A 'working girl's tale

Lindiwe rolls over on the weather-beaten bed and in one fluid motion reaches for the ringing phone and turns off the alarm.She arduously lifts her reluctant body out of bed, her face scrunched in defeat. It's time to get up and go to work but she wishes she could have just another five more minutes of sleep. Just five more minutes!
She plants her feet firmly on the cold uneven floor. A couple of resident cockroaches scurry for cover under the bare rug at the foot of the bed.

She undergoes the usual 'morning' ritual - washing of face, brushing of teeth, combing of hair - except it isn't morning, it's 5pm.  Most 'normal' people are coming home from work not preparing for it. But 22-year-old Lindiwe is what one may call 'a working girl' and her hours of employment are usually from 6pm until dawn, depending on the time of the month and the weather conditions.