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Jay Twistle's Decisions
One of his decisions that affected his happiness was that he caught a ride in the same taxi as Jay Twistle. Chris tried talking to Jay, but Jay kept telling Chris that he had to go to a meeting. Chris then says that he is going the same direction as Jay is anyway, so Chris catches a ride with Jay. Chris goes on to talk to Jay, but Jay gets distracted by his Rubix cube. Chris solves the Rubix cube, which leaves Jay baffled. The quality time they spent together in the cab leaves Chris with a shot at getting the job.
Chris was very dedicated to what he wanted. Chris wanted the job of working at the Dean Witter Investment firm. Aside from working extremely hard on getting the job, he also sold machines called “Bone Density scanner”. The money he
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