Vignettes #46

I have been meeting my pal Gerhard every week at the pub for more than 2 decades now. Over the years the one thing that went through any changes was the pub we would visit.

For the last 5-6 years we have been going to a pub whose owner is Helmut, a very nice guy. A year ago he decided to sell his pub to a brewery and in turn have himself employed as the manager, i.e. going from self-employed to employed. On the side he had been studying mathematics at the university, but after 1-2 years he dropped out of that.

We had thought that he was happy with the new arrangement and didn't think anything, when we noticed that he had been absent for the last few weeks and had other waiters replacing him.

But now we were informed that Helmut has quit his job altogether and the 2 replacement waiters, a girl and a young man, have taken over management of the pub.

Surprised, we asked what Helmut was doing now.

We were informed that he has started training to become a gravedigger...