Average Joe's on an Average Day

To the left of my desk are several students conglomerated together. They're heavily invested in large textbooks. Two boys, five girls. All white. I'm not exaggerating when I say that every single one of them had a Starbucks cup.

To my right, where the wall used to be, there is a computer lab with all glass windows. Busy, busy students type the afternoon away.

There is a new custodial crew in the building. I guess that every few years they change out crews and send them to other buildings. Though it's nice to meet new people, I miss the old janitorial crew. We had grown close over the year and a half that we worked together. But I'm starting to get to know the new crew well. Martha has bright, blonde, curly hair. She wears thick make-up and speaks very little English. She is skinny, tall, and Hispanic. "Hola mija!" she says. "Que paso, Martha?" She strides away. Her friend, Martin, is a short, stubby, Mexican man. He is balding and has a large belly and cheery,  rose cheeks. He saunters around the building with his cleaning supplies.

My boss walks past my desk. She is a busy woman and is constantly brushing past the desk. She doesn't even acknowledge me this time because she is fixed on her phone. Her name is Hillary. Hillary is a heavy-set Hispanic woman in her fifties. She has short brown hair and a no-nonsense attitude.

Martha comes back. "Hola mija!" she says again.

The study group is packing up their things. They head out the front door together. The Starbucks cups are now empty.

The mailman stops by today. George. I see George all of the time. "Como estas, hita?" he says. "Muy bien, y tu?" "Bien, bien, gracias." He hands me two large packages. Scrawny, hard working George heads out the door. I think he's probably in his late 40's.

Two people step off the elevator. They walk past me. One woman, probably in her thirties followed by a man who is probably in his sixties. She has short, red hair and her pale skin tells me she's Caucasian. He is too. He's thick and has no more hair on his head.

My time is up.