Thursday, December 29, 2005

Late Again

I woke up late for work this morning. This is normal for me, being that I don't have any responsability at work (And if anyone from work is reading this, I'm totally making this up. Matter of fact, I'm swamped with work and I'm actually writing this at 3AM after finishing up ANOTHER late night of work). Actually, I woke up late, took an extra long shower, ate TWO bowls of cereal, and stopped off at the Starbucks just outside my office for a leisurely hot chocolate, taking my time and occasionally stopping to window shop. I could almost imagine my two bosses watching me dilly-dally around the building from their office window:

Boss 1: "There's John. And he's going into Starbucks."

[twelve minutes later]

Boss 2: "Look - he just came out."
B1: "And he sure is taking his sweet time to get to the building."
B2: "Look Ted - he appears to be arguing with that homeless woman."
B1: "HOLY GEEZ! He just threw his coffee in her face!"
B2: "And now they're fighting!"

[Boss 1 and Boss 2 watch in shocked silence as John and the Homeless Woman begin to tussle. It appears that John has the upper hand, but soon the Homeless Woman starts getting the best of him with a series of swift headbutts. John responds in kind.]

B1: "Good lord! He's really fighting dirty!"
B2: "I've never seen such gratuitous use of teeth and elbows!"
B1: "Oh wait - here comes the police to break things up."

[Both bosses watch as the police separate the two combatants. John, the more cantankerous of the two, is sprayed with mace. Homeless Woman laughs and claps her hands as John writhes in pain, first against a car, and then on the ground. After getting an emergency radio call, the two police officers flee the scene.]

B1: "Well I'm glad that's over with. I need him here today, because I need him to [some business related task that John surely doesn't understand]."
B2: "Check it out - John and the homeless woman are shaking hands."

[John and Homeless Woman begrudgingly shake hands.]

B1: "That's always good to see. Even though it wasn't a fair fight, at least it's ending well."

[Boss 1 moves away from the window, thinking the matter is over.]

B2: "Oh no, Ted. You gotta see this!"
B1: "What is it, Max?"
B2: "John is...John and the homeless woman are kissing."

[Cut to view of street below. John and the Homeless Woman are kissing - not lustily, but rather softly, delicately, staring into each other's eyes. Both start crying.]

B1: "Hmph. I thought he was gay."
B2: "I was pretty sure he was gay."
B1: "Well, I guess this weather makes people do crazy things."

[Both sip their coffee in silence, watching from the window while John and the Homeless Woman affectionately kiss and giggle like seventh graders. Some tickling is involved, and possibly baby talk. Six seconds pass.]

B1: "Well, back to work."
B2: "Yep."

[I don't really know where to go from here, so I'm just going to end it. Kinda got away from me there. Point being, I was late today...as always. Oh well.]

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