humour

A sad-looking man sat at the bar in a crowded restaurant. A drink sat on the bar in front of him, but he did not take a sip. Instead, he merely sat staring at the glass. He stayed like that for half an hour.

A beefy truck driver walked in, stepped up to the bar next to him, and waited impatiently to be served. When the bartender didn't appear, the truck driver looked over at the sad man's drink for a minute or two. Then he reached over, picked up the drink, and downed it in one gulp. The man sad looked up at him in shock and began to cry.

The truck driver, taken aback, felt contrite. Apparently this man had had a very bad day. He said, "Come on man, I was just joking. I'll buy you another drink. Just stop whining. I can't stand to see a grown man cry."

"It's not that," the sad man replied. "This day is the worst day of my life. First, I overslept and got to my office late. My boss, outraged, fired me. When I left the building to go to my car, I found out it had been stolen. The police said that they could do little or nothing. I got a cab to return home and when it drove away, I realized that I had left my wallet and credit cards on the back seat. I went inside my home just to find my wife in bed with my brother, so I immediately left and came to this bar. I was just thinking about putting an end to my life - when you showed up and drank my poison..."