Mondays

Scene 1: It’s a Monday morning. Nina has just walked into work. She’s setting up her desk for the work day. Her desk sits at the back of the building in a corner by the elevator to the upstairs offices. There are no visible windows from her station. Her desk wraps all the way around the corner, incasing her. Once seated, it is as though she is in a holding cell at the local prison: trapped for filing a folder wrong. It is start week at the school, so new students are running around looking for rooms that don’t exist. Around the corner comes a familiar face. The first staff member is arriving to the offices.
Staff Member 1: “Morning Nina! How ya’ doing today?”
Nina: “Oh, good morning! I’m doing great, besides it being Monday of course! How about you?”
SM1: (Giggle) “Yeah, about the same. Have a good weekend then?”
Nina: “Yep! Just not long enough. You?”
SM1: “It was pretty good! Sat around and lounged.”
Nina: “The perfect way to spend the weekend then.”
Nina smiles and returns to her work. Staff Member 1 disappears into the elevator on his way upstairs.


Scene 2: Five minutes later. Nina still sitting at her desk. Another staff member rounds the corner.
Staff Member 2: “Morning! How’s it going?”
Nina: “Pretty good. Monday, you know? How about you?”
SM2: (Smiles) “Yeah! How was the weekend?”
Nina: “Too short, but still good! You?”
SM2: “Not bad. Sat around and lounged.”
Nina: “The perfect way to spend the weekend then.”

Scene 3: Three minutes later. Nina STILL sitting at her desk. Another staff member rounds the corner.
Staff Member 3: “Hey Nina! You look bored. (Giggle) How are you?”
Nina: “Good. Monday, you know? You?”
SM3: “Hangin’ in there. Weekend, did you do anything fun?”
Nina: “Just stayed around town. Hung out with some friends. The regular… You?”
SM3: “Worked a little on Saturday, so yeah…”
Nina: (Barely paying attention) “Too bad!”

Scene 4: One minute later. Nina STILL sitting at her desk. Another staff member rounds the corner.
Staff Member 4: “Hey!How are you?”
Nina: “Good. You?”
SM3: (Smiles, totally fake) "How was your weekend?"
Nina: (Exasperated by the conversation)“Not bad.”

Scene 5: 10 seconds later. Nina STILL sitting at her desk. Another staff member rounds the corner. Nina looks up and immediately looks down. It’s the Monday Guy! He walks straight to her desk bypassing the elevator.
Monday Guy: (in a slightly slow southern drawl) “Hey there! You haven’t by any chance seen my coffee mug have you? Its pink with a picture of the cutest kitten on it.”
Nina: “Nope. Did it go missing?”
MG: “Yeah, don’t know where it could have gone. Say! You look down today. Gotta case of the Mondays, huh?”
Nina: (rolling her eyes) “Guess so.”
MG: “I feel so bad for you, sitting back here all by yourself. That’s why I come talk to you.”
Nina: “Oh, I don’t mind it. Really! I kinda like the quiet.”
MG: (Puzzled look) “Well, if you see my mug will you let me know? I’m gonna check around and see if anyone else has seen it.”
Nina shakes her head yes without looking up from her computer. Monday Guy sulks off to the stairwell, stopping everyone he sees. Nina waits for him to disappear from site. Once gone she opens her desk cabinet. Inside sits a pink coffee mug with a white fluffy kitten sitting in a rocking chair. Nina laughs to herself and locks the cabinet back up.

The End