I started banging the laptop, at my wits end, scrunching my eyebrows together while drops of sweat ooze out from my forehead. Its time for a smoke. I pushed out my chair and wondered whether I should smoke with the kids downstairs, but quickly thought better of it. The hallway was dimly lit, as I made my way to the spot where I always smoke in the washroom. The window opened out to an unused ground with a busy road behind it. The constant stream of traffic had a strangely calming effect on me, or maybe its just the cigarette.
Smoking has become a part of my job, they might as well pay me for visiting the men’s toilet so regularly. Hmmmm men’s toilet, I’ve never really called it that before, it’s a place that everyone visits but they always take the sign for granted after the first glance, isn’t it the same with people, we only notice people when only something drastic happens to them or when they are gone. If this sign outside the bathroom vanished or someone scribbled on it, would I notice it? The world is an imperfect place , I noticed the chipped paint around the sign and funnily enough it looked like a sad women whose crying.
On my way to smoke the last cig of the day, I realized that while looking at the sad lady I followed the sad eyes of the lady to the switched which were switched on.
Smoking has become a part of my job, they might as well pay me for visiting the men’s toilet so regularly. Hmmmm men’s toilet, I’ve never really called it that before, it’s a place that everyone visits but they always take the sign for granted after the first glance, isn’t it the same with people, we only notice people when only something drastic happens to them or when they are gone. If this sign outside the bathroom vanished or someone scribbled on it, would I notice it? The world is an imperfect place , I noticed the chipped paint around the sign and funnily enough it looked like a sad women whose crying.
On my way to smoke the last cig of the day, I realized that while looking at the sad lady I followed the sad eyes of the lady to the switched which were switched on.