All is Vanity

Every morning around nine, myself and a few colleagues gather together, and walk to the kitchen for a morning cup of  tea and a quick chat. We walk down a corridor past a row of framed photographs…. reflective photographs of dignitaries who have worked here in the past.

“Did you just check yourself out in that photo and do this?”  (Colleague demonstrates an affected hair flipping gesture)

Oops.  Sprung.  I could feel my face turning red and my ears starting to burn.  Might as well brazen it out now!!

I laughed and said “Yes! I spend a lot of time looking in mirrors these days! You know the reflective train windows when it’s dark? can’t keep me away from those!”

I guess I hit on exactly the right tone to take.  Instead of the barrage of teasing I was bracing myself for my colleagues all smiled and laughed with me. “Good for you!”  said one. Another commented that I deserved it, after all my hard work. Then we went to get our tea.

I did take extra care not to check myself out in the reflective photos on the way back though!