Photo © 2009 Janine CC 2.0 BY ND
All those days sitting through Mrs. Owens’s seventh-grade algebra class, then years staring through Reverend Hardy’s sermons, and now centuries yawning through business meetings, she would have thought she’d have gotten used to the experience.
She shifted in her seat, as the company CEO flipped to another PowerPoint slide, animatedly spewing the latest rendition of corporate spin to the assembled audience. Sales figures and production are up! (Except in the divisions that the company did not purchase this year.) We’re launching several exciting new projects! (Because we weren’t able to finish the last ones.) We now control more gigabytes of shitty software than all of Microsoft and IBM combined! (And that’s something to brag about? Even if it were true?)
She glanced around. Hundreds more faces, just like hers. She was suddenly overtaken with isolation, that she could feel so alone amongst so many others just like herself.
Next to her sat a man from marketing, or HR, or sales, one of those. Reasonably good looking, enough to catch her eye for a moment, he wore a conservative, white, button-down shirt and dark slacks, unlike the engineers she worked with. Even the rare woman engineer preferred to dress down, coming into the office in jeans and a tee shirt, the standard engineering uniform. She was the exception to the rule, today having donned a green a-line skirt and a white blouse, with an accompanying business jacket. Most visitors to her department assumed she was a manager.
How could she work for the same employer as all these people, day in and day out, and yet only know a handful of them, and those only in acquaintance?
She sighed, and without a thought, she leaned into the man sitting next to her. He allowed her to rest her head on his shoulder, as he reached around and ran his fingers lightly through her hair. She breathed in a manly scent, closed her eyes for a second, enjoyed a brief respite from the droning rhythm of the CEO’s voice.
Oh my God! Realization hit her, and she started. Sitting up straight, “I’m sorry,” embarrassed.
But he had also said likewise, and his cheeks flushed red. “I’m so sorry,” he repeated, lowering his voice. “I wasn’t thinking.”
Some from the crowd were beginning to take notice. Most, however, had apparently been put under by the CEO’s speech. She returned her attention to the stage, tried to divert her thoughts from what had transpired.
The CEO completed his final cadence; the audience politely applauded; the crowd began to disperse.
“I’m sorry again,” the man said.
“Don’t worry about it,” she said.
“Are you from corporate?” he asked.
“Engineering.”
His eyebrows raised a half-inch, for a half-second. “Can I buy you a cup of coffee? Engineers drink coffee, right?”
buy enclomiphene online: enclomiphene citrate – enclomiphene citrate
https://rxfreemeds.shop/# my rx pharmacy
Farmacia Asequible Farmacia Asequible Farmacia Asequible
syracerin solucion precio: Farmacia Asequible – Farmacia Asequible
https://farmaciaasequible.shop/# Farmacia Asequible
https://rxfreemeds.shop/# RxFree Meds
melatonina marcas comerciales espaГ±a: oral b starter – micostatin bucal sin receta
Farmacia Asequible Farmacia Asequible diprogenta crema sin receta
parafarmacias online seguras: Farmacia Asequible – Farmacia Asequible
лазерная косметология цены лазерная косметология цены .
http://rxfreemeds.com/# RxFree Meds
online pharmacy us: RxFree Meds – RxFree Meds
diprogenta crema precio espaГ±a cariban embarazo opiniones maria segura veterinaria
http://enclomiphenebestprice.com/# enclomiphene
http://enclomiphenebestprice.com/# enclomiphene buy
enclomiphene price: enclomiphene citrate – enclomiphene best price
enclomiphene buy: enclomiphene testosterone – enclomiphene price
RxFree Meds good rx pharmacy rx pharmacy shop
http://enclomiphenebestprice.com/# enclomiphene online
clomid mexico pharmacy: RxFree Meds – Aricept
oral b io series 10: farmacia gran canaria online – que es una parafarmacia
enclomiphene best price buy enclomiphene online enclomiphene citrate
RxFree Meds: acyclovir cream pharmacy – RxFree Meds
enclomiphene for men: buy enclomiphene online – enclomiphene for sale
http://farmaciaasequible.com/# farmacia barata barcelona
Farmacia Asequible farmacia barata sevilla viternum espaГ±a
https://rxfreemeds.shop/# RxFree Meds
enclomiphene for sale: enclomiphene citrate – enclomiphene for men
farmasi online: Farmacia Asequible – ozempic farmacia online
https://farmaciaasequible.shop/# precio citrafleet
vitanatur opiniones viagra para mujeres en farmacias Farmacia Asequible
boots pharmacy viagra cost: RxFree Meds – finpecia online pharmacy
RxFree Meds: RxFree Meds – RxFree Meds
http://rxfreemeds.com/# RxFree Meds
buy enclomiphene online buy enclomiphene online buy enclomiphene online
enclomiphene best price: enclomiphene best price – enclomiphene buy
https://farmaciaasequible.shop/# venta de farmacias en madrid
RxFree Meds: RxFree Meds – stokes pharmacy
https://enclomiphenebestprice.shop/# buy enclomiphene online
enclomiphene testosterone enclomiphene online enclomiphene for sale
RxFree Meds: RxFree Meds – RxFree Meds
Farmacia Asequible: Farmacia Asequible – Farmacia Asequible
http://enclomiphenebestprice.com/# enclomiphene buy
enclomiphene: enclomiphene for men – enclomiphene
Farmacia Asequible farmacias 24 horas cerca de mi Farmacia Asequible
https://medismartpharmacy.shop/# online pharmacy program
MexiMeds Express: buying prescription drugs in mexico – MexiMeds Express
IndoMeds USA: IndoMeds USA – IndoMeds USA
generic provigil online pharmacy MediSmart Pharmacy review online pharmacy
https://indomedsusa.shop/# IndoMeds USA