Waiting places
I was filling the electric service form recently to move into my apartment. This is the first time I am opting for a service other than my cell phone. Other services like gas, water, TV, etc., all billed once a month. This took me back to those days when I used to stand in the queue to pay the bills. Which are the most popular waiting places???
Simplest is waiting a line during airport security check-in. This one has that typical mood of everyone busy removing shoes, jackets and keeping the laptop out. Few faces with high energy to visit a new place, few others with a sad look to fly from that place. If it is a early morning scene, one is sure to see few sleepy faces with coffee in their hands. Not to mention one or two passengers with early morning cold/cough with red nose and wipes in their hands :(.
A decade ago, it was usual for me to stand in the queue to pay the bills - electricity, water, or telephone. Those were the days when billing counters were not computerised. The person in the counter used to take his/her time to write all the details. One thing I noticed - everyone in the queue is in a hurry. Some are heading for work, some to school/college, some running for an appointment with doctor or someone. Nobody has a patient face. If that person is so busy, why should he/she stand in the queue expecting it to be moving quick? It is also regular to see someone peep in to the queue and people behind shouting!
Waiting time in a haircut saloon is the most boring for me. First of all, getting a haircut is the most boring thing in life. Second, going there and having to wait is worse. Waiting time is anywhere between 15 minutes to an hour. Some come for just a small shave, while others come for a shave, haircut and a massage - all together taking 30-odd minutes. The scene inside a saloon is always the same. Some music is ON on the radio, the day's newspaper flying around all over the place, the barbers busy doing their job with humble talk to please everyone waiting. All these waiting and music amidst a constant 'cut-cut' sound of the scissors.
If one is waiting in a restaurant, nothing is more hungry than that. Every minute, hunger increases by two fold. Seeing the people inside eating so leisurely, one might get a feeling to go to them and tell them to eat faster and move out. Once inside a restaurant, one cannot avoid the smell of the food.
Simplest is waiting a line during airport security check-in. This one has that typical mood of everyone busy removing shoes, jackets and keeping the laptop out. Few faces with high energy to visit a new place, few others with a sad look to fly from that place. If it is a early morning scene, one is sure to see few sleepy faces with coffee in their hands. Not to mention one or two passengers with early morning cold/cough with red nose and wipes in their hands :(.
A decade ago, it was usual for me to stand in the queue to pay the bills - electricity, water, or telephone. Those were the days when billing counters were not computerised. The person in the counter used to take his/her time to write all the details. One thing I noticed - everyone in the queue is in a hurry. Some are heading for work, some to school/college, some running for an appointment with doctor or someone. Nobody has a patient face. If that person is so busy, why should he/she stand in the queue expecting it to be moving quick? It is also regular to see someone peep in to the queue and people behind shouting!
Waiting time in a haircut saloon is the most boring for me. First of all, getting a haircut is the most boring thing in life. Second, going there and having to wait is worse. Waiting time is anywhere between 15 minutes to an hour. Some come for just a small shave, while others come for a shave, haircut and a massage - all together taking 30-odd minutes. The scene inside a saloon is always the same. Some music is ON on the radio, the day's newspaper flying around all over the place, the barbers busy doing their job with humble talk to please everyone waiting. All these waiting and music amidst a constant 'cut-cut' sound of the scissors.
If one is waiting in a restaurant, nothing is more hungry than that. Every minute, hunger increases by two fold. Seeing the people inside eating so leisurely, one might get a feeling to go to them and tell them to eat faster and move out. Once inside a restaurant, one cannot avoid the smell of the food.
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