The date was a disaster. Joey didn’t say much while Elaine kept talking and talking. She called David’s wife Celia when she came home that night, even though it was late. She told her how awkward the date was. She said she felt embarrassed and didn’t think he was right for her. Celia told her friend that Joey was a great guy but it takes him a long time to warm up to people. She said she would talk with him, if Elaine would give him a second chance.
In the end, Elaine agreed to give him a second chance but he needed to make the first move and call her. It took Joey a week to call her….. As this was something he had never done before, and it needed a lot of courage on his part.
This time they went to a restaurant. Even though Joey was more talkative then before, still there were many awkward silences which Elaine found very uncomfortable. Elaine knew Joey wasn’t for her because there was no chemistry between them and that was something she would not compromise on. Therefore, at the end of the evening she directly told him they weren’t a good match, and Joey was clearly disappointed.
A year later, David had some financial problems with his business. He had to close it and declare bankruptcy. As a result, Joey was left without a job. He tried to find something else that was suitable for him and went from interview to interview until he gave up. Joey did not have any luck either in his professional life, nor in his personal life 😦 After some deliberation, he decided to go back to Green Bay, the place he lived all his life as he thought maybe he would have better luck there.
Joey needed to earn a living immediately after he returned to Green Bay. He decided to apply for a job in a local Walmart until he found something better. After working at Walmart for approximately two months, he bumped into Neil, one of his ex-classmates from high school. Neil told him he wanted to open a food truck business and he needed someone to help him. He wanted to sell sandwiches which was his dream for as long as he could remember. But he needed help.
In addition, he did not have a truck driver’s license so he could not drive the truck. When he was talking to Joey, he remembered that Joey had one. Thus, he offered him to be his business partner. Joey wasn’t enthusiastic about the idea at first. But Neil convinced him that the cost to get started wasn’t very high and they could make a lot of money going from place to place in the high traffic areas. He also told him this way he would meet a lot of people and possibly meet “the one” for him.
Neil managed to persuade him and Joey decided to take the bull by the horns and agreed to go for it. For a while it was both interesting and challenging. But then Joey became bored because he had to cut up all the vegetables for the sandwiches and was on his feet all day. He did all the grunt work while Neil was busy socializing with the customers and taking the payments. It goes without saying that Joey didn’t meet “the one” for him.
After two years Joey wanted to break up the partnership between him and Neil. But unfortunately before he had a chance to discuss it with him, Neil got sick and couldn’t work anymore. They closed the business and went their separate ways.
It took a while until Joey found a new job, but in the end he found a job in his field which was in computer programming. The very few friends Joey had before he moved to Minneapolis didn’t live in Green Bay anymore. Because he was so introverted, he had difficulty making new friends. He didn’t go out and socialize with people, and the only one he was in touch with was his sister Joanne.
Joey had another problem. He didn’t know how to say no to anyone, and because of that some people took advantage of him. However, Joey would go shopping at the grocery store in his area several times a week. There were always two ladies standing outside the store asking for money. Every time Joey saw them he always gave them money and sometimes bought food for them too.
One winter day, when the two ladies saw him in the grocery store, the told him they had nowhere to sleep and asked if they could stay at his house overnight. Although Joey didn’t like the idea of two strangers staying at his house, he felt sorry for them as they were homeless, and agreed to take them home with him that night.
But they didn’t leave after one night, and stayed a whole week. Joey would cook for them, as well as buy them food and clothing. After a week, his sister came to visit him because he didn’t come to her house as he usually did. Nobody answered when she rang the doorbell so she used her key to open the door. When she stepped inside, she saw two women sitting in the living room. They looked familiar but she couldn’t place them…….
With Experience Comes Wisdom 
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