ONBOARDING / 03 / PARKING LOT
internal documentation from Product Classification: a missed appointment does not go unnoticed
May Season Studio Archives
by Gintare O.
preceding file: Onboarding / 02 / The Invitation
She did not tell anyone.
She had considered telling her sister. She had considered writing it down in the notebook so she could keep a record of what had happened. She had considered driving back to the parking lot on the way in Wednesday morning to see if the man was still there in daylight, at 7:15.
She did none of these. She did what she always did with the things she could not file. She left them on the counter of her attention and waited to see if they went away.
The card had been in her bag. The card was no longer in her bag. She had, at some point between Sunday night and Tuesday evening, either lost the card or had it removed from her possession. Both possibilities existed. She was choosing, for the time being, to hold both of them without picking one.
She went to work Wednesday morning at 7:58. Her coffee was on the left side of the desk. Her notebook was open. The notebook still smelled like flowers. She had stopped noticing.
Karen appeared at the edge of her cube at 9:12.
Karen had a mug in one hand and a printout in the other. The printout was Blake’s. Karen had circled three things on it with red pen. She was on her way to Blake’s cube. She had stopped at Genny’s on the way.
“Got plans Friday.”
Genny looked up.
