I was standing for a few minutes outside a meeting room next to the exit of the building in which I work, mentally preparing myself for a presentation to our customers inside on how we are spending their money and why they should give us even more, when an ESI who works as a secretary for another organization in the building walked up to me.
She was bundled up to go outside, with a new red hat on and a scarf wrapped around her face so only her eyes were visible.
Despite working in the same building for a few years, we’ve spoken only a couple of times. About all I know of her is that she’s nice and is married to a decent-looking guy and they had a kid a couple years ago. The very few times we spoke were mostly me trying to joke with her and her giving me this ice-cold stare and saying nothing in return, so I was surprised when she stopped by the exit doors and asked me if I was working hard. She had this merry look in her eyes and I wondered what was going on.
“I’m pretending to work”, I said.
She looked at me. “I have so many things you could do for me.”
I thought, is she kidding? My imagination immediately went to the least business-like interpretation of her statement.
“Are these things something I want to do or things that you want to do?”
She mumbled something behind her scarf and out the door she went.
I thought, “Aggressor with low Ni.” I’m not even sure she was trying for a double meaning, or was even consciously aware that one existed.
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