Saturday 23 October 2010

sweeping staircase



"Table for 7?"
" "
"We're waiting for a friend"
" "
"How long will we need to wait?"
" " (shrug)
"Well, we'll wait here then"
" "

"Do you know how long he's going to be?"
"He said he'd be here by 7"
"Do you think we'll get a table?"
"Didn't think much of the maitre d'"
"Sniffy"
"Hmm, sniffy"

"Is he definitely coming?"
"We're not going to get a table"
"He said he was coming"
"He said he might be late"
"Yeah, he might be late at work"
"He might be late?"
"He never said..."

"I'm starving"
"It's filling up, there'll be no food left soon"
"Those parcels look gorgeous"
"I'm hungry"
"Do we know where he is?"
"He can't still be working?"
"I really need to eat"
"Shall we go in anyway?"
"I don't know if we'll get a table"