Jana only wanted one quiet cup of tea.
Just five minutes, she promised herself. Five peaceful minutes before going back to work.
She sat down on the wooden bench, crossed her legs elegantly, and took a careful sip from her favorite floral cup.
Perfect weather, perfect tea, perfect mood.
Then, suddenly, she noticed something strange.
Her sleeve was wet.
She stood up and touched her pants.
Also wet.
“Hmm… that’s suspicious,” Jana thought, like a detective in a very low-budget crime movie.
Curious, she stood up to investigate the source of the mysterious water… and somehow, two minutes later, she was sitting at the edge of the pool with one foot in.
“Okay… just checking the temperature,” she thought.
The water was warm and that was the moment everything went downhill.
One step became two.
Two steps became a splash.
Splash became full business-suit swimming.
Soon, Jana was floating happily in the pool, jacket soaked, shirt transparent, hair dripping, but smiling, having just solved all the problems in life.
A few minutes later, she climbed out, walked back to the bench, picked up her tea, took another sip, and nodded.
“Still warm. Good. The break is not finished yet.