TONY
“You know those people who don’t have any place to live after that big fire the other day ? Well, that’s a bad feeling, I can tell you, when you get kicked out of your own place.”
Posts Tagged ‘loss’
Home away from home
September 29, 2010Customer needs
June 30, 2010
TONY
“With school being out, I’m losing some of my best customers for the summer.”
PHILIP
“How’s that?”
TONY
“Summer holidays. Kids need some time to get away, so you can’t really blame ’em.”
Dealing with loss and pain
March 2, 2010
TONY
“So this guy came by, I’ve seen him sometimes, and he tells me he just lost a $1,000 betting on the US team in the finals the other day. He’ll says he’ll be paying it off ’til May. Now that’s gotta hurt.”
Lord of the flies
October 3, 2007
TONY
“We’re losing another homeless guy.”
PHILIP
“Who’s that?”
TONY
“You remember when I told you about the homeless guy up the street, the guy who was drinking mouthwash? He’s in the hospital — has been for 3 days now. The doctors figure for sure he ain’t coming out of that hospital on his own steam, if you know what I mean.”
PHILIP
“How do you know this?”
TONY
“I spoke one of his other friends last night. The guy says that everyone’s done whatever they could to help the guy, but his insides were totally rotted out. You know, we’re just falling like flies now.”
Homeless Man Speaks 