Summary

Eileen continues her text message conversation with her sister, who is noticeably frustrated by Eileen's questions. Once Eileen arrives at the bar where her friends are meeting, she sees another message from her sister: "Hmmm do I really want to hear about how immature I am from someone who’s stuck in a shitty job making no money and living in a kip at age 30" (17). Eileen does not respond, and instead proceeds to the bar and greets her friends. Later on in the evening, Eileen goes to the bathroom and pulls up her last text message exchange with Simon. She returns to the party, where her friends are discussing communism and Karl Marx. Eileen gets into a small argument with a man named Gary over what it means to be a member of the working class. Eileen accuses him of not knowing anything about...