Abnormalities of Life

I work in a building owned by the Federal Government. Because of that, we have screening vestibules located at each entry point. They are set to rather low sensitivity at full-time employee access points, but are used as a precautionary measure nonetheless.

This morning, the woman next to me must have made a half dozen pass-through attempts before she realized that she needed to remove her belt. In my early-morning stupor, I did not think much about the situation.

She and I boarded the elevator at roughly the same time, as did a coworker of hers. I work for a different company, so my anonymity is somewhat safe. As I watched her board, I noticed the abhorrent green, orange, and pink flowered frock she chose to display today. My eyes widened while cringing in fear at the same time. And then I saw. . . it! She held her belt in front of her coworker and proclaimed "it didn't like my belt".

The belt was a black elastic band with gold sea shells placed all around it. It had so much overly-ornate metal, that I'm surprised she could carry it. No wonder the machine didn't like it.

Unfortunately, I think she saw me silently lip that to myself, as I followed that comment with "can you blame it? I don't like it either".

I really need to learn to cover my mouth when mouthing inappropriate comments about them!