Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Why me

 

Just moments before I walked into the meeting, which – by the way, was already at full volume, I noticed something stuck to the bottom of my shoe. 

It was too late to stop or turn around, everyone had already seen me, so I just kept walking in and took a seat around the conference table. 

Jake, up at the whiteboard, kept on with his presentation, while I sat waiting to see if I could smell anything disgusting coming from my shoe.  Hopefully neither of the people sitting on each side of me discover it.  I bet they wouldn’t be shy about announcing the sudden questionable odor. 

I felt the need to look back at the door I had just come through, to make sure I hadn’t left anything behind with each step.  Talk about a dead giveaway.   Yucky footprints leading right to my chair.  There’d be no mistaking who the culprit was.

I had not noticed it but apparently Jake had stopped his talk and asked me to address my part of the topic he just covered.  I had all of the materials with me, I just hadn’t been following along as he was speaking.  The last thing I wanted to do was get up and walk up to the front of the room, especially if I were leaving objectionable footprints.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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