Could she possibly shuffle along any slower!
I suppose I would get a few minutes to buy popcorn if I ran from the community center to the movies. Assuming Mark has bought the tickets…
Great, now she’s staring at that trash… AND SMILING. I knew that look. Another one of her rambling antics.
“A baby-chair and a patient’s bed – one beside the other. The irony of life.
Oh, a baby cot too. The complete circle.”
There goes the popcorn.
“Signal,” I yelp as I nudge her forward.
Crap… She almost tripped. Why do I always get stuck with her!
Written for Friday Fictioneers hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields
Leaking Ink 
A baby chair and a patient bed together, beginning and end of life. I’d probably stop and reflect on that too, and the popcorn can go hang,
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Nice internal dialogue that reveals so much about both characters, a volunteer do-gooder with a bad attitude and a reflective old woman who deserves better than to be shoved around.
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Well done setting out how we see the world so differently.
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A graphic portrayal of the intolerance that can be exhibited by the young. I think I was as bad myself, if I’m honest. Still, what goes around comes around.
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I would like to think that its a one off day. We all get impatient sometimes 🙂
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At his rate you might even miss the start of the movie. I bet she talks all the way through the best parts of the film.
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Very clever story!
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Thank you
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Sounds like a person with A.D.D. The other person can go on ahead, get the tickets and the popcorn, and then walk into the movie easy peasy. Sounds like the impatient one needs a chill pill.
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🙂
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