Mary meets Jane for a coffee

Jimmy and Mary are in trouble, some months ago they illegally tried to bring their small business computers to a civic amenity site for disposal. The story so far can be found in Episode 1 and Episode 2

“Hello”
“Hi Jane, It’s Mary McGuire”
“Mary, how are you, it’s been ages, I thought you had decided to ignore us, now that you’re in the big house on the hill”
“I know Jane, I’m sorry, I’ve been busy with the business and Jimmy and all but, I could do with meeting for a chat”
“Yeah, no problem Mary, my fellah’s away playing golf this week so, while the cats away”
“It’s not that kind of stuff Jane, the business is going through a hard time and I just need to talk to someone”
OK, what about MOONDO’S for a coffee tomorrow about 10:30?”
“Yeah , that sounds great, thanks, I’ll see you then”

“Hiya Mary, Jeez, you look fantastic, must be all that money you an’ Jimmy are makin’. Easy livin’ whah?”
“Don’t talk to me Jane, you’ve no idea”
“Ah! Mary, you really are down in the mouth, what’s the story?”
“I don’t know Jane, everything was going great, Jimmy was busy with the van, we bought the new house, had a great holiday last year and we were talking about having a baby”
“So what happened, sounds like it’s all gone pear shaped”
“Well, everything was fine until Jimmy bought a new laptop”
“Mary, I may not be the smartest thing around computers but buying a laptop is not supposed to ruin your life”
“No the laptop’s fine and really makes managing the business much easier”
“So what’s the problem”
“Well, when we got the laptop we had two old PCs in the office, one we were using for the current business and an old one that had been lying around for years. I rang a company called Electronic Recycling and I spoke to a really nice girl, who gave me a price to recycle them properly, including wiping any old information off them”
“So were they goin’ to charge you an arm and a leg or somethin’”
“No Jane, it was only about €45 if we dropped them off”
“So what’s the problem Mary, that’s hardly goin’ to break the bank”
“Well, Jimmy decided, with his usual save money attitude, to bring them to a Civic Amenity site and pretend that they were just some old home PCs for recycling, you’re not supposed to do this if you are a business”
“OK, so Jimmy’s a cheapskate, saves a few bob, hardly the end of the world”
“The Civic Amenity site was closed, we went for a Pizza and when we came back to the car, it had been broken into and the computers were stolen”
“So problem solved Mary”
“Yeah, so we thought”
“OK, sounds like problem not solved then”
“No, the short version is that whoever took the computers found our bank account details and cleared out our accounts”
“Jayzus Mary, you‘re jokin’, I hope you boxed the ears off Jimmy McGuire for that”
“Well, I did give him a lot of grief but that wasn’t the end of it”
“I don’t know if I want to hear any more, but go on anyway”
“ Some other information from the computer was used and a customer of Jimmy’s boss lost a huge contract”
“ So Jimmy’s boss is pissed off, it wouldn’t be the first time a boss is pissed off with someone, you still sound like it’s the end of the world”
“Well, when I say Jimmy’s boss, I just mean that he calls the shots, Jimmy owns his own van and works for him as a subcontractor”
“Oh no, so Jimmy gets no more work”
“Yeah ,that too, Jimmy’s had no work for weeks”
“That too, you mean there’s more?”
“Yeah, the worst part is, the company who lost the contract are suing Jimmy for €100,000, we might have to sell the house”
“Come on Mary, they can’t sell your house”
“Well Jimmy already had to sell my car to pay the first part of the legal fees and the court case is coming up in October”
“He sold your car!! and he’s still walkin’ around?” enough of this already, your doin’ me head in, let’s talk about something else”
“You’re right Jane and thanks for listening, I just needed to tell someone”
“What are friends for Mary?”
“ Anyway, as I told you my fellah’s away for the week and me and a few of the other girls are going into town on Wednesday for a bit of craic. Why don’t you come along?, it’ll take your mind off things”
“Oh I don’t know Jane, I’m up the walls about this thing”
“Listen, a bit of fun will do you the world of good, we’re goin’ to the Meridian, a few drinks, a bit of dancin’ and there’s always a few good lookin’ fellahs around the place”
“Jane, I’ve had it up to here with men right now but maybe a drink or two and a bit of dancing would be good”
“OK, that’s settled then, were meeting in the bar at 7:30”
“OK, and thanks a million for listening, I feel better already and you know what, I have been so busy wrapped up in my stuff, I forgot to say how fabulous your hair looks, who did it for you?”
“His name is Tony, he’s real cute, he works in Valentino’s and I think he will be in the Meridian on Wednesday”
“Enough already Jane, I’ll see you on Wednesday, Byee”
“Bye Mary, see ye Wednesday”

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