Trivial?
The pattern repeats itself
7 minutes past 7AM. Frank should start work at 7AM.
Right in front of him he has a locker filled with his gym clothes, a hanging wet towel, a backpack with a fresh shirt, a pair of jeans, and his work laptop. In addition to that, gym sneakers are lost on the floor, socks lie in sweat behind the bench, phone got lost somewhere, and his work badge is stuck in between the benches. Frank is standing there trying to catch his breath after a shower. The upside to the corporate monotony is the comfort part — they put a gym for you in the same building that you work in. Four floors up and you’re at the desk serving the customer. Neat.
But this is not about that. Frank had this trivial matter to take care of — get his shit together and get to work. Already late.
trivial
adjective
of little value or importance.
Similar: unimportant, insignificant, inconsequential, minor.
Chickenshit compared to the work that he had to do. A small, insignificant matter condensed into these five minutes that would fade out of his mind instantaneously after.
But he couldn’t handle the undertaking with equivalent ease. All this micro chaos unfolded before Frank and made him a slave, lost like a child in the company’s gym locker…
