What's next?

A hypertext narrative by

Luis-Carlos Teixeira-Rodrigues

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Word count: 1653

Choice count: 35

Section count: 21

Image count: 21

Error count: 24

Field Related Analysis:

Tourism : 28 matches (Air, Demand, Driver, Extra, Fair, Guide, Permanent, Program, Promotion, Restaurant, Restaurants, Ride, administration, air, alternative, appointment, brand, content, convertible, course, door, field, guide, heritage, multiple, pension, program, vacation)

Law/Paralegal-Technology : 22 matches (appointment, case, children, clerk, close, company, compromise, driver, driving, family, Financial, golden, House, living, minutes, mortgage, offer, office, order, pension, road, wait and)

Business : 19 matches (administration, amount, appointment, brand, business, company, financial, gain, management, manager, money, mortgage, offer, office, pay, promotion, salary, trainee, workload)

Target Structure:

a foot in the door (1 match)

background check (1 match)

dead-end job (1 match)

fulfillment (1 match)

HR (1 match)

ins-and-outs (1 match)

learn the ropes (1 match)

mortgage (1 match)

on-the-job-training (1 match)

pension (4 matches)

put aside (1 match)

retirement (3 matches)

set aside (1 match)

trainee (1 match)

vacant position (5 matches)

wage (1 match)

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What's next?

Summer vacation!

You finished your college session and summertime is just around the corner! You have one more session to do in order to receive your diploma. Meanwhile, what do you want to do?

Choice 1 : Find yourself a temporary summer job in case you might need it?

Choice 2 : Take a ride in your mom's 1999 Toyota and feel alive ?

Decisions, decisions!

You found a new job at Burger King!

That's the spirit! With this dead-end job, you might be able to put aside some money for your own car. Your supervisor did a background check and you're the perfect fit for the job. Would you like to get your first on-the-job-training and learn the ropes? Or, would you rather wait a few days to see if you could support the workload without any training?

Choice 1 : Start your training ?

Choice 2 : Get the feel of the job first ?

Healthy burger!

The Corolla broke down...

Oh no! Your mom's car just broke down, and you seem to have no other choice but to pay the needed repair. You've been driving around with the thing since you started college, anyway. What's next? Would you like to call the tow truck and ask him for a ride to a new job opening? Or, would you prefer abandoning the car and wait for a sign from the skies?

Choice 1 : Call the tow truck and try to get a on-the-spot interview for the vacant position close-by?

Choice 2 : Wait and start a breathing therapy?

Tough luck!

You're the new perfect trainee!

Your supervisor thinks you've got the potential to be his next assistant! He's already offering you a permanent full-time position. Do you accept his offer and abandon college? Or, do you want to decline his offer and run to a close-by office vacant position that will offer you field-related experience?

Choice 1 : Accept offer and abandon college? (alternative ending).

Choice 2 : Run to that vacant field-related offer near-by?

Smartness!

You've got a foot in the door!

That's awesome! No training is needed for a brilliant student like you. You're learning the ins-and-outs of the burger business by yourself. Management thinks you're the perfect person for this position and he's offering you extra hours! What would you like to do next? Do you want to accept the extra workload and compromise your final college session? Or, would you rather decline his offer and do another interview somewhere more interesting?

Choice 1 : Accept workload? (alternative ending).

Choice 2 : Decline offer and take off to a much more fullfiling vacant position?

Lucky you!

The tow-truck.

The tow-truck driver brought you to the interview! This is great news because this office-clerk position is offering you to gain your first course-related experience. Since you've been studying in business administration for the last 2 years and a half, this is a very interesting position for you! HR wants to offer you an interview on-the-spot! You will be using staplers, printers, computers...the dream! What's next?

Choice 1 : Start the interview?

Big job!

No fulfillment from breathing therapy...

So, your mom's car broke down and you're on the side of the road breathing in fresh air mixed with the toxic fumes coming out of the engine, and it's been a couple of minutes since you've been doing so. This decision didn't get you anywhere; you have no job, no ride, your mom is angry, you are angry, your car is polluting the air and that's the last thing we need right now... Would you like to call the tow truck now? Or, walk to a nearby company offering a vacant position in your work field? The tow truck driver might drop you off to that office offering an interesting field-related position...

Choice 1 : Walk away to the company offering a vacant position in your field?

Choice 2 : Accept the lift from the tow truck driver, let your emotions guide you along the way and see where that gets you?

Namaste!

The job offer you have always wanted!

This is it! You barely worked an afternoon at Burger King and here you are, shinning amongst the stars! Some decisions demand quick thinking and you have made the right choices. You got the interview for the vacant office-clerk position that you really wanted and it was fantastic; they hired you on the same day, no diploma required. You will finish college part-time. Meanwhile, you can start dreaming about a future mortgage on a brand new house, about your future pension plan, or about career goals. You'll be making your colleagues jealous!

Choice 1 : What will happen after 10 years?

Choice 2 : What will happen in 20 years?

Choice 3 : What will happen in 30 years?

Choice 4 : What will happen in 40 years?

Choice 5 : What will happen 50 years later?

Money!

You will be working at Burger King for the rest of your life. (alternative ending).

Well, the decisions you made got you here. You can always finish college part-time while working long hours at Burger King! This is better than what you think. With experience, you will have multiple options ahead for new positions in fancy restaurants and get a better wage. Or, when you'll finish your part-time college session, you will be able to finally get your dream job! Just make sure to get straight-A's in college so that you don't get sucked up in all of the new content that you'll be learning at the restaurant. Some say that everything has a meaning in life!

Choice 1 : Start from the begining?

Poor little bird!

10 years later...

They say life gets better as you get older! Here you are 10 years later still working at the office, you even got 4 salary raises. Money is pouring and you are feeling great. In a couple of years, you will be getting your pension and you'll probably be living somewhere fancy. Your boss also got you a new stapler.

Choice 1 : 20 years later...

20 years later...

You've had 6 salary raises ever since you've been working at the office and life is going great! Everybody likes you and you might get a very big promotion soon!

Choice 1 : 30 years later...

30 years later...

It has been 30 years and you are still feeling healthy, don't worry. Also, your boss gave you a 7th salary raise and promised you that you would be getting a higher position in the next 10 years! Keep up the hard work.

Choice 1 : 40 years later...

40 years later...

Okay, you might be feeling like your wardrobe needs an overhaul by this time and that you're losing hair, but keep working hard because you just got that promotion that you've been waiting for a long time. Yes, you have worked many, many years but it is paying off because you are the new Office Manager! Congratulations!

Choice 1 : 50 years later...

Typical fireworks for your promotion.

50 years later...

It has been 50 years and you have been working at the same place ever since. You choose how you feel about this...

Choice 1 : I think I want my pension now...

Choice 2 : I want to ask my boss for a final raise!

You are at the golden age and living it! (alternative ending).

These last 50 years have been amazing! You have worked hard enough to keep your dream-job all the way, and now you want your retirement. You deserve this! Your house is big enough for your family and you don't have any financial issues. You are surrounded by loved ones and you have been successful in your career.

Choice 1 : Rewind to 50 years prior...

Choice 2 : You regret your decision and you're going back to the office!

You're 70 years old and you've asked for a raise at work.

You're never too old for work, right? You are back at the office and you are asking for a final salary raise from your boss. You want to work for a couple of extra years and give your family a great heritage. How many years will this be?

Choice 1 : 2 years?

Choice 2 : 10 years?

2 years later...

Here you are 2 years later and you are feeling very, very exhausted from all of these years of hard work. Should you take your pension and relax for the next couple of years? Or, should you keep working for the next 8 years? You have a fair amount of money set aside for your children.

Choice 1 : Retire.

Choice 2 : Work for another 8 years.

It has been a long, long time...

You are 80 years old. Now, when people ask you what happened to your hair, you say: ''What hair?'' You got an appointment with your doctor and he said that your health can't support any more stress so you must retire.

Choice 1 : Live your retirement.

The fresh smell of retirement.

Enough! You are now retired. Should you take a ride in your convertible 2099 Ford Mustang or finish the day with your family at home?

Choice 1 : Take a ride in my Mustang!

Choice 2 : Spend some time with your family.

''Déjà vue''? (alternative ending).

Your car broke down... seems familiar?

Choice 1 : Go back in time!

Namaste

The end.

There is no better feeling in the world than being surrounded by your loving family and knowing that you have given your best in life. Achievement after achievement, you have succeeded in your career ladder and you are due for years of relaxation! Everything has turned out to be just like you pictured it 60 years ago when you started college. Don't worry, you did indeed finish your program part-time and you got your diploma shortly after you accepted your first job. You are now free to do as you wish with your time.

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