On that day I saw my whole life failures and achievements reflecting in front of me. I discovered the Me that I never knew existed.
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My diary and my photocopied To Do List are not a private and confidential b...
The resolution came to my mind. I could feel that my idea was going to work. It was going to make me feel better.
"I must leave the my office and go and stay in the bathroom. This works for me all the time. No one disturbs a person in the toilet. I was going to stay there until I calm down."I told myself.
I was going to listen to music or read an e-book . I took my phone and went out. I took each step carefully as my feet felt unbalanced. I was halfway to the bathroom when I remembered that I left my reading glasses in the office. I did a u-turn back to my office and took my glasses with me. I went back again wobbling as fast as I could with one hand on the wall to make sure I don't fall.
Due to Covid19 ,the main entrances to all my workplace bathrooms were always left opened. Only the cubicles of each toilet inside the bathroom were closed. This was to minimise the surfaces that one needed to touch. I got to the bathroom and entered into the wide opened door. I went inside the toilet cubicle . As I was standing inside the toilet I could feel that I can't read. Reading an update on my e-book was out. I thought of listening to music but I could feel deep inside me that I couldn't. "What am I going to do while waiting to calm down?" I thought.
A lot of things came to my mind: 1. Sit on the toilet seat and pull my feet up and cradle them. 2. Stand in front of the toilet seat, put one foot on it and do lounges and that sounded like a good idea.
I then thought came into my mind, I forgot to close the door latch from inside. I turned and tried to close the door. My jaw dropped. The latch strike is gone. It was not on the door.
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How was I supposed to sit in this toilet peacefully if the door was not closed and locked from inside? And then my eyes noticed something for the first time ever. There was a chip on the wall ceramic tile. I wondered , when did this happen? I thought yah, it's vandals. I recently had to report the door handles that were loose. Somebody tried to unscrew it. I closed the door and tried to check if I can press the door with my feet. I was too short for my legs to reach the door while sitting on the toilet seat. I noticed something strange, the restroom automatic air-mist didn't release that powdery smell that it releases when it senses the motion. That's when I decided that the lounges would be a better thing to do. I stood up, took my right shoe off and I put my foot on the toilet seat brim.
I got the shock of my life. The SHE bin was gone. It's not that I wanted to use it. I am accustomed to it being there. I noticed that one of the stainless steel metal sheets that closes the access to the water pipes was hanging to its life by one screw.
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The vandals and thieves stealing ability was now on top notch. " This needed to be reported" I said to myself. I will report to our Support Office as soon as I come out of the bathroom. They needed to beef up security. I took pictures that I was going to attach as evidence when I report.
"I hoped to relax but today the toilet stinks a lot. Today is not my day at all , " I sadly said to myself.
♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ "A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience." - Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.-
