My space.

Here is a story about why you should not make slick nicknames for people you dont like behind their back. It doesn't matter how much you can't stand them either, because it's bound to get you in some sticky mess sooner or later.

So once upon a time, back in the day, well, not too long ago actually, there was a girl and her sister and 'the lady'.

She was an accountant that lady, and boy was she a character! (in the odd and extremely annoying sense).

The girl and her sister had heard about her coming to take the job thru 'sources' and they were not that all eager to meet her I can assure you. So the first day that she came into work, the girl and her sister pretended not to know that she was there........not a very hard task to do, but it did wear down a bit on the conscience as the day grew late.

Come the second day and they decided ' Okay lets just go and see her for a minute and get over with it' So see her they did. But was it for a minute? Oh no! it was more like 75 minutes..... a 75 minutes spent in total bewilderment (only by the girl and the sister of course) as they could barely understand two words of what the lady said as she rattled off her heavily accented words like a train in a hurry, and some beautiful acting ensued on part of the girl and her sister as they had not the heart to show the lady that they could not make head or tail of what she was saying. Had to put on an act right? Couldn't hurt her feelings.....

As time wore on it was more than once that the girls wished that they had not acted so smiley-laughy with her on that doomed day because from every (working) day forth she immediately latched herself onto the girl and her sister, reluctant though they were, and for some weird reason considered them her 'close friends', so close to the extent that she would come in every morning (beleive me, much to the girl and her sisters chagrin) and rattle on for on and on and on.....I think it would be easier to say forever, about husbands and enemies and 'kwork' and 'estoooopid peeepul' and other similarly enchanting topics.

"When I come to this place!! all I see is blaaaaaaaaaaaack black black an' I say Oh! Oh! it gimme headache!Big one! all deze black peeepuullss! I only know my Hasband black face but not too much black face!!"

Just to give you a gist of it. A tiny gist.

I dont believe that at that time and moment there could have been another soul as patient in undergoing suffering as those two were. In silence they listened with smiles plastered on their faces, interjecting at the right moments the compulsory "oh really?" "yes yes I understand" and at times breaking out into laughter - totally fake of course, just to humor the lady.

So they put up with it, and endured it, and brought her cheesecake and muffins because didn't I mention? they were oh such nice girls.

But not nice enough I suppose. No one can be nice enough. Soon the ladys ridiculous stories and behavious got to them and they maliciously named her after a ______ (refer to topic) as it suited her very well both in physique and in name.

It went on like that.

After a while the lady got into the habit of asking the girls to do things for her, like call the cleaner lady and make her appointments for her. It was on one of these occasions that the horrifying slip of tongue happened.

She stood over the girl at her desk as she picked up the phone to make the doctors appointed as was 'requested' by the lady.

"May I know the name of the patient please?"

The girls mind was numb. And numbingly she said "Mrs. Burrito Roll"

Pause.

"Can you repeat that please?"

For some reason the sister from across the table was making frantic facial movements involving big eyes and a squished up mouth opening and closing like a fish.

"It's a Mrs. Burrito Roll"

Pause again. The girl was getting quite annoyed at this lady, was her hearing impaired?

"Spell that out for me please"

"It's B-U-R-R-I........................................" and the girls voice trailed off in horror as she realized what she had just SAID and in the presence of the so nick-named also!!

It is amazing what shock can do to you, it like immobilizes the brain and causes blood to drain from your heart so quickly that you can actually feel your toes swell with the displaced blood.

" Yes?" came the far away voice on the phone. "How do you spell it?"

Snapping back into the present the girl said " I said it's ........." and proceeded to spell it correctly "Thank you very much and have a nice day" and slammed down the phone.

Of course, the room was very silent. What do you say after you've just done the stupidest thing in the world? Except to do the next stupidest thing :

"Boy! I must be really craving some burrito rolls!"

The End.

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