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The Day My Face Was on the Guardian and My Roommate Got Jealous
Trust your instincts with envious people, and get away from them as fast as you can.
In December 2016, my mom suddenly sent me a message with a link to the Guardian, one of the UK’s biggest newspapers.
“Look at this story! It’s you!”
I clicked on the link and found that a photographer for Reuters had snapped a picture of me, running to the office in the rain, for an article about the Argentinian economy.
(It’s still there. I’m just glad I didn't have my usual “f*** this s***, I need caffeine”-morning look on my face.)
My mom likes to keep up with things happening on this side of the Atlantic Ocean, and that means she has to recur to English-language news outlets like the Guardian. She had stumbled onto the picture of her daughter completely by accident on her Google alerts, and we laughed at the coincidence.
I got home and showed the picture to my roommate who I’d been living with for the past two years.
“I can’t believe you’re on the Guardian. I mean, I like this paper.” The jealousy seethed from her voice, and I had to force myself not to chuckle directly at her face.
