How does the author use imagery in the story, Unread Messages?

The parts of the story that that use detailed imagery are, ironically, mundane occurrences in Eileen's life. When she returns home from work one evening, for example, the narrator describes at length her engagement with social media: "The post had a hundred and twenty-seven likes. In her bedroom, leaning against the headboard of the unmade bed, the woman clicked on this post, and replies appeared underneath. One reply, from a user with the handle Actual Death Girl, read: looks like you and all. The Aidan Lavin account had replied: youre right, insanely handsome. Actual Death Girl had liked this reply. The woman on her laptop clicked through to the profile of the Actual Death Girl account" (7). Here, the tedious description of Eileen's use of social media to check in on her ex-boyfriend suggests that, like all the other routine activities in which Eileen engages, social media has become commonplace.