Slice Of Life: A Daily Story

Day 15

Friday, July 6^h

based on a very laughable moment in Blacksburg at Macado’s.

Beaten

The five had taken seats at a table in the restaurant. There were plenty of booths available, in fact there was space galore and plenty of everything available, but the booths accommodated two or four so they sat at a table. There was only a couple of other people in the entire restaurant and it felt deserted and dead but it was ‘lupper’ time, 3:30 is after the lunch crowd and before supper. So they were somewhat loud in their jovial fun.

As they joked and laughed a pair of elderly ladies walked by the table at just the most inappropriate time for it was right at that moment that one of the young men made a comment about women and the table erupted. The eldest of the two ladies paused and looked at the five. She stared glaringly at the young man who made the comment and for a moment, probably a mere second or two that felt like an hour in slow motion, it seemed as if the elderly lady was about to raise her cane and beat the young man with it. The entire table grew quiet as she passed and then began to laugh hysterically about the young man being beaten by the little old lady.

And as one of the girls watched the ladies walk to their car she commented to the others at the table about the lack of a cane; however, the little old lady did have a remarkably large purse that she was carrying. The table erupted in laughter anew at the thought of the young man being beaten by a small little old lady using a purse that appeared to be literally half her size. How she carried a bag that large was beyond knowing. Eventually the food arrived and the laughter was replaced by the sound of casual conversation and mmmm sounds.