MMC: New Beginnings

Ztembe absent-mindedly chewed on  her pen, her mind miles away. She was still trying to process the rude shock that had welcomed her when she walked into the office this morning.

What is wrong with Ochuko she asked yet again and with no small measure of anger. Why does he seem so set against me? Is it something I've done? Or haven't done?

Her meeting with Ochuko had been doomed from the very beginning. It had become obvious that like oil and water, so was it to be with She and Ochuko. Time seemed to fade and Ztembe saw herself just as she'd been when she'd first resumed work.

***

She'd been running late and knew it wasn't going to make for a good first impression for her first day at work. It was bad enough that she'd barely made it through the interview process as someone had snottily confided to her that she'd been thought to be too forward.

Too forward ke? What did that even mean? She remembered thinking, but she wanted so bad to make a good first impression with her colleagues especially now that quasi management already had her pegged. And so with that in mind, she hurried into the building only to run headlong into a brick wall (or so she thought).

***

A sigh escapes her lips. Ztembe, all these thinking will get you nowhere she chides herself but she can't shake herself loose from memory's clutch.

***

"Are you blind?" Ochuko angrily asks.
Ztembe still caught off balance and trying to recover from her near fall was momentarily speechlesss. Not at the question but at his manners.
"Oh, I see you're dumb as well", he continued still glowering at her.
"I...er...I'm sorry, I didn't-", Ztembe managed to stutter before she was rudely cut off.
"Be sorry for yourself". He shot her another look and stalked off.

Now wearing an identical look, she wondered what had gotten stuck in his craw. She'd always heard how Monday made even the most nicest of people irritable but now she wasn't so sure. Hearing was different from seeing and she didn't like this baptism of fire.

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If only I knew what I know now she thought, I'd have antagonised him less. Whatever she might have thought about Ochuko, one thing was certain, she wouldn't underestimate him.



Whew! Hi fellas,
Hi ladies and gents,
Hi cutesies and munchkins,
It's a rainy Monday for me, a cuppa coffee for everyone. Hope you enjoyed today's episode of MMC. Don't forget, your feedback's my driving force and thanks to Mimi, she made this episode a possibility. I was chilling in mellowcity but she brought me back.

Note, mellowcity ain't a word (I just had to state that, can't shout). So, I'm done and oh, other episodes of MMC redirect here for more of Ztembe and 'friends'. Guys, it's a Monday not a Mournday, make it count.

Peace...