Working from Home Adventures
We now return to Carissa’s Working from Home Adventures.
In our last episode, Carissa was almost attacked by a crazed Canada goose on her way to the library to do research. Luckily, our heroine survived. She is working quietly, adorned in her favorite running shorts and waiting for her incredibly slow computer to download something when there is a knock at the door.
She bypasses her better judgment and opens the door. It’s her neighbor, whose name she cannot remember, but finds irritating since he always tried to talk to her, especially on days when she is feeling antisocial. This is most days. Strange neighbor guy, who lives in the apartment above, speaks.
"Hi. Sorry for jiggling your door last night."
"Umm…that’s fine. I didn’t notice."
"It was around midnight. I was on the phone with my friend and got distracted and tried to open your door instead of going up to my apartment."
Our heroine is wary, especially considering Strange Neighbor Guy Who Lives in the Apartment Above keeps looking toward the floor. This bugs our heroine since, hello, I’m up here and yes, I am wearing dirty socks. I was just cooking something and it spilled. What?
"Well…I didn’t notice."
"Yeah. So, what are you doing?"
"I’m working. I work from home. Yeah, gotta get back to work."
"Oh, really? I work from home, too. I’m an engineer. What do you do?"
"I’m, uh, a legislative research assistant. I read laws all day. Anyway, gotta get back."
Our heroine almost escapes, but SNGWLITAA stalls a few more minutes. Similar conversation continues until Carissa is finally able to go back for her "2:30 meeting."
Yeah, I get it. Trying to start up conversations with complete strangers is hard. So is meeting new people. But here’s a tip if you don’t want them to think you’re creepy: Don’t tell them you tried to break into their apartment around midnight!
I’m going back to find that goose.
