Wednesday, September 10, 2008

The Writing on the Wall

I was in the doctor's this morning (nothing serious) and for some reason nothing was moving, and the wait was an hour and a quarter. At one point I looked up from my book and there were eighteen of us waiting, all in silence. One other person was reading a book, two others were reading waiting-room mags, but the other fourteen were sitting staring at the walls for one and a quarter hours.

Maybe they were the deep thinkers. Or maybe they were just too worried about their health...

8 comments:

nmj said...

Hey Eliz, That would be me too, staring at the wall - for some reason I can't read in waiting rooms; I just wait and wait and hope it'll be me next!

Elizabeth Baines said...

Yes, it isn't the best of circs, I have to say!

Pants said...

Hi FB

I never go anywhere without a book. Can't stand 'waiting' anywhere for any reason.

xxx

Pants

Elizabeth Baines said...

Hi Pants. I have to say I'm always really torn on this one. This week I went on a train journey, and as usual it was hard to choose between using the gift of time to read or the opportunity of getting away from the desk to soak up a bit of LIFE and fodder for writing!

Debi said...

I know exactly what you mean. I can't abide 'wasting' time but then remind myself that time spent sitting and doing nothing other than just 'being' isn't necessarily time wasted ...

Elizabeth Baines said...

Exactly, Debi!

Anonymous said...

There's nothing worse than a room full of mindreaders when you are trying to get into a good book...

Elizabeth Baines said...

Hah!