Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Glimpses of Everyday Life

So we're stuck in this hotel. It's perfectly adequate, and not one iota more, but my God the people. I got onto the elevator yesterday morning, running a minute late, and was joined by a nice, round lady in a tracksuit coming out of the breakfast room.

She was holding a plate, reverently, covered with a napkin. She looked at me, wide-eyed and almost dazed at the thought that, as she told me, "They have sausage every day."

After a beat: "An' mah li'l doggie's goona be soooo fat!"

Paints a picture.

4 comments:

  1. Honey, it is soooo time to go home.

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  2. Well, it's nice to know that at least she's appreciative of her good fortune.

    There are some round, track-suited women who have to wait for special occasions in order to have sausage.

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  3. It paints picture, all right. But not one anyone wants to see.

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  4. Some people just don't know how to flirt.

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