Whenever I parked, I picked numbers first
After getting a message asking her to take the Saturday shift, Minseo parked before anything else. Instead of replying, she started picking lottery numbers.
After receiving a message asking her to take the Saturday shift, Minseo parked and started picking lottery numbers.
Unable to answer the sudden message from work asking her to take the Saturday shift, Minseo parks her car. Picking numbers briefly puts off the decision, but as the same action continues outside her home and into the counseling room, the thing she couldn't say comes into view.
When you want to put off replying
When you find yourself looking for another action first, you can notice what that action lets you put off for a moment, rather than what it solves.
When was a time you put off replying and did something else first?
The scene of her hand still picking numbers after parking stays with me. It looks less like she was waiting for good luck and more like she was briefly putting off the moment when she had to answer. If there was a time you covered up something you needed to say with another action, tell me what you were putting off then, too.
Scenes
- 01 · 01 · The Night She Parked The Night She Parked — A message asking Minseo to take the Saturday shift arrived just as she was about to leave work. Instead of replying, she parked and started picking lottery numbers. Team Leader: Minseo, could you take the Saturday shift?
- 02 · 02 · Between the Numbers Between the Numbers — Minseo erased one number and wrote another. While she was choosing, the message asking her to take the Saturday shift slipped briefly down the screen.
- 03 · 03 · The Same Hand Again The Same Hand Again — Even after arriving home, Minseo didn't get out of the car. Without replying to the Team Leader's message, she wrote the numbers again on a new memo pad. Team Leader: Minseo, did you see it?
- 04 · 04 · Before the Numbers Before the Numbers — Minseo started by talking about picking the numbers. Golden Child pointed again to the Team Leader's message above the numbers. Golden Child: After you picked the numbers that day, what did you do next? Minseo: I stayed in the car for quite a while longer.
Stories by Golden Child
- Golden Child
- Even after dinner, I can't get back to what I left unfinished.
- After the meeting, I get back to my desk and my coworker’s praise is the first thing that comes to mind.
- I look over the utility bill, and the whole morning slips by.
- A number from the celebration
- I dream about money I still owe as I get ready for work.
- Even if you pick a number while thinking of someone you’re grateful for, the feeling stays with you.
- I’m about to answer my parents, but I start scrolling through social media again.
- I want to tell someone I’m hurt what I need, but I keep thinking of that day at the funeral home.