Christopher parked his Nissan Sentra in the company’s CFO spot—walked into the empty building, and took his place at the Information Desk of the vacant building.
He checked and routed yesterday’s mail, checked and routed yesterday’s email and voicemails, and checked his email and schedule–nothing was for him.
It was March of 2020, and he was grateful that the company didn’t lay him off or request that he work from home–he had a laptop, but his cheap apartment did not have Wi-Fi; anyway, it was nice to get away from his annoying roommate who yelled why he Zoomed.
Most days, he brought a sack lunch; then, after his sandwich, he would belt out show tunes to the dozens of empty ergonomic chairs in the call center.
By March of 2021, the routine was getting old, and he craved human connection.
In May, the company was working in the building at half capacity; Christopher lost his convenient parking spot to his boss, and he had to stop singing to the ergonomic chairs; some of its occupants may not like Broadway songs.
Burger Scoot 
The ups and downs of covid *sigh*. Stay safe 🙂
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You gotta roll with the punches …….
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excellent!*
*both this Six and the character for acting on his own at time when most succumbed to the desire to be of the Herd
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The pluses during our ‘crisis’ have been many. I’ve not let them pass unnoticed. Every dark cloud has a silver lining for sure! Nice six!
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Good fortune – no layoff! I imagine it would be kind of cool to be the only one in the building. You do your work without worrying about anyone else. An advantage to have, but one that took it’s toll on many of us who did the remote work for a year.
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I like your approach. So many people loved the time off or alone time at the beginning but after awhile we all crave human contact.
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I really like this character!
You stay strong too.
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I like the idea of singing to “the ergonomic chairs”.
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The only suitable place to belt out show tunes IMHO. 🙂 Well realised.
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All good things must come to an end.
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Clever how the repetition of the first sentences gets us into his routine and his head.
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Your writing made me like this character, his individuality. Pity he had to give up the singing when he got the company back that he was also craving. Maybe he’ll convert them to Broadway songs.
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I hadn’t thought of those noisy roommates yelling during his Zoom calls. He was fortunate he could still go to the office.
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Be careful what you wish for… 😉
Nailed it in 6!
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Reminds me of when I worked in a call center and took the weekend shifts where you worked overnight. The other person in the room would take a nap with instructions to me to wake her if there was an emergency. I wanted to play music at that time just to aggravate her.
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