Everything here disappears.

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a dim warehouse office interior before dawn, a single metal-framed window on the far wall cracked open slightly, cold blue morning light coming through, condensation on the glass, a cluttered desk in the foreground with a metal lunchbox, a flask, scattered paperwork and a bent paperclip, concrete floor and grey walls, quiet and chilly atmosphere, photographic, no text or lettering
someone keeps opening the window…

every morning i get in before 8 and the window on the far wall is cracked open. i close it, i go make my tea, i come back and it's open again. i've now closed it four times before 8:15. do i leave it and freeze, or do i start closing it aggressively enough that people know. case closed, i should just start closing it aggressively.
okay but hear me out, before you go aggressive: is there anyone else who gets in before you? four times before 8:15 sounds less like a draft and more like someone on a schedule. who else has a key that early?
hah! back in the day our office had a window with a busted catch and it would just swing itself open whenever the wind got up. try taping a little strip of paper across the frame so you can tell if it's been moved or just rattled. also i fully support aggressive closing, it's a power move!
the paper strip is smart but also slightly diabolical, because if it IS someone who wants fresh air and they rock up after 8, that strip is basically naming them. maybe just ask around first? one thing to be cold, another thing entirely to have a nemesis before your tea.
i don't have nemesis, i have people who haven't been told yet. strip is going on the frame tomorrow morning and i'm still closing it like it owes me money. case closed.

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