Sometimes I stop and wonder about all the random tasks that exist, which I have no idea about, however there are so various invisible working parts underlying our modern society that my associate and I don’t acknowledge or appreciate, and for instance, who develops the bus schedule? Who decides traffic light patterns? Who keeps an eye on local corporations for safe practices? Well, just recently, I learned a little bit about the last question posed, and you see, I was minding my own business, quietly working at a tea shop last week, when a substantial interruption pulled my attention away from my project, then a woman walked into the shop and nonchalantly walked around, looking diligently at the structure.
She said nothing for a long while, until she asked to talk to the manager.
Boom! Everything changed! She revealed himself as a public health agent, who was sent into the establishment to examine the new Heating & Air Conditioning system, and the shop devolved into panic. The woman circled the walls, taking air vents apart and shining light into the HVAC ducts. She disappeared into the back, where she was presumably looking into the furnace and kitchen ventilation devices. Then she circled to the side of the shop and loudly banged on the A/C for a while, however during this whole ordeal, the manager was on the cellphone with the owner, whispering about Heating & Air Conditioning maintenance schedules, however clearly, people were not feeling confident that air handling devices were up to code, which made me set down the rest of my croissant and latte. The next afternoon when I walked past the tea shop, it was closed for unknown “renovations.”