Sprayed, Vacuumed and Leered At

Most of my lunch was not looking too inviting having sat festering on my desk since 8:45 a.m, but since I had little cash on me, I decided against finding somewhere 'out there' to eat, and just eat the watermelon I brought for lunch. Wandered aimlessly trying to find somewhere clean and safe to sit or have lunch. Finally found a part of a cement fountain display near our building to sit on. The cement was hard, but at least it was out in the fresh air. Got as comfy as I could, took out my paper and proceeded to eat. All of a sudden, the breeze changes direction, and I get sprayed from the fountain! Time to pack up and move from THAT spot! Headed across Market Street to see if I could find somewhere to sit and found this dive of a hotel with a lobby. I dove into this dive and sat down in this rather comfy armchair. No sooner than I get comfortable, the hotel maid comes over and runs the vacuum right into and over my feet, as if to give me a big hint to MOVE! But once she left, I finished reading my paper there, even though I did not feel comfortable enough to eat my lunch in there. For some reason, I seemed to have lost my appetite... hmmmm.. wonder why.

As I sat there, contemplating the predicament I am in at this job and life in general, I look around and notice that the name of the hotel is the Aida Hotel! (as in the Egyptian Opera Aida!). Geez! Now, I REALLY think I've been transported back to Egypt! And to top it off, there are Egyptian pictures on their walls!

By the time I dosey-doed all over the place trying to find a decent place to eat, it was time to go back from lunch... Oh, did I mention we only get 45 MINUTES for lunch, and not an hour!!!??? That's another gripe. Hardly enought time to eat, go the bathroom and come back in through the metal detector! As I headed back, some 3rd world guy with one tooth missing yells out at me,
"Hey blondie, how are ya, sweetie?!"... Great for the ego.