I can feel your pain from over here. I mean after paying off all of your bills and hoping the next coming money will be yours to keep, and decide what you want to do with them.....then boom....a layoff.
It can be quite devasting to have your plans all cut short, and you did not even have the mind to share this with the very people you loved
I am glad the bird poo gave you a second thought, and I compliment the guy who let you have the espresso cos if he did not maybe there would be no bird poo and no lesson