It was a typical day for Mr. Peevish. Mr. Peevish woke up very irritated because his carpet was slightly out of place. “How did my stupid rug get out of place, I never touched it!” he muttered. Mr. Peevish started the day on a bad note already.
He went to get dressed but noticed his favorite hat was not there. Already very enraged from his carpet, Mr. Peevish punched a hole in his closet.
Mr. Peevish finally walked out of his room to go to the kitchen. He made toast for breakfast. When the toast popped out, it was burnt on a corner. Mr. Peevish was so irritated that he smashed his toaster and threw it out the window. He decided to just leave for work and get right in his car to avoid any irritating distractions.
Mr. Peevish got out of his car to go inside the first restaurant he was going to review that day. Before he even went inside, he knew that it was going to be terrible. He was about to open the door when Concurring Cleo walked by him and said:
“Hi, Mr. Peevish! How are you doing?”
“Why are you so happy. Now I‘m annoyed, because of you.”
“I know I‘m annoying!”
“Just get outta here, Concurring Cleo.”
“Whatever you say, Mr. Peevish!”
“I hate that guy,” Mr. Peevish muttered.
He finally had time to look at the restaurant, and he was very disappointed. “Look at that sign, it’s not even my favorite color!” Mr. Peevish said under his breath, “That’s minus points.” When the food came to his table, he couldn’t believe how terrible it looked. The burger that he ordered was soggy and mushy, the meat was not medium, but medium well, and the pickles were not even sliced thin enough to fit in the burger properly. He did not want to take a bite, not at all. So he didn’t. He left right away, without even paying for his meal. He walked out of that restaurant more annoyed than before.
Mr. Peevish got in his car to drive away, but no one let him pull out into traffic. After only 30 seconds passed, he zipped out of the parking spot and almost made another car crash. This was bad news because now he was mad in his car. He started swerving in and out of traffic, honking and yelling at everyone. Unfortunately, he cut off Vindictive Victor, who always wanted revenge.
About ten blocks away, when Mr. Peevish had finally cooled off, out of nowhere Vindictive Victor cut through an intersection and forced Mr. Peevish to slam on his breaks. Mr. Peevish’s good mood had been ruined completely and he would not be able to fairly review his next restaurant. When he arrived, he was surprised to be not irritated by the restaurant at all. In fact, he liked the feel of it. But unfortunately because of the car ride, he was still mad and did not feel like being happy, so he decided to say that the restaurant was too dirty.
When he walked in, he was amazed by how perfect it was. When he sat down, the server met him with a smile, but he just frowned angrily.
“Hello, Sir, my name is Enthusiastic Emily and if you need anything, just ask me! Here is your menu and please tell me when you are ready to order, ” she said energetically.
“Whatever,” Mr. Peevish muttered, refusing to make eye contact with the waitress. When she came back, he decided to order the turkey sandwich. Soon after, the sandwich came. He was surprised at how well it was prepared and how amazingly the meat was cooked. When he took a bite, it was the most delicious thing he had ever eaten.
He soon left and went home. The next day Mr. Peevish woke up and saw his rug, again, out of place. But instead of getting annoyed by it, he decided to fix it.
He was very surprised. He went to the closet to get his usual hat, but it wasn’t there. But this time he didn’t get mad or sad, he just grabbed another hat and wore that. “Have I become un-Peevish?” he asked himself, confused.
He went to get toast for breakfast as usual, and when the toast came out, it was slightly burnt on the edges. But he didn’t throw the toast at the window like usual, he just ate it. Then it hit him. He was no longer peevish. “My peevishness has been cured! I am finally just a normal person!” he yelled joyfully.
When he was driving to work, Mr. Peevish was cut off by another driver, but instead of getting mad, he decided to just take a deep breath and keep going on with his day. At that moment he said to himself, “I‘m going to go to City Hall to change my name!” So he did.
When he got to City Hall, everyone was scared because the last time he was there, he had screamed at the mayor to fix a lamp post that was flickering outside his window, but to everyone’s surprise, he walked in, and went right to the back of the line. When it was his turn to make a request, the person at the front desk asked him, “Hello, what can I get for you today?”
“May I please change my name?”
“Yes. What would you like your new name to be?”
“I would like to change my name to Mr. Placid.”
“Are you sure, Sir?”
“Completely.”
“Ok… that will be 50 dollars.”
“Thank you and goodbye!”
Mr. Placid became a new person after that day and lived happily ever after.