It had been a long day at the office, training new starters to the business, but it wasn’t their training that was now pre-occupying me. It was the ongoing training of our new organisational psychologist Lauren. I just wasn’t sure that it was sticking, self doubt wracked me as I stared vacantly at the screen on my workstation. It was late, and the office seemed largely empty. Perhaps I should just call it for the day.
“May I wipe down your desk?” I bolted upright, the voice over my shoulder catching me completely unaware.
“Jesus christ Lauren you scared the shit out of me!” I chuckled, turning in my chair to look at the sneak. She was standing there with a cleaning cloth in one hand and a bottle of spray in the other.
“Oh I’m so sorry! I didn’t mean to sneak up on you. I’m just wiping down all the desks at the end of the day. You know, just to help with the thing. Do you mind?” And with that she stepped forward, leaning to spray the desk.