Zero: A Short Story

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The year was 1999. It was early June, when a guy named Max Kelly was about to have a crisis. He lived with his wife Kailey Kelly. He worked at a bank named TD Canada Trust on Queen Street, in Toronto. But his boss’ name was Bobby Graham and he was very mean to him. His boss picked on him even though he was the hardest working banker in the city. But one day the boss had enough and just wanted to get rid of Max so he fired him. “Max Kelly, you’re fired,” said Max’s boss. “Why?” asked Max. “You’re fired because you don’t work hard enough,” said Bobby. “What do you mean? I’m the only one here that works my hardest,” replied Max. “Get out of this bank. You’re fired and that’s that!” said Bobby. Max went home that day sad. When he opened the …show more content…

“I just got fired,” replied Max. “Why’d they fire you? Aren’t you one of the hardest working bankers in this city?” Kailey said. “That’s what I thought, but I guess that’s not how my boss feels,” replied Max It was a very sad time for Max Kelly. He tried and tried to get a new job, but no one was hiring. He soon became late on paying rent. Their Landlord threatened to evict them. Their landlord's name was Cassius Wyndham. “If you don’t pay rent by next month I’m kicking you out” said Cassius Wyndham. Then one day Max was looking through the newspaper and saw that there was a job opening at a local bank. The name of the bank was “RBC Royal Bank”. Max went to the bank the next day for a job interview. “Hi, my name is Max Kelly, and I am here for a job interview because I saw you had an opening,.” said Max. “Oh yes, I see you have an appointment about a job here,” said the lady at the receptionist desk. “Right through that door to your right. Have a seat in any of those chairs,” Said the lady. Max walked through the doors and had a seat on the closest chair. After five minutes, a voice on a speaker soon said “Max Kelly, your interview is …show more content…

“Please have a seat,” said the man. Max sat down. “My name is Jacob Hambleton, I hear you are looking for a job. Is that why you’re here?” asked Jacob. “Yes that is why I’m here. I saw in the paper that you were looking for more bankers. So I came for a job interview,” Max Replied. “Well tell me why you need the job, and why you think you deserve it and then we’ll go over your resume,” said Jacob. “I need this job because I’m behind on rent and I was fired from my last bank for no reason, and I think, I deserve this job because I am very hardworking and I have a family to feed,” Max

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