The following occurred between the minutes of 6:57Am and 6:59AM!
With the caffeine crew behind me I focused on the path ahead it was clear for my taking. I looked down for a second to secure the glue, the sudden sound of squealing tires caught me off guard and I jumped out of the way just in time to avoid a side swipe by an old lady in an electric cart. I hopped to my feet and was about to say something when the woman raised a wrinkled old hand and flipped me the bird. I couldn't believe it, but I didn't have time to get into an aisle rage incident with a grandma. So I switched sides and went against the flow of traffic. Luckily at that hour there's not a lot of people to contend with going in the opposite direction. As I was about to pass granny he yanked hard on the steering handle of the electric card an cut me off. That's when I noticed this cart had been customized. She had side mirrors installed and the front end had bright red flames licking of the front. Again the gnarled old hand came up and again she saluted me with one finger. I could'nt have this, there was a no way I was going to let Hell's Angels the geriatric version keep me from being on time. I looked at my watch 6:58AM! had to move quick so I faked like was going right and the jumped back hard left. She fell for it and cut the cart to hard. She tumbled to the floor like a sack of potatoes, (that's why you wear your seat belts kids!) I jumped on the cart and drove on I was actually gonna make it! My watch still read 6:58, a quick glance in the side mirrors confirmed she was still down, as I rounded the corner her voice faded in the distance, "HELP I'VE FALLEN AND I CANT GET UP!" It was 6:59 when I skidded to halt at the express lane. One minute left!
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