Momtaz, the maid that cleans my classroom, apparently wasn't satisfied with the job the boys have been doing in killing me. I guess she felt it wasn't effective enough (since I kept showing up again at the start of each day!) and decided to take things into her own hands.
And thus she proceeded to open the dust compartment in the vacuum cleaner that I could swear has been around since the establishment of the school 10 years ago and hasn't been emptied before today. But today it has, and in no where else but my classroom and less than 2 meters away from me. She shook and joggled the bag with vengeance forming clouds of dust that shot in each and every direction. When I realised what was happening, it was too late.
I coughed, I sneezed, I wheezed, I gasped for breath as I struggled to produce a desperate "NOooOo stooOOOoooooP", that did little to improve the situation. Momtaz was out on a mission and there was no stopping her. I guess in her mind she was doing me a favor, no use prolonging the inevitable, right?
I must say though, I was kinda hoping for a more heroic end for me, but alas I have to settle for an "unfortunate vacuum incident by an overly enthusiastic maid".
But you gotta give her credit, to have picked up on my bad allergy condition and worked it to her benefit, then artfully "made it look like an accident" all the while maintaining the pretence of a devoted maid doing, well, her job. Pure genius I tell you.
ايه يا حجه ممتاز , هيه حصلت؟؟؟
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I'm sorry habeebti. That must have been awful. Wasn't enough that it was allergy season in Kuwait I see. Salamtek sweetie.
Allah yihdeeha Mumtaz. For her sake as well, she should do this outdoors. Breathing in all that dust won't do anyone any good. I hope that in between your choking and crazy gesticulation you managed to gently explain to her the wisdom of doing this somewhere else.
Why do you have carpeting in your classroom?
Oh I did "gently explain to her" (it was really more of my deathbed wish, but no matter:P), she said she can't do it outside cuz there is "wind"! LOL
(Translation: I really don't want to carry the heavy vacuum down two flights of stairs and through a maze of corridors)- which is a valid point I must say.
Carpets? I dunno, shouldn't we have carpets? hmmm.. never gave it any thought really.
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