The soggy shoppers were determined. Nothing would make them leave, get out of the rain, allow anyone to get in front of them. Mostly, they were civil. There was tension in the air though, and very few would meet the eyes of anyone they didn’t know.
One woman confided in her friend that she was wearing adult incontinence underwear. She also carried a boatload of snacks. Just in case.
One man had two super-sized bodyguards with him. Their eyes were cold.
A passer-by asked his companion, “What on earth is going on?”
She sighed. “The new iPhone is out.”
Just Writing! 
lovely piece of social satire
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Thank you, Neil.
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I watched The Minamalists documentary on Netflix today, I am not promising to do anything about it…but it made me think again about the incessant new to make us happier
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Just being aware is sometimes enough to make a difference.
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Dear Linda,
I had to laugh out loud. The whole time I was wondering why they didn’t have their noses buried in their cell phones. That last line explains it all. Good job!
Shalom,
Rochelle
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They’re mostly older people, not as likely to have their noses buried in their phones 🙂 So glad you enjoyed it.
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So long as people will behave like this, Apple and others will keep churning them out for more and more money… Nicely done 🙂
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Exactly. Wouldn’t surprise me if Apple doesn’t start advertising their next miraculous phone tomorrow 🙂
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The craziness of the world… great take this week.
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Thanks 🙂
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Do you think the craving for new and improved will ever end? Good story on consumerist obsession.
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No. t has always been there. It’s why socialism/communism has so much appeal. Lots of promises of the government providing all you need. The really upsetting thing is the idea that we are entitled to it.
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I smiled and then smiled again, great use of the prompt
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Thanks, Michael 🙂
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Ha! I’m always about 6 behind on my iphone numbers!!!
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A tale of our times! That’s one queue I won’t be joining.
Here’s my story.
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Me neither, Keith. So expensive. I’m happy with my old Android 🙂
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I have seen those lines. Amazing to me.
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love the incontinence pants, and this rings so true to life.
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Thanks 🙂 As a woman of. . . a certain age. . . I got to thinking about standing in the rain for hours and hours. Nope 🙂
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This is super awesome! dint see that coming. What perfect timing
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Thanks, Akshata 🙂
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My money’s on the guy with the bodyguards. No-one’s going to get in his way!
I’ve never wanted anything enough that I couldn’t wait at home for it to be delivered 🙂
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Precisely. I don’t have to be the first to get it, if I get it at all. And a absolutely, positively refuse to get caught in the craziness of Black Friday 🙂
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People seem to go crazy for new gadgets. They can go to any length for a phone that will be out of date in next two years or less.
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Probably less.
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As I child I grew up getting hand downs, I never had a new school jacket or shoes. So I am very pleased with my handed down iPhone 5c, soon I’ll have a handed down iPhone 6, whpppeee.
Nice story of how people must have the latest gadget.
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We’re kindred spirits, James. I grew up wearing my older sister’s hand-me-downs until she kept growing and I did not. Happy Day!
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Oh that made me laugh, Linda!
I so would never wait in line for a friggen phone!
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Maybe I would wait for a reeeaaaaallllly good piece of Death by Chocolate cake 🙂
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Buahaha!
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well, i hope it’s worth all the wait. 🙂
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I’m sure they’ll think so, until the next new phone comes out.
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Consumerism has caused us to stoop to new lows. Incontinence underwear to wait in line for the new iPhone? Hilarious take on the prompt!
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Thanks 🙂
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Technology and its many travails. Sigh!
Lovely take, Linda.
“One woman confided in her friend that she was wearing adult incontinence underwear. She also carried a boatload of snacks. Just in case.”
All the things people will do for the iPhone! Well, well, well.
Have a good weekend, Linda, xox
Natasha
https://natashamusing.com/2019/09/the-show-must-go-on-friday-fictioneers-natasha-musing/
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Thanks, Natasha 🙂
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Such realism. The lengths some will go through to score a new Apple product.
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Yup. But you’ll NEVER find me in a line like that waiting for a phone!
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The calm before the riot? Next week, when everybody has one, no one’s even going to care that these people were first. Elsewhere, people would do anything for a piece of bread, a drink of water, shelter… In some ways, civilization has made us much less civilized.
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So true. The real world passes us by because we’re buried in our phones.
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LOL
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Sounds like people are prepared—I bet there are people like that in real life too!
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