It can be a very subjective view, like a dinner that went wrong, a holiday that went pear shaped, anything that started off with the best of intentions and through various means failed to meet expectations.
Jillian grabbed her coat and gloves as she was heading out the front door. She had already put her briefcase and lunch in the car, got the car warmed up, and figured she was ready to go. Her article was going to hit the streets this week and she felt certain that this would be the breakthrough of her career. That was until her phone rang….
Hello?
Jillian?
Yes?
This is Officer Bently from the Castlebury Police Department. Do you have any idea why I am calling?
No, none at all. Is everything okay?
Well, I hate to be the one who has to tell you this but your workplace, Staggler and Staggler, is gone.
What do you mean my job is gone?
Early this morning, about 2 am, the building exploded into a ball of flames. There is nothing left of the building. Luckily, no one was there at the time. Do you have any idea who would want to destroy this successful business?
I don’t know what to say. I mean, who would want to do this sort of thing? Oh my God, what if I had left to go to work on time today? That could’ve been me.
Well we think a fire may have started in the copy center.
The copy center? Why the copy center?
There was ink on all the debris.
Oh, wow. I haven’t used the copy center in quite a while…(Crap, I set the machine to make 1000 copies of my article. It must have been too much and got the machine over heated. Now what will I do? That was my only copy! Back to being just the secretary)
Thank you for your help and Jillian, if you can think of any reason for the copy center to have started this fire could you please contact my precinct immediately.
I feel as though I am secretly in charge of the universe. All I did was say “tree pose” and look what happened! Do I dare say “down dog” or “savasana”?
Stine Writing 
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