100 Word Challenge for Grown Ups – Week#62 …it can’t be that time….
October 17, 2012
A three hour stint; invigilating in the Reading Room can be long and tedious; if your bladder is uncomfortable. The readers are engrossed in research and the clock seems to tick slowly. Even the sparrows playing in the ivy on the window sill, usually good for a moment or two of distraction, are otherwise engaged. The silence beyond the clock weighs heavy. Then the last reader gathers up her papers. ‘As if tomorrow will do!’ I think meanly.
I am irritated now as I remind her ‘it is time for us to close’
‘Oh!’ she says ‘It can’t be that time already?’
I smile sweetly.
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What woman cannot relate to a full bladder and having to wait it out? Loved it!
Good I am glad … Always good to share bladder issue 🙂
The muffled silence of the reading room, evokes a lot of memories.
Muffled energy and fervour … 😉
I can hear you on this one. Excellent x
Thanks Susan nice words from a pro 🙂
And after you’ve waited patiently all that time, they still take their time leaving… I felt your impatience.
Yes she was a bit trying …
So I guess I shouldn’t use any words that your bladder would notice. Like…that’s a nice wee tale. Or, you must be flushed with pride at that one. Or, that was a gushing success. Or, that woman was all wet. 😉
No … I even I have run out of puns of a wet nature … thanks for dropping by xx
I remember invigilating & you have captured the tedium of it beautifully!
Thank you … we (invigilators) become people watchers and it can be fun but the conditions must be right 🙂