Something Good Coming

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- Some couples are college sweethearts,

or even high school sweethearts.

Some people meet on online dating websites.

eHarmony and stuff like that.

Some meet through friends.

Some, blind dates set up by their friends,

or they meet at some mutual event or establishment.

These are the common things.

But then there's those random out of the blue encounters

and the way those start, that's really something.

And me? Well, I just drive Uber.

It's a job that brings a lot of stories with it.

The people who've gotten in and out of my car,

I could probably write you a novel.

And don't get me wrong.

Some of those stories are hysterical.

But there's one that sticks with me.

Mainly because of how simple it is.

Basically, it's a boy-meets-girl story.

Nothing more, nothing less.

But this particular story had me working overtime,

and it started with bugs.

Hello?

I don't know what to say.

I cannot tell you how sorry that I am that that happened.

I know it's my job. I've done it hundreds of times.

You know, I don't know what I thinking.

I don't know what happened.

You know, we were just moving pallets around a cooler

and we left one outside to make space temporarily,

and I just didn't...

Yeah, I totally understand.

So, could you let me know when they decide?

So they already made the call?

For how long?

Okay.

All right. Thanks.

Oh, hey!

Think you could help me out?

Yeah. What's going on?

- Oh, are you working the grand opening?

Uh, your shirt.

I'm supposed to be there right now but, uh, yeah.

- Yeah, I was supposed to be there, too.

- I'm supposed to be there at nine, or maybe it was 10.

I don't remember exactly 'cause my phone died

and I left my charger at home and now this.

What is it? A dead battery?

I think so.

Probably.

I don't remember leaving anything on, though.

I've been inspecting it here

and the only thing I conclude is that there is the engine.

Um, I was just wondering if maybe you had a jump or, uh,

or would you mind giving me a ride to the store?

- Yeah, don't even bother going. It's off.

- It's off? - Yeah.

The store's not opening for a while, if ever, probably.

- You are from this district, yeah?

Yeah. Store 565.

Oh, 134.

Brett, Produce Manager.

- Keely, Bakery Clerk. Bread.

- Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you, too.

- Yeah, I've been out here for a couple days.

They're wrapping up construction, so I've been working.

Yeah, something happened. So...

- Huh. - The place is infested.

- Infested? - Yeah.

Like, there's no grand opening.

They're sending everyone back.

Get outta here. They wouldn't!

They'd put us up in these hotels.

I know. Um...

Huh.

Do you have a cell phone I could use?

Would you mind?

Yeah, I left it upstairs.

Oh.

- We can go, if you wanna use it.

- Is that cool? 'Cause mine's dead.

- Okay. Here, let's close this up.

Okay.

Uh...

Here you go.

Oh, thanks.

Hello, Martha?

Yeah. I...

Oh.

Yeah. I, I see.

Wow.

Okay. Um...

Yeah. No, I was gonna call, but my phone's dead and, um...

No, no. No, no.

Oh, it's okay. Don't, don't worry about it.

I'll figure it out.

Yeah, I'll just see you next week, then. Okay?

All right. Bye.

Um...

Well, I stand corrected.

That was my manager and it turns out

the store is definitely closed.

Apparently one of the produce guys

left out the compost trash bin last night,

and the health department came this morning.

And it's, uh, it's bad.

It's, uh, it's really, really bad.

Yeah. We're definitely not going into work.

No.

Anyways, you know, thanks.

Wait a second.

Wait.

You were working in the produce department.

Do you know what happened? Do you know who did this?

Yeah, I do.

You do?

I bet you anything it was one of those idiot new hires.

Like, those guys always screw everything up!

Yeah, um...

Actually, it was me.

Oh.

Crap, dude. I...

I'm so sorry. I didn't mean anything by the idiot thing.

I, I...

- No. Hey, hey, no offense taken.

When I think about it, like, it was a really

idiotic thing for me to do, so I deserve it.

Hey, you know what?

She didn't say what the store was infested with.

Do you know?

Yeah.

Bugs.

Bugs?

Like, what kind of bugs?

They didn't say.

Man, I really wanna know.

- Ah, what does it matter? I just got suspended.

My store director called me.

They know it was me who left the bins out.

Oh.

- I don't know how this could have happened.

You know, I've done it every other day at my store.

I've done it thousands of times!

- Hey, look at the bright side. Uh...

These rooms are paid for.

Two-day vacation.

Yay!

- Well, I gotta get outta here. I'm...

I'm about to lose my job. I'm probably gonna get fired.

So, I need to get outta here and go home.

Who are you calling?

- Well, I gotta call the train station,

because I gotta figure out

if I can get my tickets exchanged for today.

Really? The train?

I didn't think people took those anymore.

Oh, yeah. I do.

It's cool.

Um...

Well, hey, you know what?

Thank you so much for letting me use your phone.

- Yeah, yeah, no problem. My pleasure.

- Yeah, yeah. Really nice to meet you.

Yeah, not a problem.

Hey.

Uh...

What I wanna say, you know, even if you found a train

going back your way right now, like, what are you gonna do?

You're suspended.

I mean, you can't go into work for a little bit, right?

Breakfast?

I'll pay for an Uber.

- Uh, don't you have like your car all broken down?

Don't you have to, like, do something about that?

Oh, no, no. It's, it's fine.

I'll deal with it later.

- We can split it. - No, no.

Don't worry about it.

I've got it. You've had a tough morning and, um...

You know what I do need, though, is a charger.

Do you have a phone charger I can use?

- So, this is where I come in.

They were my first call of the day.

She was chatty. Him, not so much.

It was quite obvious that he was bothered by something.

Her? - Okay, thanks.

Well, we'll get there.

- It's gonna be okay. Don't worry.

- Yeah, it's really easy for you to say.