presentation.
"Is original what you are doing man. I hope that they evaluate your efforts positively" - said the receptionist in the lobby who knew Dan very well. Thank’s said Dan and after showing his pass, he walked toward the elevators. There were a lot of people looking strangely at him but he didn't care, not today, especially...