Making someone smile by Mahela Taj

Whether it’s a mistake made in school, work, or even just a bad day, everyone deserves happiness during tough times. Yes, even if you’re a Marvel villian. We are all people, and people need a mental break sometimes. Even the toughest of the tough cry to their moms at home, and that’s okay big guy.

However, many others can clarify that when being the shoulder to cry on, nothing is more satisfying than making a loved one’s smile jump out. Not only does it make you feel like you’ve done a good deed, but even the slightest smile can turn around their entire situation. And it might not even be an intentional joke, might even be just a trip on words, or a word that triggers some sort of memory. Either way, it’s an amazing feeling to be the Joy to someone’s Sadness. You could go on and on preaching on advice you were given by a TV show all you’d like, but sometimes all people need is a genuine smile or chuckle, even if it sounds kind of weird… but the feeling is worth it.



AWESOME!

Typing on Satisfying Keyboards By Manit Mallesh

Typing on a satisfying keyboards

You’ve probably typed on a keyboard before but have you ever typed on one of the most satisfying keyboards?

If you’ve ever went to Nebraska Furniture Market or Best Buy, you've probably gone to the side with computers and technology. If you were lucky enough to type on a mechanical keyboard, you would know how powerful you’d feel using it.

The keyboard makes you seem like a fast typer by making furious clicking noises , but in reality you can only type 20 wpm. The keyboard has one of the best feelings to it ,and the clicking noises are one of the best sounds you will ever hear. It makes you and your keyboard different from all the other boring and unsatisfying keyboards.

So the next time you go to a store that has technology look for a keyboard that jumps out at you, which would obviously be a Mechanical Keyboard and obtain the satisfying sounds it has for you.           AWESOME!!!

When Your Parents Give You Money And Say You Can Keep The Change by Finley Eidem

If you’ve ever been a teenager, chances are that you’ll know exactly what I’m talking about.

It’s a sunny Saturday afternoon, and your friends are busy making plans. You had already gathered up enough courage to ask to go to the mall, see the movie, go to the diner, or whatever else you and your friends might’ve done as kids. And, by some grace of God, your mom said yes. Pretty great, eh?

But now, right as Sara’s mom is supposed to pull up in your driveway, you realize you’re forgetting something. A little green piece of paper. Something, that after having to pay for that lost library book last week, you don’t have. Oh no.

You walk downstairs, and with a deep breath, you speak the sentence every teenager (and parent) dreads,

“Mom, can I have some money for the mall with Sara?”

Your mom gets off the couch. You hold your breath, anticipating a rebuttal of some sort. She walks to the kitchen. You hesitantly follow. She gets out the wallet and pulls out a $50 bill. Your jaw drops to the floor.

“This is the only cash I have. You better not spend it all, and give. back. the. change.” She hands over the money.

Just as you stutter out a thank you, Sara’s mom pulls up, and you run out the door.

At the mall, you transform into a 60-year-old man: stingy, cheap, and overly cautious with EVERYTHING you buy. “Is it really necessary?” you ask every time you see something remotely interesting. The answer is no. It’s always going to be no. Forever and ever and ever.

You arrive back home, only spending half of what your mom gave you. Ready to part with the excess $25, you walk into your mom’s room. You extend your hand, armed with the cash. Unexpectedly, she utters one small sentence.

“Just keep the change for next time you go.”

The phrase forces you to do a double take. But once you fully comprehend, you run to her, hugging her tight, and gleefully skip upstairs, feeling like you’re walking on air, or like when you finally passed your history exam after the third (!!!!) time.

You tuck the money into your empty wallet and sigh a sigh of content.

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When Your Mom Actually Says Yes to Something You Want By: Scott McCord

For the First Time in Forever...

Everyone has an item that catches their eye. That one item they want with all their heart and they have eagle eyes on it. When you're at the store you figure this is your chance and you ask the boss. Mom. If you have strict parents you know what I’m talking about, but you think to yourself and just say “why not”. You ask your mom anyway even though you know she will say no but then the world stops, your eyes get big and your heart races. You see her mouth slowly move and the letters Y-E-S come out. Not waiting to see what she says next you scramble away thinking who is this woman what did she do with my mother and why is she being so nice to me as you grab the item and run back to your new favorite person. She scans the item and as you hear the satisfying beep you know your mission is complete when you hear the beep. Now it is time to chill with your new toy or junk food.

Some examples of what I have wanted and actually gotten are:

• Fruity Pebbles
• Cocoa Pebbles
• A tub of ice cream
• Electronics
• Candy

As you can see everything on this list is going to harm my body but WHATEVER it's fun to eat the food or play on the electronics but I take every last moment because it's so rare. As you walk out of the store you now have a new sense of pride and swagger but as you reach in the bag when you get in the car your mom says “ wait till we get home sweety”. I’m like bruh really I spent all time and energy and you gonna do this to me really mom really, but the wait is worth it because when you open the package it is a satisfying feeling that is

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When the DVD Logo its a Corner - Anish Yakkanti

When the DVD logo hits a corner of the screen

You know what’s even better than watching television on a Friday night? Better than going out with friends to watch a new movie? Better than finding a new show to binge watch on Netflix? You know what’s even better than all that?

I’ll tell you what: the DVD screensaver. Staring at a television with nothing on it. Just bland text on a black background, floating around and changing through the bright spectrum of colors of the rainbow. Blue then red then purple then green.

Sitting on the couch staring at a blank screen when you're supposed to be doing homework can somehow make you feel better.

• Soothing. Looking at this magical text float across the screen has a soothing effect. It is as soothing as staring into a sea.

• Escape. Nothing matters in this world you are transported to, no homework, no grades, and no arguments with siblings.

• Excitement. We’ve all felt it, the excitement fizzing in our bellies as the magical moment finally comes to be, but in the end the logo was just one pixel off and continues to bounce about.

The magical moment. Oh, you know the one, the bright spectrum of colors bounce straight into a corner. Not even a pixel off. It’s perfection.
AWESOME!!!

Finding Something in the Couch that has been Lost for Several Years by Holden Wilson

There can´t be anything better than laying on the couch after a long run right? It can not get much better until you find a lost item in the couch crack. Finding a terrific top-notch treasure, that has been lost for billions of years in the dark obis, can be awesome.Your favorite video game, diamond ring, favorite toy, or even your lost pet that your dad said ran away years ago. These things can make you happy again until you get bored of it and purposely throw it under the couch again. The best part about this gift is you don't even try to look for it. It is like a birthday gift, it is a total surprise to you. Most of the time you are reaching in the couch and ¨What is this?¨ and you find your favorite toy growing up as a kid. The second and final part is telling your friends or family about your magnificent find.

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The Power of One Leg by : Devika Nambisan

                         The Power of One Leg

The time of the year- NOT summer, NOT winter, NOT hot, NOT cold.

“Do you need a blanket?” “No” and “ Yes” are both possible answers. It is just a personal preference.


At night, when its cold as Antarctica , I see the need of a blanket. When we use a blanket, it is as hot as Sahara desert. Don’t Y’all feel like this situation is the end of the world? Well, I do and I have found the perfect and only solution to it. This might sound stupid but it is to put one leg out of the blanket and one leg under the blanket. Try it It feels like heaven.


Why?

It is just the perfect blend of hotness and coldness and there is no worry about being too hot or too cold.

AWESOME!

getting a million pieces of candy on halloween tim madison

When you get a million pieces of candy on halloween

One halloween night when I was in fifth grade. I was trick-o-treating like normal except this year we had our route planned out. and we ran the route at least three times, to make sure we could get the most candy. When Halloween came around we started exactly at 7 o‘clock. By the time we finished our first street my candy sack was full. So I went home and grabbed the biggest pillow case I could find, and I put the candy I already had in my pillow case. We continued to go around the neighborhood and collect candy. By the time it was 10 o'clock my friends and I had got candy from two neighborhoods, and our pillow cases were full. It felt like we were carrying a million pieces of candy. When I got back home I called my friends. We all weighed our candy, I had 12 pounds of candy, Dylan had 14, and Arturo had 8 pounds of candy. After we ate some of the candy we went to sleep and brought some candy to eat for lunch.

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When you expect to get a worse mile time than what you expected, and then beating your mile record. By: Fernando Leyva-Montiel

When you expect to get a worse mile time than what you expected, and then beating your mile record.




I really do not understand how I was able to do this even though when I was expecting to run this final mile i districts 10 seconds slower than what I usually run because of how nervous I was.

Thank God that's not how it turned out because according to my family I was running 1,000 per hour as if I was some cheetah sprinting the whole time( That's not what happen). Throughout the race I kept a good pace which was what led me up to that's second place, but honestly i have to give it to the first place, even though he literally tripped everyone in the begging just to get to the front. Hate people that do that.

Know that I look back to this moment I still do not remember young me running that fast. I don’t know if its because I got way faster this year, but since my parents recorded me running, I'm pretty sure i was running as fast as a sloth.

I mean getting second in the mile for districts is great and all( 7 grade ), but every once in a while I feel like I didn’t deserve it. Remember when I mentioned the first place kid, well he was that one kid that decides to ruin everyone's day y tripping them. Know I know that, that sounds like a childish thing but it gets real when you trip on the track.(trust me I've been there before it doesn't feel good). Any ways if that kid didn’t decide to mess things up I wouldn't be feeling that bad. Well anyways that was last year.

The only thing that excited me, was expecting to get a worse mile time than I expected, and then beating my mile record.
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When You Burp. Just Burp. By Sam Durham

When you burp. Just burp.

ஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃ

Oh you know.

If you don't know.

What's wrong with you! But i'll go over the different acts of expelling stomach gas through the mouth.





The Baby Burp™ (TBB): This is the weakest of burps . It’s the one that makes a pitiful little ‘mleh’ sound. It also smells like nothing 1/10 noticeability.




The Puke Burp™ (TPB): This burp isn’t often but it isn’t rare either. It might happen after a blueberry doughnut. Or if you're sick and you try to belch. When it does happen you will most likely make an uncomfortable face. Or cover your mouth. Unless you’re Nick Fury then you won’t even flinch. 5/10 noticeability.




The Mega Burp™ (TMB): This is the leader. This often happens when you chug an entire soda. Or a beer (don’t worry I haven't drunk beer but my dad has). It often reeks of yesterday's dinner and toothpaste, much like my sister’s bathroom when she takes a dump (except its worse)). The taste however, just imagine rotten eggs and paint. That's what it tastes like. ∞/10 noticeability.




The best part of all of these however, is when no one cares. Sure, most of the time people grimace or flat out say “DISGUSTING” but when people ignore it or mutter “nice” under their breath it’s really, truly...

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When your talking to someone, and you notice the last cookie or donut on the counter, and they look away for a second so you can snatch it. By Aakash D

It’s that time of year, your parents are giving you the lecture about going to Highschool, and how important it will be for you to study and what not.

During this lecture was the perfect time to just keep nodding your head thinking “nachos! mmm... I do love me some good nachos”. After a few minutes you start to look around, and you notice that one cookie/donut sitting on your counter looking bigger and brighter than ever. You start to think on ways how you can get to it.

Options start going through your mind:


I can just go and get it


I can wait till after the lecture is over


Or I can snatch it when she’s not looking.

Which ever opportunity comes first is what you will go with. As your mom keeps talking you start to grown inpatient, anxiety starts running through you, and the sweat on your lip is talking to you saying “just go grab it” but your mind is saying “no that would be rude”.

Your body starts overthinking it and you feel like you are about to blow. Then your mom asks you the stupid question asking “ do you do drugs “ you say yes in a tone which has a different meaning. Then the perfectly timed text message goes off on her phone she looks down grabs her phone and you bolt forward like a cheetah pouncing at its prey, grab that cookie/donut and enjoy it as it made your lecture better and amazing.



AWESOME!

Stepping Into A Store During The Summer by Katy(Ziyue)Zhang

Guys, I'm not even kidding, it's over a thousand Fahrenheit out there! My feet are melting. Guess What? It's summer in Texas! Walking along the sidewalk literally feels like walking on a burner, but in this case, it's not for science purpose. Now, there's only one idea on my head. Y'all, I need to get to a store as quickly as possible. With that idea in mind, I start running and running towards infinity and beyond. Sweats dripping, hairs flying. As I look forward, i see a shiny treasure waving at me. 100 feet, 50 feet, 10 feet, 5 feet. Finally, it feels like winning the world championship for competitive store discovering. I took a step into the store, or in other words heaven. I’m filled with joy and pride. Millions of air molecules traveled onto my face. For that, I only have one word left to describe this feeling…

AwEsOmE !

Finishing The Last Question Of The Last Test By: Sasa

Question number sixty-two... Wait a minute, IT’S THE LAST QUESTION!

You flip to the next page and stare at the big old fat stop sign that fills up the whole page in disbelief. Then, your brain that had been frozen during the whole test leaps into life and goes through the happy three steps:



1. Realizing the Test is Finished. You force down the excitement that’s bubbling up inside your stomach and try to stay calm just in case disappointment is waiting for you. You double check the last few pages to make sure you didn’t skip a page, then you triple check the entire test to make sure you didn’t leave any question blank. When you are a hundred percent sure the test is really, actually finished, you raise your head and just simply stare at nothing for thirty seconds and wait for happiness to heat up and start to boil.


2. Realizing the School Year is Finished. You look around the room while slowly drag yourself out of the black hole of the test and back into real life. Then you look at the calendar and find not a single more test until the end of the whole school year! This major discovery of all times is probably enough to unplug your brain for a few minutes straight.


3. Realizing What you had Really Finished. When you are finally able to come back to consciousness again, some random song is already stuck in your head while the whole school year replays itself in front of your eyes, and someone in your head is announcing in a weird, funny voice:”Congratulations! You had just accomplished another mission in life!”




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Buying New School Supplies
By: Kayla Barnett

     

At the end of each summer, as a kid, is always depressing. The most exciting thing at the end of summer, to get ready for school is Buying New School Supplies.


I’m talking about spending a couple of hours in each store you can think of trying to find the right $1.50 spiral notebook, $2.00 pencil case, and those five for $5 deals on paper folders, that get torn up after about four months. Kids are all in the process because they want that specific dinosaur notebook, or this twenty-four pack of mechanical pencils, and that purple sparkly backpack. On the other hand, parents say “yes you can have that,” while other parents say “no you don't need that” because every adult is different and aware of their budget.


Getting school supplies sure is a Hassle to try and get anything you want, but once you have everything you just can't wait to set the whole thing up at home. It's somehow overly Amusing to try and figure out which type of composition book goes with this certain class.


Overall, it would be a little while since you have to go back to school and your just dying to use the school supplies. After all the waiting of days passing by slow like a turtle, the teacher asks you to pull out a pencil and write about how your summer went, and your so Gleeful to be finally using the new school supplies.


Then, you start to get bored, the struggle you've been through to get the school supplies you have wanted so desperately, but the enjoyment of the supplies ends after about a week.


Which is shocking, but besides


that, it's still


AWESOME!!!





     

Perfect Timing For A Parking Spot In A Full Parking Garage By: Ronny Shlayfman

Perfect Timing For A Parking Spot In A Full Parking Garage






When you enter a busy parking garage with a million cars parked and hardly any open parking spots, you just keep driving and hope you get lucky.


Faces turning red, palms getting sweaty, and legs starting to shake, everybody trying to find somewhere to park. As you are driving through the garage, the parked car right next to you is backing out of the spot, the car is backing out slowly because it is easy to get in an accident with so many impatient animals.


You were the only one that stopped for the parked car to back out so you are hoping you will get the spot, while the cars from the other direction are getting one millimeter closer every second hoping you will let them have the spot. As soon as you realize they want the spot, and the parked car is already fully backed up, you turn on your jets and drive into the perfect parking place.


Angry people in angry cars honking left and right as loud as they possibly can. The parking garage was so full, it was like the whole world was at the same place at the same time.


The parking spot is like a trophy that everyone wants but not everyone gets.



AWESOME!

Purchasing Tickets for Movies Before Spoilers by Manal Nasir

When Marvel movies come out, they are all anyone can talk about for the rest of the month. Spoilers are thrown left and right that no one can escape a smack to the face. Moreover, getting tickets the weekend its released is nearly impossible if you wait until the last minute. This is because of the obsessed fans who book seats a month in advance and count the seconds until its release. “10032, 10031, 10030…”
Across the globe, the internet lags because of everyone refreshing the AMC website for available seats. You are also part of this Hunger Game, scrambling to get tickets before anyone else. Feeling hopeless, you check one last time for a late-night showing. The screen pops up, and half of the theater is empty!
Inside your head, the cells are jumping up and down, celebrating their victory. With no hesitation, you buy middle row seats for your family only a few days after it comes out. The hardest part is complete; you can finally relax knowing that no one can ruin the surreal experience of watching the movie, fully unaware of who dies.
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When your parents give you more money that you asked for-by Anish Paudel

When your parents give you more money that you asked for





More money more problems, not in my case. My parents gave me money to go spend at the mall with friends and it feels like hundreds. It feels as if there's no money spending limit. All my amazing friends all ask about my money. For once you get all the attention, not saying that I haven't. Not everyone parents just give them extra money to spend, not everyone is fortunate.





Anyways, when handed the extra bills they felt like they were happy to be in my hands. Adding to my parents giving me money, they gave me it because I've had exquisite behavior and my grades were outstanding.





In the End be happy with what you have,even if your parent don't give you extra bucks.





AWESOME!!

The moment when Starbucks spells your name right by Anwita Bulusu

The moment when starbucks spells your name right!!!

You wake up Friday morning, and have no school. You jump into the bathroom, jump into the shower, jump into your clothes and jump Downstairs.





You start behaving like a tapered order and ask yourself this question a million time “ what should I eat for breakfast?” Suddenly a light bulb gets lit and you come to the decision “starbucks.” You get into the car, and start driving to starbucks.





Once you reach your destination and walk into the gust of coffee. You start waiting in line and notice the person in front of you is taking FOREVER! “Like y’all I don’t have all day.” Finally it’s your turn to decide what you want to order. As soon as you pay, the question comes “what name would you like your order to be on?” You give them your name and even spell it out, even tho they still won’t spell it correctly.





You wait in line and all of a sudden they call your name, you pick up your coffee and realized they spelled your name right!





AWESOME!!

Getting the biggest slice of birthday cake even though it’s not your birthday by Samhitha Radhakrishnan

You know what I am talking about. That big slice of rich, chocolate flavored cake (or if you don’t like chocolate, just think of your favorite flavored cake). The slice was as big as a castle in your eyes. You have never seen such a big slice in your life! You see the birthday kid’s mom sliding it onto a plate. Everyone is eyeing that piece, but you know it is going to be given to the birthday kid.


But - wait - the person is handing the slice to you! A torrent of joy is visible on your face. You smile, say “Thank you” and grab the delicious looking slice. And every other kid gives you envious looks, but you don’t care.


The joy of getting the biggest slice and the taste of that slice of cake is all that matters to you now. Way to go champ! That’s…


AWESOME!

                                              

When You Don’t Have To Wait For The Shower To Heat Up By Arnav Bhardwaj

After a long and sweaty day you decide to come home to take that nice, hot, and steamy shower to not only clean yourself in, but to at the same time have late night concerts while hearing your mom scream,” honey you’ve been in there for 30 minutes!”


So, as soon you get home you turn on the shower, undress, then hop in; all in a matter of seconds. However, when you jump in, your body goes numb due to what feels like below freezing temperature water running at you as if your chest in the finish line of a 100 meter dash. This feeling is worse than seeing your ex girlfriend with your best friend a month after you broke up, but the thing is sometimes, a few special times, the water will already be hot having tons of effects during and after the shower such as:

• A very long shower (sorry Africa but it’s meant to be)

• Just a good rest of the day, now feeling squeaky clean and free of stress

• Family members in the house become furious due to the lack of warm water after your majestic shower

• The finishing of an entire playlist (it might be time to find some new music)

Although I was just naming a few things that can happen you can get the gist of what i’m trying to say which is that the shower heating up quickly is a second form of heaven and everyone who gets to experience this personally should not take it for granted. It can fix any of the problems in your life for the moment creating a dream world.


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Finding the Perfect Dorito by Julia Raley

It’s been a long day, you’re exhausted, you’re running on an empty stomach. So, you open up that bag of heaven, aka Doritos, in hopes of munching away your rough day. Carelessly, you grab chips and shove them in your mouth while listening to Becky’s daily drama.

Again, you reach into the now half empty bag for another chip but this time, my friend, it’s different. Your Dorito-dust-infested fingers suddenly stumble upon something… remarkable. Something some don’t believe to even exist.


Different from the other chips, yes, definitely, no questions asked. Perfect edges, unbroken, not burnt, just enough dusty cheese. And the perfect shape. A perfect triangle. A perfect Dorito.


You have just discovered something great. A treasure beyond any earthly price. That chip, right there in your sweaty hand, can end wars.


This is your moment. Not to end wars, no, but to stuff this crisp orange triangle into your watering mouth and be enchanted by its addicting flavor. This is it, your chance to taste heaven. It is now or never so go for it. Get that three edged, magic filled, key to the universe into your mouth.


Annnnnnd……


C R U N C H


AWESOME!

Having an amazing glo-up by: Kolby Ricketts

You know when you find that one picture?


Next thing, you’re screaming, “ ew, gross, what was I doing?!” It’s a picture of you. Crooked teeth, weird, mitch-matched clothes, putting up the “ peace sign” with a friend.


Then you start comparing yourself to the past you. Going to look in the mirror, then back at the ugly picture of 10 year old you. Realizing how much of a glo-up you had! Dreading the gross, little, girl you used to be.


Now, a couple years of later, you have braces, straighter teeth, and an actual fashion sense. Mom thinks you were an “ adorable little angel.” Constantly asking “ where did my sweet little girl go?” and you answer with, “ Well mom, she boarded the puberty train and came out like this!” We all know that girl in Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Honestly, thank the holy Jesus for puberty. Without it, I would look like black Jojo Siwa!!!

                                                                      AWESOME!
                             

When You Burp. Just Burp. Sam Durham

When you burp. Just burp.

ஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃஃ


Oh you know.


If you don't know.


What's wrong with you! But i'll go over the different acts of expelling stomach gas through the mouth.





The Baby Burp™ (TBB): This is the weakest of burps . It’s the one that makes a pitiful little ‘mleh’ sound. It also smells like nothing 1/10 noticeability.





The Puke Burp™ (TPB): This burp isn’t often but it isn’t rare either. It might happen after a blueberry doughnut. Or if you're sick and you try to belch. When it does happen you will most likely make an uncomfortable face. Or cover your mouth. Unless you’re Nick Fury then you won’t even flinch. 5/10 noticeability.





The Mega Burp™ (TMB): This is the leader. This often happens when you chug an entire soda. Or a beer (don’t worry I haven't drunk beer but my dad has). It often reeks of yesterday's dinner and toothpaste, much like my sister’s bathroom when she takes a dump (except its worse)). The taste however, just imagine rotten eggs and paint. That's what it tastes like. ∞/10 noticeability.





The best part of all of these however, is when no one cares. Sure, most of the time people grimace or flat out say “DISGUSTING” but when people ignore it or mutter “nice” under their breath it’s really, truly...

AWESOME!

Life Saver by Vidhi Pulsay

Oh awful days!

     Millions of thoughts popping in your head. Carrying a bunch of books and other belongings at school and you just know that at least few things will drop sooner or later. Stress level= 101/100.

     Wanting that one moment to make life better. What do you do? Nothing!

     The closer your class is, the more tension about crossing an obstacle, how to get to class since you don’t have three arms.

     Until... a classmate is shining all bright; everything else is blurry and they are about to get in! Hope, hope for the best, hope for your savior to open to door AND *squeak* the door opens. But haha, you are inconsequential, your savior goes right in without waiting for you.

     Another ray of sunshine. Could this be the life saver?

     Both of you look at the door at the same time, your life saver knows you exist unlike others. The door is held, walking right in to your seat and dropping that trash on the desk.

Ahhh.. relief and pleasure of just getting to walk in without worrying about anything, it’s your fortune.

AWESOME!