Horace thought he should get a job so he had something to do during the day and get some money. So he pulled out his cell phone and looked for an opening. Horace kind of likes electronics, so he chose Tech Guru for a career. He would start out as a live chat support agent and had to be to work at 10 AM the following day. So he got a good night’s sleep and psyched himself up for work the next day.
The first day of work arrived and Horace left his home and arrived at work on time. However, he did not want to push too hard on his first day. So he chose the Take It Easy tone for his job. Why work hard if you get paid the same amount? By the time work was over and he arrived home, he needed to use the toilet for his Bladder need, but his other needs were still in the green. That was not very stressful. However, he was no closer to promotion than before.
One of the requirements for the Tech Guru job is to play four hours of video games. So Horace bought a desk, a chair, and a computer. Then he started playing video games. He also got sidetracked and continued working on his Mischief skill. Because he was up most of the night doing these activities, he was tired in the morning and decided to skip work. After all, he spent several hours on work-related activities, so that should count. When he should have been heading out the door to work, he instead went into his bedroom and slept the morning away and part of the afternoon. By evening, when he checked his career progress, he noticed he had actually slipped back. He was farther away from a promotion than he was when he first started. Being hot-headed, Horace got angry. That was not fair.
Horace worked hard on his Mischief skill and got it up to level 6. Now he could use his cell phone to play hooky and call in sick. As it got close to time to go to work, Horace tried playing hooky, but his boss saw through it and told him to get to work. Upset and somewhat embarrassed that his trick was foiled, Horace decided to skip work once again. Maybe his boss would really think he was sick if he didn’t show up. However, by the time his shift would have been over, his career progress meter was in the red—along with his anger.
When 10 AM rolled around the next morning, Horace decided that he enjoyed staying home and not wasting eight hours of his day at work. So he didn’t even try playing hooky. Instead, he stayed home and channel surfed and played some more video games. By the end of the work day, Horace’s boss let him know that he was fired. Horace was unemployed and when this hit him with a powerful Sad moodlet, his emotional state turned Sad and stayed that way for several hours. Maybe next time he gets a job, Horace will show up for work.