we have 3 kinds of shifts: Night one (which begins at 11 pm at ends at 7 am), morning one (from 7 am to 3 pm) and the day one (from 3 pm to 11 pm). That means if you’ve worked at this office for more than one week you’ve probably seen it at all times of the day.
At the main room where everybody works, we have a huge window that shows you a nice view of the city center. You can always see the sky from this window and if you have enough time to look at the window once in a while you can see how the sky changes.
You can see my favorite view from this window early in the morning. The sky is blue and covered with pink clouds, people almost don’t show up on the streets at this time and all colors you can see are pale and almost transparent and remind you of the bedroom walls and warm blankets. The city is still sleeping and you can catch the last minutes of that sweet sleepiness before it wakes up. Everything looks brand new early in the morning like it was born at the dawn like it wasn’t here for years. People and cars are moving slowly as they have nowhere to rush at this hour. The city is getting ready for today.
But slowly everything is getting more lively, streets become more crowded and the cars move faster. Now everyone is busy if you look around, even people sitting in the cafes and talking. It looks like they’re in a hurry to get enough rest before they get to their work again. It feels like nothing stays in its place, everything’s moving, everything you can see has some things to do and some places to be. I like to see the city like this, the view like this just doesn’t let you be lazy, you just feel like you also have to get busy with something just not to be left out from the rush.
As the time passes you can see the sky getting darker and this darkness calms the city down. You can see people leaving their works and stroll slowly to the nearest restaurants and cafes, where they can finally talk and eat and have a nice time together without hurry. And then everyone gets sleepy. You’re always sleepy at 11 pm, no matter what do you have to do, it’s like this time just makes you want to go to the bed. And so people do, they leave the city center and go home, so the place you can see from the office window looks deserted and tired. But if you are inside of the office your shift probably just begins, so you can’t let the sleepiness take you.
At night everything looks deadly calm. You can’t even believe that a few hours ago this place was crowded and lively. If you get out of the office to have a cup of coffee and a cigarette on the porch you will see the darkness around. No windows are light up and no sound can be heard. Everything is frozen and asleep. And nothing dares to wake the city up, and somehow you try to be quiet as a mouse when you close the door and put your cup on the rail. And then you wait till the morning comes and you will see the city awakes. It’s wonderful to see the life around, even if looks the same every day when you look at the window.
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