Scene from an Interview

Whitney, an excited prospective employee, waits in the office for her interviewer, Ms. Principal, to arrive. Due to construction, summertime projects, and many transitions, the office is in a state of disarray. Boxes and books and computers are piled up around her. She smiles at the promising clutter and breathes in the delicious school-y smell.

Ms. Principal enters the scene. Whitney rises to shake her hand and offer a winning smile. They both seat themselves.

Whitney's foot rests atop an unknown object. She is, however, busy chatting and does not bother to look down until five minutes into the interview.

She looks down. Her foot is resting upon not a book, nor a stuffed bear, nor an empty Sonic cup, but...

...a mouse.

A dead mouse. But definitely a mouse.

Whitney's eyes open wide. She does not scream. Perhaps this is a stress-test that all potential teachers go through? She smiles her winning smile again.

Whitney: Um, excuse me? There is a mouse on your floor?

Ms. Principal (shocked): WHAT?! Did it get you?

Whitney: No, I think it's dead.

Ms. Principal: Oh, my.

Ms. Principal exits the room, then returns donning rubber gloves and holding a wad of paper towels. She disposes of the mouse.

Ms. Principal: Well, that was embarrassing.

EPILOGUE

Whitney goes home and googles "Is a dead mouse an omen?"

Results are inconclusive.