The Waiting Room Sanika Nalgirkar
It was a normal morning in the waiting room.
“Oh Yes! Let me just check” Linda checked her
Just like every day, the receptionist, Linda came into work. She had been working there for 6 months now and still had no idea what her job entailed. Everyday people came into the waiting room, went through a door, and never came out. This just fueled her desire more to know what was behind that door. She had tried to find out the mystery behind the door but was unable to. To this day, she had barely met her employer once, maybe twice.
computer and saw her name on the screen and only her name for the day. Seemed strange as every day, there are almost hundreds of people who come here but she turned a blind eye to that.
The entire room was white, the walls, the furniture, Linda’s computer, and even her uniform. It was a white dress. The very white room sometimes made it hard for Linda to distinguish where everything was. She managed though because the carpet in the room wasn’t as bright as everything else and the door people go through every day wasn’t white at all. It was brown. It was different from the rest of the room.
After a while, another person walked into the office. Linda looked up to see a middle-aged woman. She had quite a colorful outfit on. The lady walked up to Linda’s desk.
Linda started on her work for the day and soon after she was blessed with a presence. It was an old lady who looked well in her 60s, maybe even 70s. Her colorful outfit brightened the room instantly. “Hello! My name is Emma. I have an appointment at 11 am.” She said.
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“You can go in.” Linda said with a smile and watched Emma as she went through the brown door. Linda sighed and went back to work.
“Hi! My name is Emma and I have an appointment here at 2 pm.” Linda looked at her with a confused stare. She didn’t recall seeing any other names on the screen. “uhh… let me check.” Linda said and turned to her computer. Linda saw that there was in fact an Emma scheduled in a few minutes. And just like in the morning, there was no one else except for this Emma. “You can go in.” Linda said with a perplexed
