The Devil Wears Prada (post 4)

“’Andrea! She’s on her way in. She’ll be here in ten minutes,” Emily announced loudly, obviously struggling to remain calm.
‘Hmm? I’m sorry, I didn’t hear what—‘
‘Miranda is on her way into the office this moment. We need to get ready.’
‘On her way into the office? But I thought she wasn’t even coming back to the country until Saturday…’
‘Well, clearly she changed her mind. Now, move! Go downstairs and get her papers and lay them out just the way I told you. When you’re done, wipe down her desk and lave a glass of Pellegrino on the left-hand side, with ice and a lime. And make sure that her bathroom is stocked, OK? Go! She’s already in the car, so she should be here in less than ten minutes, depending on traffic.’
As I raced out of the office, I could hear Emily rapid-fire dialing four-digit extensions and all but screaming, ‘She’s on her way—tell everyone.’ It took me only three seconds to wind through the hallways and pass through the fashion department, but I already heard panicked cries of ‘Emily said she’s on her way in’ and ‘Miranda’s coming!’ and a particularly blood-curdling cry of ‘She’s baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak!’ Assistants were frantically straightening clothes on the racks that lined the halls, and editors were racing into their offices, where I could see one changing from her kitten-heeled shoes to four-inch stilettos while another lined her lips, curled her lashes, and adjusted her bra strap without so much as slowing down. As the publisher walked out of the men’s room, I glanced past him and saw James, looking frenzied, checking his black cashmere sweater for lint while spastically popping Altoids in his mouth. Unless the men’s room was wired with loudspeakers for these very occasions, I wasn’t even sure how he’d heard yet.
I was dying to stop and watch the scene unfold, but I had less than ten minutes to prepare for my first meeting with Miranda as her actually assistant, and I wasn’t going to blow it. Until then I’d trying to appear as if I’d been actually running, but upon witnessing the utter lack of dignity everyone else had demonstrated, I broke into a sprint” (118-119).

This quote is when Andrea is at the office working and Miranda, the editor in chief of the magazine is not back from vacation yet and everyone finds out that she is on her way to the office and she was not supposed to be back in the country till Saturday. Every one is freaking out because she is on her way in and no one is ready for her. I think it is slightly ridiculous that they would go through all this trouble for one woman. Yeah she is important, I mean after all she is editor in chief of one of the most known fashion magazines, this magazine just so happens to be Runway. I understand they want to make their boss happy but seriously, is it really necessary that they have to dress in all designer clothes and get their makeup ready for one person. I see that as a bit shallow. This lady is well known across the world but I still don’t see it as being that big of a deal. In my opinion Andrea does not either because she is not like most of the girls that work in the office but she has to do whatever it takes to please her new boss, after all this is her first appearance with Miranda and it is very hard to please the woman. I like how the author describes the scene with all the panic and rushing around, it is quite funny when you picture what is actually going on.