'Where are you? It's your first day': Boss calls confused random guy too chew him out for missing his first shift

In a cold sweat, you wake from your sleep, flailing wildly for your phone. Light is peaking through the edges of the curtains, and birds chirp pleasantly just on the other side of the window behind them. You feel rested—suspiciously, well-rested for the amount of sleep that you should have gotten.

You must have slept through your alarms… but surely not. After all, you set five of them. Yet, all the indicators are there… and you should have been up long before the birds if you were going to make your shift.

Your hand finally grasps hold of your phone beneath the pillow. You're at least an hour late. Tearing off the blankets, you find your jeans discarded on the floor from the night before. You've already got your left foot through when a dawning realization begins to sink in… You don't even work there anymore. In fact, you haven't worked that job for almost five years. And it's a Saturday.

Removing your half-pulled-up trousers, you sink back in under the sheets, your heart rate falling to a relaxed rhythm. You turn away from the light, still spilling around the curtains, and attempt to return to sleep. Thoughts of reprimand for being late fade from your mind.

Most of us have had an experience like this where we wake up suddenly thinking we're missing an obligation or a deadline that has been out of our lives for years. That's what this guy must have been thinking was going on when he got a confused phone call out of the blue from someone else's manager accusing him of being late for his first day. He wasn't late, and it wasn't his job. But, somewhere out there, someone else was in for a rough time.

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Posted by Brad Dickson