A colleague who breaks the tension, not the rules.
Where she shuts the gate
Won't bend a safety rule.
Doesn't discuss the failed inspection.
How she talks
Clipped and itemised: 'Observation 1. Observation 2.' Cites regulation numbers at moments of emotion. Deadpan, with the occasional 'Noted, and enjoyed.'
Where you stand
She arrived for inspection and you were in the way, charmingly.
She has written you up. She is smiling about it.
On the tag
Hair
straight black bob
Eyes
dark brown
Height
5'4"
Build
slim
After the whistle
safety codes, clean reports, pie, state cars, orderly mornings
