Patience Pains

The collapse of his business left him depressed. He sat at the eatery table with a blank gaze. The waiter tapped him on the sholder. 'Sir,the bill need to be paid please '!. He looked up slowly with teary eyes as he counted the coins on the table,slowly dropping them onto his palm before handing them over to the you g lady. She gave him that scornful look,before walking away to the counter. She reached the counter whispered something into her beautiful colleague's ear when they burst out in laughter. He stood up dejected with drooped shoulders as he crossed the street. He had asked for a disposable plate to collect the left overs to carry home to his young daughter. That's what the waiters were mocking him for coupled with the payment in coins without a tip!

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Avalanche

He knew it was coming,the dreaded email from the tax authorities. He was six months in arrears,this months company tax return was due. The bank had just sent a late arrears interest charge on his loan. He sat at the table his cheeks cradled in his palms as he cast the mobile phone aside.

The waiter approached him asking if she could clear the table,he nodded in acknowledgement as he rose slowly. He walked to the counter with drooped shoulders,clanging the coins in his pocket. He reached the counter,looked about furtively as he discretely counted the coins into the teller's out stretched palm. She looked at him with scorn,the counting seemed to take forever, it felt as though the coins were a loud ringing bell in the small eatery located at tye end of the busy business street.

He had never ever felt so embarrassed in his entire business life,asking the waiter for a disposable plate so he could carry the left overs for his youngest daughter.

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