Vitamins

Carver's short story Vitamins is a sad truth. It depicts very sad characters. First, Patti, who cannot find a job and then finds a bad one selling vitamins. Next, Donna, who isn't making money and almost takes up Nelson's deal just for a couple hundred bucks. Then Sheila, finding love and getting rejected. Not to mention she doesn't make a lot of money either and has to move. The main character is also a sad one. He goes to the same bar every night and has the same thing. The bar is like the place he runs away from life in. He's bored. That's why he almost has the affair with Donna.
I'm starting to notice a pattern in Carver's stories. He presents a lot of sucky situations in life but situations that are very real. No one suffers any horrible death or anything, but the relationships between the characters, their jobs, everything seems to reflect misery. Life sucks.