Trash Duty

I had to report to my customer's site today. Some people needed an escort into the building. And I got a badge. Lucky me. I woke up early. Booked down the highway. Got there at a good time. Was able to eat breakfast in the cafeteria. I had the chef at the grill make me an omlett.

I found the conference room we were supposed to meet in. It was dinky. Got set up and started responding to emails. Before I knew it, the time for lunch had come. My buddy who works in the building was already eating at his desk. So I went back to the cafeteria grill to request a steak and cheese sub.

In the afternoon, I decided to visit my buddy. I went up to his floor. It was strange that the light were off in his section of the building. Then I went to his cubicle and saw another name tag on the front. What? Took a while to realize I was in the wrong building. They got three buildings that look identical. I was on the correct floor. Just needed to move over two buildings.

On the way back from my buddy's cubicle, I saw some cleaning lady peeking out of a door. That was odd. But I try to ignore the odd behaviors of the help staff. When I walked by, the lady kept motioning to me. I was like, "Hello?" She could not speak English. It took a while. Finally I interpreted her hand gestures. She could not pull the trash bag out of the bin because it was too heavy. I picked it up for her and was on my way.

I tried to get the heck out of the building before rush hour traffic began. My boss called me as I was leaving. I was anxious to get out. I did leave a few minutes after I had planned. It was still early. However it was raining. That meant bad traffic no matter what the time. Luckily I don't think I need to return to the customer building anytime soon.