As winter drew on, Mollie became more and more troublesome. She was late for work every morning and excused herself by saying that she had overslept, and she complained of mysterious pains, although her appetite was excellent. On every kind of pretext she would run away from work and go to the drinking pool, where she would stand foolishly gazing at her own reflection in the water. –Animal Farm,
George Orwell

What satirical technique does Orwell use in this passage?

What human weakness does Orwell use this technique to mock?