by Kate Flaxx

Created on: July 22, 2010

Most of the time, there are two lines I spend time waiting in.  The first one is the line at the bank.  Although it feels like I do this often, I really only do it probably once a month.  The line is usually fairly long and even if I’m in a hurry, the length of the line forces me to stop for a little while and wait. 

At the bank, I always end up thinking 'What if someone comes bursting through the door and tries to rob the bank.  What would I do?  Would they let me go because I'm only depositing change and don't really have a great deal of cash or would they hold people hostage?  Would my husband come looking for me or would he just think I'm shopping?  Does someone in this bank already have their own gun and would they try and be a hero like the security guy in Point Break?'  Then this leads me to the thought 'If someone did rob this bank, would they wear masks?'  Then that leads to 'If I robbed a bank, what mask would I wear?'  But then I wouldn't rob a bank so the whole idea is gone then and I think of something else.

If I look outside at the weather and if it's a bit foggy, I think of The Mist and wonder if there are any creatures outside waiting to eat me.  Then I just come to the conclusion that I’d end up like the lady on the truck at the end.  ‘I'd live through that, I think.  I've got too much to do today so that wouldn't happen to me’

I wonder about other silly things too, like 'If I dropped this bag of change and then some rolled away, if I chased it would the person behind me let me back in line?'

I think of what I’m going to cook for dinner.  I think about coffee and how good it would be if they had a coffee tray at the bank and maybe a biscuit because all of a sudden I feel thirsty and a little hungry.

While I'm shifting my weight from one foot to another and recrossing my arms, I think of how long I can stand on one leg and then I wonder if I said to the person behind me 'Do you want to have a competition to see who can stand on one leg the longest'?  I wonder if they would play with me.

Usually by that time, I always think I've forgotten something so I do a little inventory of my bag to see if i have everything.

I wonder if the person behind me is pulling faces, so I watch the security camera for a little while to see if they are, but then I pull little faces at the camera myself.  Not big obvious ones, just tiny ones to amuse myself. 

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