how was your day ?   let ’ s start with you . How was yours ?   it was really busy . I had to work straight through my lunch break .   did you get to leave early then ?   my boss told me that I could either go home early or take a long lunch break another day , so I decided to wait and take a long lunch break another time .   it was nice of your boss to give you an option . My boss would never do that .   let ’ s get back to you . How was your day ?   it was horrible ! It was just one thing after another .   you look pretty upset . Are you ok ?   I ’ m fine . But I have bad news .   what ’ s that ?   I got sacked today .   you ’ re kidding ! How did that happen ?   well , I was late to work today . It was the third time I was late this week .   how late were you ?   only about 5 minutes .   you got fired for being a few minutes late ? 