What is the quickest way you've seen a friend fuck up their life?

Well, some years ago I moved to a new job because my old boss kept skipping me over for promotions. I was the best qualified and hardest working amongst all my peers, but no one really seemed to notice.

My new boss was really great and almost immediately got me really involved in his business. I mean he basically let me run a lot of it, and it was pretty clear he was grooming me to take over when he was gone. I could tell that some of the other people already there were pretty jealous, but I knew that this was my time to shine.

I had an inkling that maybe things were a little weird after a few months. He was super business minded, and didn't really care about the personal lives of his employees. I had been separated from my wife and she passed away from complications, but the bitch had given custody to my son and daughter to her family, so I never really got to see them. My boss never really cared or gave me time off to go try to see them.

Anyway, some years later, my son got in contact with me and wanted to get to know each other better. My boss seemed to be okay with it then, but there was just something really weird about how he was so excited to meet my son.

Eventually my son came to visit me at my office and he met my boss. My boss was a HUGE asshole to my son.

I ended up throwing my boss down a giant ventilation shaft after he used force lightning to shock my son near to death.

He totally deserved it.

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