Thread by @tomaspueyo

Back to the office, for some ppl:

Wake up too early
Rush to shower
High heels. Tight tie
Skip breakfast
Two-hour commute. Twice a day
Miss the train
Wait 20m for the next one
Get packed in like sardines. Hear somebody cough behind you. Stuck. 30min left.

Arrive at the office.
Back to back meetings. No time to sit and think
Get ignored because you’re too small. Nobody knew that on Zoom.
That big mouth is flexing again, though. He rushed to sit at the head of the table, talks as much as he can.
That didn’t happen on Zoom either.

Try to decipher body language. You’re on the spectrum; these neurotypicals make no sense.
Open Zoom anyways. Some workmates are remote today.
Look for Selma, your boss. She’s not here. Maybe working from home too?

The food that disappears from the fridge.
The sound of your coworkers chewing.
The pile of dirty dishes.
The smell of food left in the trash.

The glare of the lights above you.
The headphones to steal back an inch of intimacy lost. And to fend off Brad, who will interrupt you anyways.
The cold of the thermostat, set for the body temperature of men at a time when women were an afterthought.

The smell of fresh poop when entering the restroom.
Look down the stalls to see which ones are empty. Recognize Bob’s shoes.
Walk further to find a good stall. Look up. Your eyes flicked through the slit of the door and met Jimmy’s horrified look of intimacy violation.

Find a stall. Clean it up. Something’s sticky. Second pass. Sit. Hold the noises. Hear all the other poopers. The one frantically tapping on his screen, surely playing a videogame. The one eating McDonalds, squirting for 20 minutes.

Call incoming. Early delivery. Sick kid. Your nanny must leave. Your dog escaped.

Pack up
2h to go back to a small, overpriced apartment you can barely afford, picked because it was close to a semi-decent school.
Miss dinner with the kids.
Laundry
Netflix and cry
Rinse
Repeat