Jeremy Has a Bad Day

Jeremy woke up for work and went straight to the bathroom. Upon flushing the toilet it got clogged for what must be the zillionth time and Jeremy became enraged, thinking the toilet had a personal vendetta against him because it never clogs for Kiplan.

Anger turned quickly to despair.

Despair turned to hysteria.

But then the carpool came and honked so he ran as quickly as he could out of the bathroom, knowing there would be a big mess to clean up when he got home from the toilet overflowing.

But he didn't run out of the house too fast not to notice Kiplan and wonder to himself "Who eats icecream for breakfast in their underwear?!"

Jeremy then endured another day at work polishing podiums and running errands for his boss.

After work Jeremy was feeling insignificant. He has not gotten any recognition at work for all of his long hard hours. He has lack of sleep. He has no friends. He has no money. And he has no self respect. Certainly he doesn't want to polish podiums for big-wig pompous jerks and unclog toilets for the rest of his life. But what can he do?

Jeremy was starving by this time but he couldn't bear the thought of going home to see Kiplan in his underwear again, probably just watching t.v., with a big puddle of toilet water seeping into the hallway by now, and a bunch of dirty dishes all over the counters. And on top of it all, Kiplan would probably just be complaining. So Jeremy just decided to chill at the park, grill some hotdogs, and maybe make some friends.

Just as Jeremy was finishing his hot dog someone with a picnic sat down at his table.

Jeremy was ecstatic for the opportunity to make a new friend. His name is Jared Frio and Jeremy discovered that he is a natural cook so Jeremy decided to talk about Stu Surprise and then Jared talked about his favorite foods.

Then Jeremy was shocked to find himself being made fun of by Jared. What a jerk!

If he stayed he knew he would end up feeling even worse about himself thanks to his cruel new "friend", so Jeremy ran to the curb to catch a cab home.

When Jeremy got home he was astonished to see that Kiplan had cleaned the entire house. And after Kiplan's horrible day of being beat up by Susan, he could not have been happier to see the smile on his brother's face.

Jeremy sincerely thanked Kiplan for cleaning the kitchen and mopping up the bathroom of his own free will. He really had no idea what it meant to him, and Kiplan could only think of how all the money coming into the house was thanks to Jeremy, but he didn't say anything.

Neither of them wanted to share their humiliating days with one another so they talked about their favorite TV shows and Jeremy asked if any good romantic comedies were playing tonight.

So they sat down together to watch, both just happy for a moment of serenity and the feeling of acceptance from a friend.
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