I am at work. It was early morning. A co-worker, we will call her Sylvia, comes in. She had on a black coat, like those fisherman/sailor type but fashioned for women. She had black slacks and a black turtleneck underneath her coat. Her hair was wet, like she hurriedly left the house and just pulled it back like a pony-tail but without the hair tie. She walks to the time clock and clocks in and turns to go to the back where her station is. I waited to see if she would glance my way so I can say hi. But she went on her way.
Hours later, I was checking the reports on yesterday finished products and I had a question for Sylvia. I see Mike another co-worker and ask if he had seen her. He answers no and that she comes in at nine (am). I quickly tell him that she is already here. And I had seen her already. And he was very sure that she was not yet there. He tells me to check her time card, so I do. And lo and behold, she has yet clocked in. I walk back to Mike and told him, that I saw her. I described what she wore to the “t”. And how she had her hair. It was a couple of minutes before nine and the door opens and here comes Sylvia. Wearing exactly what I said she wore. Her hair was exactly how I said it would be… I see the same moment played out again, the only difference is Mike was there to witness this. And when I asked him, “do you see this?” And he asks me… “is there something going on with you and Sylvia?”…..(wtf? lol.)
There is nothing going on with me and Sylvia. Before what I know now, I asked myself, why did I see this? What was the value of what I have seen? Now I feel bad, for missing a moment that Sylvia may have been in a situation where she needed someone to talk to. At the time, I did nothing about it and had not told her about what I had seen. Only Mike knows about this… I kind of feel bad that I missed that moment.
Hours later, I was checking the reports on yesterday finished products and I had a question for Sylvia. I see Mike another co-worker and ask if he had seen her. He answers no and that she comes in at nine (am). I quickly tell him that she is already here. And I had seen her already. And he was very sure that she was not yet there. He tells me to check her time card, so I do. And lo and behold, she has yet clocked in. I walk back to Mike and told him, that I saw her. I described what she wore to the “t”. And how she had her hair. It was a couple of minutes before nine and the door opens and here comes Sylvia. Wearing exactly what I said she wore. Her hair was exactly how I said it would be… I see the same moment played out again, the only difference is Mike was there to witness this. And when I asked him, “do you see this?” And he asks me… “is there something going on with you and Sylvia?”…..(wtf? lol.)
There is nothing going on with me and Sylvia. Before what I know now, I asked myself, why did I see this? What was the value of what I have seen? Now I feel bad, for missing a moment that Sylvia may have been in a situation where she needed someone to talk to. At the time, I did nothing about it and had not told her about what I had seen. Only Mike knows about this… I kind of feel bad that I missed that moment.
