Jeremy had never met someone quite like Ivan. There was just something about him. The way he walked. The way he wore his work clothes. His bag that always seemed filled to the brim. Jeremy was never quite sure if it was filled with notebooks and paper of tools and bolts. It would always jingle when he walked through the office. Every time you heard jingling followed by a succession of footsteps reminiscent of a squad of soldiers, you'd see Ivan, strolling by.
Jeremy even asked him one day. He said, "Ivan why does your bag Jingle when you walk by?" And Ivan laughed, as if he heard the funniest joke in the world said by the funniest person in the world. He would laugh and laugh and then say in his hoarse accent, "It's my lunch!" That actually raised more questions than it settled. Speaking of lunch, Jeremy never saw what Ivan ate for lunch, cause Ivan always ate in the elevator. Usually during lunch time, everybody would either eat at their desk or go out for a quick bite, but Ivan would jingle his way to the elevator, ride up and down for a few minutes while eating his food. Then he'd emerge and jingle his way back to his desk, and get back to work.
The gossip around the office usually revolved around Ivan. People would say, "have you seen Ivan lately?", and others would reply, "yeah, I can't believe it either." One day Jeremy asked Ivan what he thought of all the talk about him, but Ivan just laughed. "I'm glad i'm so popular!" He would say between his gasps for air.
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