IT’S NOT A WONDERFUL LIFE!

Spending your Birthday alone is literally the worst!

When an unemployed, twenty-something year old Sasha finds herself sat alone on her birthday with no one else to celebrate with, in an empty cafe screening calls from her parents just so that she doesn’t have to lie about how crap her life is, rock bottom really doesn’t seem too far away.

Barely holding herself together, a painfully awkward yet overly cheerful barista slides over to ask her to put her laptop away as he’s trying something new: to get people talking more… 

Cue a full-on meltdown in front of a complete and utter stranger: sobbing, snotty tissues, runny make-up – the lot. Her resilience leaves without a moment’s hesitation, and that empty feeling of failure takes over quicker than you can say the word “bleh”. 

Completely out of his depth, the awkward barista sheepishly approaches in the hope of offering some form of support. 

As they find out more about each-other, they realise that life isn’t so very different for these two strangers. 

Perhaps all they needed was just to talk more. But will it all end in roses? Will the birthday be salvaged after all? Or will life return to its usual disappointing self for Sasha?