The scowl doesn't suit you, girl.

Due to the way we do things at a set time daily, we come across some people on a daily
basis and due to the regular occurence of the event, it is inevitable that we notice them.
Since I prefer to avoid rush-hour traffic, I ensure that I am at work by 9AM and just in
time for breakfast to be served in the pantry. At that time, there are a few colleagues
who drop in for breakfast on all workdays.

One's a Mallu guy who is not an employee, but working on a short assignment here. And
then there are two women colleagues who bring breakfast from home, but eat it in the
pantry because they leave from home too early to have breakfast.

One of them is a young girl and currently the rage among the male crowd in office due to
being attractive (what else?), young & last but not the least due to having a great figure.
The other colleague must be in her late twenties, married & just had a baby few months
ago. While both these women have really cute smiles, what separates the latter from the
former is that she always has a smile on her face. So much that I have initially wondered whether her face is like that.

Until today morning, I have never seen her without a smile playing on her lips. Whether
she is talking to someone or just working at her PC, the smile is always there. I would
wonder what she must be thinking to have a smile on her lips perpetually. Maybe about
her newborn kid or something good happening at work (our organisation had handed out
hefty raises inspite of the recession) or something else.

So, it was suprise to me when today morning she walked into the pantry minus the usual
smile. Infact she was wearing a scowl. Not only did it not suit her, it seemed so removed
from what I had associated about her. Since we work in different teams and never had
the chance to interact, it would be really odd if I just walked over and enquired about the
scowl on her face. Inspite of the curiousity that was killing me.

So, I dismissed that option & started wondering why this radical change - maybe a fight
with her husband or some issue with her in-laws or something at work (a good raise alone
does not make for happy working environment for many people) etc. Anyway, whatever
be the reason, I hope she gets rid of that scowl soon because not only does it not suit her,
but she looks better her usual way with a smile playing on her lips.

I envy people who always smile or can laugh even for small things. I can't even manage a
smile for a photograph, let alone go around with a perpetual smile. So, if any of you reading
this are the smiling type, keep doing it inspite of any temporary problems that you might
be facing. Recession, slow-down not withstanding, all problems can be solved and not worth
walking around with a scowl.