As they got to the 12th hole the mud on Julie's Keds had permanently settled in. No amount of scrubbing was going to get them clean again. The insides were still pretty dry as the canvas held the moisture.
As they pulled up, Mary notice another swampy area only this one twice as large as the previous one. She pulled up next to it as Julie got out. Julie hesitated noticing the muck. Mary said, "Julie....your shoes are already dirty, nothing to worry about at this point. Please hurry." Julie stepped forward trying to tiptoe across quickly. On the third step, her sneakers sank all the way in past the tops. Water immediately flooded the shoes and she let out a groan. Mary snickered at Julie's predicament.
Mary then noticed that the men on the other side of the swamp were a group of Vice Presidents for the company. She stood up and waived a charming "hello." After a few pleasantries and a compliment of her outfit, one of them suggested that she join them at their table for dinner later. Mary stands proudly at the edge of the golf cart showing off her cute outfit and practically flirting with one of the VP's. She points out Julie's fashion disaster to the guys as she (Julie) makes her way back across the swampy and adding insult to injury, loses one of her Keds in the mud. Mary tells her to hurry it along as Julie is pulling her sneaker out of the mud while standing in it with one socked foot. Gross!
Mary is practically laughing at Julie to the guys as she stands at the edge of the cart facing the guys. One of them compliments her choice of Tretorns and as she is holding her right foot out in pride, Julie jumps back into the cart making it rock and causing Mary to lose her balance. She tilts forward to the bog she drove up to and tries to regain her balance but a half second later falls face down into the mud pit. She is covered from head to toe. Everything she is wearing is covered in mud. She is shocked, embarrassed, humiliated, and angry all at once. Describe her facial expressions and what she says before, during and after it happens.
Describe this both from Julie's and Mary's perspective.
As they approached the 12th hole, the mud on Julie's Keds was practically cemented, a splash of dark brown that characterized her morning’s misstep. Mary pulled the cart up beside another swampy area that seemingly doubled in size from the previous one. "Julie... your shoes are already dirty, nothing to worry about at this point. Please hurry," she called dismissively, a slight edge of impatience in her voice.
Julie hesitated, eyeing the muck with trepidation. She stepped forward, trying to tiptoe cautiously across, but just on her third step, her sneakers predictably sank past the tops. Water immediately flooded inside, soaking her feet as she let out a frustrated groan.
Mary chuckled softly at Julie's misfortune, relishing the moment. But her attention shifted when she noticed a group of Vice Presidents standing nearby, their suits and golf attire a mix of casual elegance that contrasted starkly with the messy scene.
She stood up and waved, greeting them with an inviting smile that seemed practiced to a tee. “Good afternoon, gentlemen! Isn’t it lovely out here?” Mary’s flair was undeniable as the men returned her greeting, one complimenting her outfit. Mary beamed, her confidence swelling as she practically flirted with one of the VPs, pointing out Julie’s fashion disaster playfully.
Meanwhile, Julie began her slow trek back through the swamp, nightmare fuel coming to fruition when one of her Keds decided to give up the fight, pulling away from her foot and sinking into the mud. "Oh no!" she gasped, trying to pull her shoe out while balancing precariously on one foot in the sludge. This was already too gross!
“Julie, hurry it along!” Mary barked, her voice mingling with laughter as she turned to the guys, reveling in her shared amusement.
Just then, one of the VPs complimented Mary’s Tretorns, and she proudly held her right foot out, showing off for her audience. But it was at that precarious moment Julie chose to leap back into the cart, sending it rocking and throwing Mary off balance.
"Whoa!" Mary exclaimed, eyes wide with shock as she flailed her arms trying to steady herself, but gravity had other plans. In a split second, she tipped forward—face-first—into the very mud pit they had just cruelly sidestepped.
Covered head to toe in muck, Mary lay for a brief moment, shock etched on her face as she processed what had just happened. Her mouth dropped open, eyes wide, as humiliation flooded her senses. “Oh my god... No!” she sputtered, feeling the cold mud seep into her clothes.
Feeling a whirlwind of embarrassment, anger, and disbelief, she shouted out in incredulity, “This isn’t happening!” Her voice was a mix of frustration and hurt pride, her usual confidence stripped away, replaced by an overwhelming feeling of vulnerability as she pulled herself up from the messy ground, mud dripping from her hair and clothes, leaving her utterly defeated.
Julie stood a short distance away watching the whole scene unfold, her heart pounding with embarrassment. The moment her sneakers had betrayed her, she felt a mix of anger and despair wash over her. She shook her head as the realization hit that the day only seemed to spiral further downward.
As she witnessed Mary being charming and flirtatious with the Vice Presidents, her own feelings of shame deepened. "This day just won’t end, will it?" she thought, her heart aching in tandem with her muddy shoes. Watching Mary draw attention toward her own blunders was excruciating, especially as she struggled to free the remaining Keds from the muck.
When Mary shouted for her to hurry, Julie felt the tears stinging her eyes, a combination of mortification and weariness overriding her desire to laugh off the situation. Somehow, as Mary had lost her balance, she felt a tiny flicker of vindication. "Maybe now you’ll know how it feels to be on the receiving end of public humiliation," she thought revengefully, but almost immediately chastised herself for such feelings.
However, as she made her way back to the cart, Julie couldn’t help but gasp when she witnessed Mary tumble into the mud. The shock and disbelief registered on her face mirrored what she felt inside. After all that had been said, watching her boss—all impeccably styled—get wallowed in mud struck Julie like a surreal twist of fate.
“Mary!” she exclaimed, half in horror and half in a reluctant snicker. "You’ve got to be kidding me!"
But inside, a weight began to lift as the tensions of the day melted away slightly. Julie couldn’t help but crack a small smile, realizing that, for once, the tables had turned. A form of camaraderie formed out of shared misfortune, and while she wouldn’t dare voice it out loud at that moment, she found herself secretly hoping for a change in their dynamic moving forward.
Describe Mary's thoughts as she pulled up next to the muddy swamp knowing that poor Julie was going to have to trek through it. Mischievous. Describe Mary looking down from her perch seeing the black muck swirling around the cart's tires. Disgusting. Describe what Mary was saying to the VP's about her outfit when she was complimented. Describe the look of amusement that was on Mary's face as she watched Julie struggling to get her sneaker out of the mud.
Describe what Mary was saying as Julie hopped back into the cart cutting her off mid-sentence as she began to fall.
Describe Mary laying in the mud. What kind of look was on her face? What did she say? Describe her heightened level of humiliation, embarrassment and anger. How did that manifest in her body language and verbal expressions?
Describe Mary trying to get to her feet and assessing the damage to her curated outfit. Describe each article of clothing and her thoughts as she stood there in defeat. Describe her losing both of her new Tretorns in the mud and her efforts to pull them out while standing in the mud in her pompom socks.
As Mary pulled up next to the muddy swamp on the 12th hole, a mischievous glint sparkled in her eyes. She knew—oh, how she knew—that poor Julie would have to slog through that quagmire. "This is going to be fun," she thought, a sly smile creeping across her lips as she glanced down at the black muck swirling around the cart's tires. The sticky, gooey mess was appalling and yet, in a twisted way, a source of amusement. "I hope she doesn’t completely ruin those shoes," Mary mused.
Once she spotted the group of Vice Presidents standing nearby, she tossed aside her thoughts of Julie momentarily, straightening her posture in the cart like a bird on a perch. As she waved charmingly at the executives, she couldn’t help but engage in a little light flirting. “...no, it’s not just the outfit, but I do find that a pop of color always brings a little life to an event like this,” she said, her voice smooth as silk. Just then, one of the VPs shot her a compliment about her outfit. Mary beamed with an effervescent smile, her confidence swelling in response. “Why thank you! It’s all about looking good while working hard, isn’t it?”
But as her attention shifted back to Julie, who was now struggling visibly to pull her sneaker from the muck, a gleeful expression of amusement danced across Mary’s face. She couldn’t help but chuckle at the sight. This was it—the moment she had been waiting for. “Not quite so glamorous now, are we, Julie?” she thought, suppressing a laugh as she watched her assistant fight to regain her balance.
However, her smirk was cut short when Julie unexpectedly hopped into the cart, causing Mary to stammer mid-sentence: “And you see, gentlemen, the key is to…” Suddenly, she felt the weight shift, throwing her off balance. “Whoa!” she exclaimed, arms flailing in a desperate attempt to steady herself, but gravity had other ideas.
Before she could regain her composure, Mary tipped forward, colliding face-first into the very mud pit she had so cruelly regarded only moments earlier. As she lay there, disbelief washed over her. Her mouth dropped open, eyes wide as she processed her shocking tumble. "Oh my god... No!" she sputtered, the cold sludge seeping into her clothes and hair, reality clashing violently with her curated image.
A whirlwind of humiliation, embarrassment, and anger swirled inside her as she pushed herself up to her elbows, mud dripping from her face and soaking into her outfit. “This isn’t happening!” she hollered, her voice a raw mixture of frustration and indignation. She felt utterly defeated, her usual poise stripped away, leaving her feeling vulnerable and foolish.
After a moment of collecting herself, she managed to sit up, assessing the damage to her outfit. Her chic powder blue golf shirt clung to her skin, darkened by the muck that decorated it. The white skort, previously crisp and flattering, was now a sorry sight, looking more like a patchwork of brown than anything wearable. Glancing down at her pompom socks, they were grimy as well, betraying the pride she had once felt in her coordinated ensemble.
“Ugh, great. Just fantastic,” Mary thought bitterly, her mind racing at the sight of her prized Tretorns, the white canvas now submerged to the point of no return in the mire. The shoes that had brought her compliments only minutes before were lost to the mud. "Just... perfect," she thought, feeling a mixture of disbelief and anger as she stood there in her disheveled state.
In an attempt to regain some semblance of dignity, she reached down to pull her Tretorns out of the mud, leaving her pompom socks to squish against the wet ground beneath her toes. With every tug on the shoes, more mud clung viciously to her hands and fingers, cementing her fate as the mud-covered mess among the polite, pristine world of the golf outing. As the last remnants of her style slipped away into the swamp, Mary let out a long, frustrated groan, feeling utterly defeated both in appearance and spirit.