Biting Back (Completed)

Elders

Another day another fuck up. What did I do now? I just accidentally served the wrong order to a table. Usually that isn't a big deal. It's only a big deal when the customer starts shouting and screaming at you, making a simple mistake everyone's problem. I got my manager who sorted it all out. He kept his cool as the woman shouted at him for having poor customer service in such a nice restaurant. I don't know what kind of delusional 5 Michelin star restaurant she thinks this is. My manager came back and scolded me a bit and told me he had it covered and had to give her a small discount for the mistake. Why not just kick her out since she thinks she can just waltz in here with her entitled ass and rule the place for a 10% discount.

My shift was exhausting and I barely made it through. I was on my last nerve when that entitled asshole of a customer shouted at me. I wanted to shout right back at her and tell her to walk her ass back to the nursing home and eat her own shit since she doesn't like ours. I'm working late too to top it off so now I'm just cleaning up. Seems like everyone became an adult toddler when they ate. There's splashes of ketchup and God knows what those other stains are. They're everywhere. Just when I think I've finished cleaning I notice another splatter. I was all alone now and had too take out the trash and then turn off all the lights and lock the place up and go home finally. I never like when I'm working closing shifts. I hate when the place is so empty and quiet. Feels like someone could pop out at any moment to jumpscare me and give me a heart attack. It only happened one time when one of my coworkers forgot something and had to go back to retrieve it and didn't think to give me a heads up when they walked in on me just doing my thing and trying to mop the floor. My heart literally stopped beating as I saw them walking in. It was already dark outside
and they didn't turn on the lights for some reason. Pshycopathic behavior if you ask me. Trying to kill me with out a warning. Like the least you could do if you were about to kill me is give me a heads up so I could at least reflect back on my past regrets and what got me there in the first place before the lights go out officially. Finally done for the day just locking up. Now the fun part. I have to get a train and walk home all alone in a dark unlit area. I should start carrying some sort of safety weapon on me so I don't end up dead in an ally. It would just say dumbass bitch on my autopsy report. People would laugh at my funeral for walking around in the dark alone in the city as a young woman. Not that it would be much safer if I was old. A woman, and some men take that personally. Well I must get home now before I cease to excist almost all together.

I got off the train and dreaded the walk home from there. I'm not sure why exactly there needs to be an unlit area in a busy city. The city is suppost to be bustling with lights and street lights and what not. Why does there have to be just one area that I have to walk through to get home that is unlit and creepy. They can always relocate to a more convenient area for me.
As I was walking down the street I clenched my fists ready to punch any douch bag that dared to mess with me. I hyped my self up as I was about to walk through the darkest part of the area. Thankfully I have already walked this way a few hundred times, so I know the way very well but it is always if not even more scary each time I walk it in the dark. I heard someone else behind me and sprinted my way out of the area. As I was just about to leave it I felt someone place their hand on my shoulder to stop me. I turned around and punched them in the face ready to run away, but unfortunately it was just that dude that broke Daliah. He didn't even break her heart he just literally broke her. "Damn, that hurt. Look I'm sorry about everything, but I didn't expect to be attacked like that for it." he said as he put his hand over his nose. "Oh my god, I am so sorry. I thought you were- Wait, never mind. You did hurt Daliah so maybe you had it coming after all." I anwsered him back. "What are you doing in this part of town at this hour. You know there's a lot of people here who are very dangerous." He said ignoring my initial anwser. "Well no shit Sherlock. Look who paid attention in class." I anwsered him sarcastically. "Let me walk you home. You can't keep going out alone in the dark. Your lucky I'm here to save your ass all the time." He answered me back eagerly. Does he think I need a knight in shining armor to go out each day. So far I'm still alive, somewhat alive, at least. "First of all! I am capable of handling my own saftey. Second of all! Thank you for saving my ass, but im pretty sure that was a one time ass saving." I anwsered him with a stern voice. "Alright little miss independent. But I'm pretty sure I've saved your ass more than one time, you just didn't acknowledge it because you were too distracted with you lover boy." He anwesred, making me frustrated. "Alright mister know it all. You want a hero of the day award for your bravery." I anwsered him back snarkly. I was too pissed to wait for an anwser and I was also too tired after my shift I did not want to be having an argument with this man I still did not know the name of and did not care to know. He followed me and we kept going back and forth like a couple in the midst of a break up, but too insecure to actually break up. We had walked almost the whole way to my flat, so I just told him to shut up and that I was tired of his bullshit and that I needed some deep rest after all that. "Good night Angela. Stay safe." He called to me as I walked away. I looked back to see he was gone like always. I exhaled in frustration and decided to just forget about him and this shitty day.