Observations in the office

Quiet. Tap tap tapping of keys. Mumbled voices speaking on the phone. Gentle hum of the air conditioning. Glass office. Someone being interviewed. I can see their lips moving but they make no sound. Clenched hands, that "I'm interested in what you're saying" look on their face. Over gesticulation on behalf of the interviewer. If only he knew what a boring human being she is. He looks so enthusiastic, he really wants the job. I wish I could tell him he'll hate it. Tell him to go anywhere, anywhere but here. But no, he really wants it. He wants to hear the tap tap tapping of keys, the quiet hum of the air conditioning and he wants to be one of the mumbling voices on the telephone.

Quiet.