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NEW CURRENCY
Maria Laura Romey
brisk walk, wrapped in a mauve suit. Hair compact blond bouncing on his shoulders at each step, the heels beat the pavement with a dry sound. Behind her, the maid, Roberta, follows at a distance. Robert has three heavy-duty plastic bags, filled with shopping at the supermarket just made.
- Next, - has told the owner they passed under the large neon sign - we're going to buy new uniforms.
Flac! Flac! Flac! Roberta, 47 years old, proceed as quickly as possible behind his wife but the white sockets in which are threaded feet (surrounded by the classic cotton knee) did not help. In the uniform of pink nylon, she starts to sweat. Under the arms, the heavy pink fabric is marked by two crescents ax. Croc! Croc! Croc! At every step the thick plastic apron crackling at every step down there is getting hotter, hotter and hotter.
'm almost to Robinette, the best store in the city, where every day you look, you choose and buy the most practical and stylish uniforms for service personnel.
- Flac! Flac! Flac! The rubber soles of the hooves on the pavement strip: it's noon, and Roberta was a heavy morning: Early morning has thoroughly cleaned the kitchen, he barely had time to prepare and serve breakfast for the mistress, and soon was ordered to wash all the floors of the house.
two hours on all fours, and then shopping, always with Mrs. Laura at his heels, never a moment alone. In fact, Laura, a young account in a multinational advertising agency, has taken a full day of vacation to closely follow the ceremony of investiture of the new servant.
to go for shopping, the lady has ordered not to remove the blue plastic apron, and now Robert and hot shameful parade through the streets of the city, laden with packages and pledged to keep up with his employer.
Here, have arrived. Laura enters and leaves his servant if the hurry up with the glass door and filled bags. A construction contract, out of pity, he mentions a step toward the handle, but Laura stops it now - Do not worry, it gets along very well alone!
The order freezes, is where and observes the scene with googly eyes posted. The maid stood waiting, wrapped in absurd and humiliating blue plastic apron, curled around the belly, where the woman is folded many times during his work (it must have a pretty hot down there, think of the girl escape ). Stop with the bags still in hand, while his owner looks around and observes calmly uniforms and aprons. Finally
Laura seems to remember his home, his head spun around, a wheel of hair around the face grows thin and sharp-featured: - Roberta, brave, tell the lady where you can support the expense!
The home follows the girl, not to mention that indicates a point behind the counter. There Roberta china and cautiously supports the baskets. While the woman in an apron does move, involuntarily committed in the air feels a pungent smell of perspiration.
- You see, our problem - says Laura behind the order - is that Roberta sweats, sweat a lot, and nylon these aprons are ... you know ... impractical e. .. unpleasant in the long run. Especially if there are guests, she understands me.
The contract, embarrassed, does not know what to say.
Laura's face hardens, a contemptuous smile cut her mouth.
- Do not believe us? But he knows that at the end of the day you can not have it around him, this here? Roberta, put your hands above your head!
After a brief hesitation, the scullery maid obeyed. The arms are raised half-naked, they sit on their hands reddened blue scarf that collects hair. Now the patches of sweat under the armpits of women are perfectly visible.
- No, I say, hear!
- What!
- approach, she feels!
The girl does not move.
- M. .. but perhaps should change the type of currency ... and then the plastic apron ... understand ...
Roberta keeps looking down.
- I know, I know ... But the time is right! Moreover, it is forbidden to any deodorant or perfume!
A customer in the company of his Filipino maid, the peeps scene fascinated.
- Well, then what would you recommend?
shock from the tone of the young woman, the job resumes, think feverishly while the maid standing there, near the bar, stops at the position set by the owner.
- Okay, Roberta, lower your arms!
The home runs.
- Let's see ... cotton something ...
- Yes, but nothing luxurious, I want a suit for heavy ...
- Yes, of course ...
- There! This is good! Laura
indicates a uniform gray, of thick cotton, tied at the front.
- Very well, then you need an apron, now ...
- I want cotton, often in blue and white stripes, like a butcher's apron ...
And with the laces long enough that you can tie on the belly.
- Very well, ma'am, I think I have something for you ...
After half an hour, the large parcel with the new work clothes maid lying on the counter. A quick passage of a credit card, and the transaction is made. The contract
pass the parcel with Roberta: - Here, take it: you make it?
- make it, stand it!
Laura leaves the shop followed by Roberta. In addition to the woman hand bags, has the massive spending package that contains the new gray uniforms, purchased along with a set of blue cotton aprons white vertical stripes.
Croc! Croc! Croc! Roberta hastens the pace, while beads of sweat fall from front. One of them falls on the bib of plastic apron, and the sun shines for a moment, like a pearl.
© 2011 Maria Romey
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