Outrage

Ian Batter is a frustated man.He has just lost his fourth job in three weeks.He is divorced and is wife is happily married elsewhere.Batter is angry.He is angry with the whole world.He is forty-two years old and has a drinking problem.He also has a huge mortgage on the only thing that is still dear to him.His Beetle.Its a second-hand car but Batter is so insolvent that he had to take a loan to buy it.He studied law as a young man.But all his life he has been an accounts clerk.People tire of him pretty easily.They say he is lazy,that he uses colourful language of and on.Most of all the man has no idea about credit and debit.Still,as much as he tries,the only job Batter can get is in accounts.And he loses these jobs right,left and centre.But today was something bad.Something shattered inside him.Maybe a breakdown is on its way.He has had them before.
As Batter started looking for his car on Dalhousie Square a policeman called him.He had parked in the wrong place.The cops were taking his car and he would have to pay a thousand dollars to secure its release.Now,Batter was livid.He was running on the sidewalk like a man possessed.Suddenly,he crashed into a frail-looking man.The man was carrying cardboard boxes containing eggs.All the eggs fell on the stone footpath.A great mess was instantly created.Instead of apologising Batter hit the aggrieved man straight across his face.Then he ran for his life.A young,beautiful woman dressed somewhat alluringly passed Batter right then.Batter cried out to her, "Care for dinner muh baby? The lady was aghast.
It took Batter about an hour to walk to his lodgings.He had no money and would have to skip dinner today.He generally ordered some over phone. As he was about to pour himself a drink Batter's doorbell rang. A lady of about forty walked in. She introduced herself as Ms Dewar. She was a divorcee she said and had just moved in next door. She sat down on the sofa and started talking. She went on and on about how she had been a beauty queen and had married her school captain.But he was only interested in her father's money.After that money was exhausted he left him for a richer woman. Having said this Ms Dewar began to cry.Batter offered her a drink and then another.One thing led to another and the inevitable happened.Batter did not regret it and when he went to sleep he was happy.Next morning he was woken up by the police.Ms Dewar,his next-door neighbour had committed suicide by hanging from a ceiling fan in her own apartment.Batter was outraged.More outraged than he had ever been in his life.