The committee
Beatrice Womack
Womack reads waiting-room magazines in waiting rooms where she has no appointment. The glasses are not a statement; they are load-bearing. Her pencil, like Vale's, has been the same brand since 1994.
Specimens considered
- No. 210The cart by the office door3.9
- No. 196The bead chain and the bib3.2
- No. 195The savings passbook2.9
- No. 180The barber chair4.4
- No. 170The temporary paper license3.8
- No. 169A torn ticket stub3.6
- No. 167Cash, then checks3.6
- No. 165The nightstand Bible4.5
- No. 164The laminated library card1.8
- No. 151The library study carrel3.6
- No. 146The swivel counter stool3.4
- No. 137The flat-rate shipping box3.0
- No. 134The laminated diner menu3.6
- No. 132Six rungs on a rail2.9
- No. 130The lottery ticket rack3.8
- No. 122Creases that outnumber roads3.1
- No. 115The drug information leaflet1.9
- No. 109Thumbtacks outnumber flyers4.5
- No. 096A seat raised above the water line4.2
- No. 093A row of joined chairs2.1
- No. 078The pink carbon copy4.2
- No. 077The do-not-disturb hanger4.3
- No. 076Clipboard and tethered pen3.2
- No. 070The spare roll of toilet paper4.6
- No. 062The deli counter ticket3.1
- No. 048The checkout belt divider3.4
- No. 047The kinked garden hose3.2
- No. 038The bowl of spare keys3.4
- No. 026The crisper drawer2.2
- No. 017The folding chair3.0
- No. 008The waiting room magazine2.6