Andrew is a simple man, who likes simple things. He worked for a simple company, in a large building where he was Employee #472. Andrew has had the job of Employee #472 ever since the day he graduated from high school with his first chest hair, curling, proving he was a man. Employee #472 had one simple job: he would sit at his desk in room 472, and push buttons on the keyboard. Commands came to him through the monitor on his brown desk, telling him what buttons he needs to push, in what orders he needs to push them, and how long he needs to push them for. This is what Employee #472 did every day of every month of every year, and although others might have considered it utterly boring and soul-rending, …show more content…
Sofia woke up like any other day. She climbed up out of bed, got dressed, gathered her items, and walked to her place of work.
But something just wasn’t right on this specific day. Sofia’s walk to work had been put to a stop as she stumbled upon the body of a man who had been running all around town talking and screaming to himself before he collapsed dead on the street.
Before Sofia would soon pull out her phone and dial 911, for just a few moments, she considered the unusual man. Staring at him, at his dirty blue dress shirt, and his ripped khaki pants, wondering what he must’ve gone through.She knew that he was obviously crazy. Even a baby knows what a crazy person looks like.
And in that minute she stared, Sofia thought to herself how lucky she was to be normal, to be healthy.
“I am sane. I am in control of my mind and my body. I know what is real, what is not.” She whispered to herself. She found it calming to think about this, and in an unusual way, seeing this crazy man, made her feel better about her life.
But then Sofia thought about the meeting she was getting late for, where the impressions of the very important people that are present in the would affect her whole life. There was no time to think, so it was only a minute that Sofia stood there and