Waiting for lunch...
For lunch today, I walked up to the Sheetz by my work. This place can get pretty busy during lunchtime, but nothing like today.
I walked in and there was a line for the register going half way through the store (no lie, half way). I figured that I had time to kill and I'd wait it out. I placed my order at 12:07. It took me a good 15 minutes standing in line just waiting to pay. I didn't really care too much. It's either stand in line and wait, or stand in the store and wait. I knew there were lots of people getting food before me.
A few people in front of me I took notice to a little boy and girl running all over the place. If my kids were doing this, I would have made them stop. Not this mother. She was basically acting like she didn't even see them. It got to a point where I didn't think they were even with her. Once she paid for her food, back into the store she went to wait for it to be made. She called for the other kids to follow her... well, I guess they are her kids.
A few more customers later and I found myself playing the waiting game along with them, as well as plenty of others. These kids were doing everything they could to keep from getting bored. Playing tag... Hanging from the tables... then, they found it. The ultimate cure for boredom right there... staring them in the face from under the table... Have you guess it yet? Yep, old chewing gum.
These kids were pulling at it like taffy and wiping it all over the place. There must have been a ton of gum under this thing. Mom... turned a blind eye. A bunch of us took notice and I gotta admit... I'm glad they found the gum. It made my wait go a lot faster. Every time the little boy would go in for gum, he'd wind up getting it stuck to himself somehow. I was just waiting for him to bite off a piece and blow a bubble. It was kind of nasty.
As they were leaving mom took off first, while holding a baby... guess I forgot that part. I looked over at mom during the gum-capades to if she was going to put an end to their fun. Well, she didn't... instead; she was holding this baby and letting it suck on one of her chins. This family fascinated me. Anyhow, mom left first with the baby, and then the little girl ran and caught up to her. Realizing she was one short, she stopped and waited while the boy untangled himself from the gum.
I walked out the door after receiving my lunch at 12:40. I was there for a total of 30 minutes from the time I place my order until the time I received my order... but the time just flew by.
I walked in and there was a line for the register going half way through the store (no lie, half way). I figured that I had time to kill and I'd wait it out. I placed my order at 12:07. It took me a good 15 minutes standing in line just waiting to pay. I didn't really care too much. It's either stand in line and wait, or stand in the store and wait. I knew there were lots of people getting food before me.
A few people in front of me I took notice to a little boy and girl running all over the place. If my kids were doing this, I would have made them stop. Not this mother. She was basically acting like she didn't even see them. It got to a point where I didn't think they were even with her. Once she paid for her food, back into the store she went to wait for it to be made. She called for the other kids to follow her... well, I guess they are her kids.
A few more customers later and I found myself playing the waiting game along with them, as well as plenty of others. These kids were doing everything they could to keep from getting bored. Playing tag... Hanging from the tables... then, they found it. The ultimate cure for boredom right there... staring them in the face from under the table... Have you guess it yet? Yep, old chewing gum.
These kids were pulling at it like taffy and wiping it all over the place. There must have been a ton of gum under this thing. Mom... turned a blind eye. A bunch of us took notice and I gotta admit... I'm glad they found the gum. It made my wait go a lot faster. Every time the little boy would go in for gum, he'd wind up getting it stuck to himself somehow. I was just waiting for him to bite off a piece and blow a bubble. It was kind of nasty.
As they were leaving mom took off first, while holding a baby... guess I forgot that part. I looked over at mom during the gum-capades to if she was going to put an end to their fun. Well, she didn't... instead; she was holding this baby and letting it suck on one of her chins. This family fascinated me. Anyhow, mom left first with the baby, and then the little girl ran and caught up to her. Realizing she was one short, she stopped and waited while the boy untangled himself from the gum.
I walked out the door after receiving my lunch at 12:40. I was there for a total of 30 minutes from the time I place my order until the time I received my order... but the time just flew by.
