All, doing a 5 minute freewrite. Thank you for reading.
Martin had always been the nicest of supervisors in the company. Colleagues and his direct team is well aware of how he treat them. He is ever so approachable, ready to render help, remove work obstacles from his team to make them more efficient. Everything that a nice supervisor does, they all know will be seen in Martin.
However in recent weeks, he looked like a different person. He was short tempered, demanding over the smallest of issues and no longer the helpful supervisor that he used to be. Everyone was puzzled but no one dared asked him what happened.
One evening when most of the employees of the company have left the office, only Jason, a direct report of Martin, and Martin himself were still in the office. Martin wasn't aware that Jason had yet to leave because it is a Friday and most people were expected to leave work on time. When Martin thought he had the "me" space, he cried in his office. Jason went over and asked if everything was alright and Martin cried even harder. Jason knew something was not right and offered a listening ear. Martin shared that his wife cheated on him, left with another guy and they are currently in the midst fighting custody over their daughter. Martin did not want to lose his daughter and that was why he is feeling so vexed and ended up becoming more short tempered. Jason then recommended his friend, a professional marriage counsellor, to Martin to see if his friend is able to help Martin out.
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