The New Employee
The First Day
The alarm rings, it is 5:30am.
I’m groggy.
I need coffee.
I slowly open my eyes and glance at my phone clumsily sliding the alarm off with my finger. “Why did I set my alarm this early again?” I ask myself.
Not waiting for an answer my legs slide off the bed as my body follows. I automatically walk towards the shower still with the lights off. My hand reaches inside the shower and turns the water on. “Damn that’s cold ” I say outloud to the empty dark room as the water hits my hand. I immediately get annoyed that the shock of the water removes the fog from my brain.
I reach behind me and turn on the bathroom light as I look at myself in the mirror. “Mr. Johnson, you accepted this job. Today is your first day….get in the shower now.” The identical twin in the mirror silently tells me.