Today i arrived at work, i greateed the people at the
legalization line, that s what my boss Henry calls it, the line refers to
the so called boxes or attention boxes.
Violet and Ermnelinda were on the attention line, they are
punctual ones at work, someone would said that they are the most responsible,
it could be if we were talking about punctuality, if it were efficiency, they
are also that.
We all keep our work items in some drawer, in some unused
desk, this is my case, others keep them locked in their boxes.
At one time I had the privilege of having a drawer with a
key, until it got stuck, I called the locksmith, he fixed it for me, but the
key was gone, the use of the key ended, my drawer became popularly used. During
vacation time, I prefer to take my personal stamps home, or keep them in
another place in the office, that is, channel them, because otherwise, you
return to work, look for your work items and they are not there, or there are
some , then the "nervous attack" arises, which is what used to happen
to me, until I learned that everyone went to my drawer in search of pens,
address sheets, ink, date stamps and some other necessities, because my drawer
It was and continues to be the drawer of the state people.
The truth is that today when I arrived, I visualized 2
strange objects in it, strangely strange just because they were in my drawer,
it was a bronze-colored compact powder, with a brush and a black mascara, they
seemed to be from a well-known brand, the plastic packaging of these and the
external colors were too striking, I took them, checked them and left them
there again.
I don't use black mascara, because I have the habit of
rubbing my eyes, as you can imagine, due to this habit I get all the black
paint on my dark circles and I become haggard, so I only use colorless mascara.
Regarding powder makeup, I always have a hard time finding
natural tones, let's say pale ones. Aside from the fact that the colors of all
brands vary according to the time of year, this kills me, because sometimes I
go to look for the typical natural color and there are all beige or bronze or
whatever, except the one I'm looking for. .
So those objects were not my style, I assumed that someone
in the audience had forgotten them. I also assumed that since I always put my
makeup on in the bathroom, before leaving the office, someone thought they
belonged to me. And if they had been my preference, I don't know if I would
have used them.
These objects were in my drawer for a couple of
hours, until Ermelinda asked me
if she could check my drawer, I clearly answered yes, and what she found, what
she had been looking for since the day before, her lost objects. I had to
explain to him that someone had left them there; I guess he believed me, who
knows.
He told me that they had
looked for them among several women the day before, including Violet, but they
had not been successful.
The excitement and breath
returned to Ermelinda's face, realizing that it was no longer necessary to use
the credit card to recover them, although she herself stated that otherwise,
she had planned to wait a few days until she received her salary and thus buy
them.
I don't know what colors
she put on her face today or what other brands, since the favorites were the
ones forgotten in the office. I also don't know if she came to work with a
washed face today, I didn't really observe her, but she did have lipstick on, I
noticed it when I greeted her at the entrance.
The truth is that she was
gripped by despair, as if she had felt that she was losing her beauty because
of these makeups. In addition, this happens to most women, be it a hoop, a
chain, a piercing, a ring, or whatever.
It would be what we get
used to using, I would call it aesthetic dependence and in the absence of it,
feminine chaos arises.
At the end of Ermelinda's
work hour, she greeted Genoveva and angrily asked her why they had not sent her
a message telling her that her things were stored in a drawer.
It should be noted that
Genoveva did not have the faintest idea, because she does not wear makeup,
which is why she is pale, that those things belonged to Ermelinda. She also
questioned Juliet about her bad behavior for not notifying anything.
For me the whole thing was
too comical and a bit exaggerated.
The truth is that I told
myself that the only thing missing was for me to be accused of being a makeup
thief, which luckily did not happen, because Ermelinda has known me for years. However,
I felt a little uncomfortable when they searched my drawer and found them
there. Incidentally, when he saw that he had found them, he continued searching
to see if he could find anything else, but there was nothing else, there were
only papers.
This type of thing usually
happens in our office, I will tell more another day...
Anecdote suggested by
E.B.G.
