Small things amuse numb (and yes, probably small) minds

In the midst of ludicrous deadlines and my brain working on autopilot, I have spared my grey matter any unnecessary effort in dreaming up a thought-provoking post for today, and have opted more for a trivial anecdote – although one that kept me smiling for a good portion of the five-hour workshop session I sat in on with a client yesterday.

You see, the top management from the client was assembled in one room, discussing all manner of ambitious plans for the future, and yet my mind’s primary focus was… her shoes. To aid in your visualisation of the scene, I present you with my crude diagram:





The choice of purple for the depiction of the leather uppers is not accidental, I must add. But it was not this that drew my attention – no, it was the rubber elastic bands (yellow on the right foot, red on the left) which inexplicably – yet obviously deliberately – each foot-clad shoe had squeezed itself into.

Why?

Did she not like the clickety-clackety noise they made? Then don’t buy slip-in high heels, for that is part of the reason for their existence!

Did she forget to wash her feet yesterday morning and was embarrassed a slip-on would dangle from her foot, exposing a sordidly filthy sole to the other managers? Then wear closed shoes! (or just wash your feet)

Maybe her feet smell badly in those shoes, so she didn’t want a whiff of stinky to get out – again, don’t wear the shoes, lady!

And let’s not get started on the choice of 2 differently-coloured elastic bands – and those colours being red and yellow against lurid purple shoes – to solve the mysterious problem… I simply can’t wait to see her next ensemble!