Mária Mikulová

I’m sitting on the bench waiting for my colleague, Silvia, who was going to park our electric car. Mark Jančo, a photographer who documents life in Trencin with the camera’s eye, will notice me. He finds the tartar interesting in this environment, asking if he can and immediately takes a few shots. I’ll explain to him what project I’m part of. He’ll offer to take us a photo report. Why not?

Appreciating salesmen right behind the counter is a little stress. A saleswoman checks with one eye that one of the customers doesn’t need advice on whether to pay and often feels a strict view of the boss behind her back. It was no different at Majka’s. Customers stood in line in front of the cash register, and we had to wait. It wasn’t until she was replaced by a colleague who gave us a moment between the shelves and we could give her a greeting from a friend. She guessed that Silvia, a young saleswoman from nearby groceries, had sent us because she already knew her crazy ideas well, and she happened to see us appreciate it at the store. Right next door. A grocery saleswoman sent us, but she was Silvia’s oldest colleague, Janka. They fell in the eye with Majka at the store and made friends. One listens, complains, advises.

The lighthouse prefers to relax on roller skates and it likes to sunbathe in summer. By my sister’s pool.

Life is trying to see the bright side. What do you miss? You wake up in the morning, you cook yourself a coffee, you drink it in peace, he says to his friend Janke. It also admires her for her energy and her sheer activity. Majka would appreciate her best friend back. If there were more people like that in Trencin, it would be better to live here. However, Trenčin project rules do not allow for a retroactive nomination. But there are many negative people around her, so she needs to think about who she’s going to send us for. We’ll give her a day.

On the way from the store, we meet Anička, whom we appreciated a week ago. She will be able to sue that she has not been able to sell many magazines today and that her beloved mother, or sister Margita, will return from the spa next week. Colleague Silvia is going to buy her pizza at the store in front of us. My favorite is bacon, Anička says, and she immediately complains to the salesman that she didn’t make any money today. He knows Anika well, but she answers with regret: “What are you wondering? It’s just before noon! I have to work until tonight! You should too, Anička, then you’d make more!

♦ I’m still trying to reach the fourth award-winning, but the phone is silent. We’ll try again tomorrow.