Shopping (F)

[TheCakeIsAlive]

Today I was out shopping for birthday presents (amusingly, the person I was getting it for wanted a feather duster ), joined by my mother. After having the indescribable joy of getting to explain to her what a 'magic tissue' is and her making all sorts of remarks we enjoy so much from our family *insert sarcasm* (to explain, a 'magic tissue' is like one of those 'magic towels'. It's a really small packed dried out thing that folds out when you add a little water), we went to the section where we needed to be.

As I was looking around for the aforementioned feather duster (they didn't have what I wanted, but that is an aside), a woman behind me was discussing another item with her friend. As I wasn't facing her I'm afraid I can't offer a description but as a rough estimate I'd say she was probably in her 40s.

Suddenly, I heard a violent sneeze. 'hah..ETCHOo' I turned around, trying not to be obvious about it and just managed to catch the end of a second, just as violent sneeze, sounding very similar to the first 'heh..ETCHOo' the volume decreasing at the end. It sounded a bit wet and had that unmistakable cold-ey edge to it. She didn't cover at all and kept touching about every bit of merchandise she could find, which earned her a couple of disgruntled comments from other shoppers.

Unfortunately, I had to move on at that point so didn't have time to remember more than those sparse details or wait if there would be more. The second sneeze sounded pretty final though, so it was probably a no on the second thing anyway.

I typed it straight on here, so sorry if it isn't any good. Call it a spur of the moment decision. *runs off to hide*

[High on Lullabies]

On the contrary I think it's very nicely described (so no hiding required ) I don't think you necessarily need a description of the person to make a good observation, what your imagination can come up with is often far better than the reality anyway

Thanks for sharing dear

[Blessing Queen]

Nice observation,thanks for sharing!

[NoV]

Nice obs! I too have been guilty of wandering around shops trying to discover the source of the sneezes...

[Lalena]

I love unexpected yumminess like that when shopping. (As if shopping needs to get any better!)