Coffee-Shop Ladies

[ichthusfish]

Title: Coffee-Shop Ladies
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Any similarities to actual persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
Notes: Written for Saturday Scribes. Theme - Communication. Prompts - Blueprint, Denim, Universal.

It happens every Friday. Mostly just the same as the previous Friday, but sometimes with variations on a theme.

Esme arrives

Comments

[anonymous]

Oh, I have so totally sat right next to those women, on so many occasions! The hypocrisy of it all often makes me contemplate acts of mild physical violence...but of course that wouldn't be very socially responsible. ;-) I love the bit about all the fair trade stuff on top hiding the bargain buys underneath. In fact, I am sure many of these women shop at our health food store. Ah well... at least you can get FTO foods at the supermarket now, and they're at least starting to add alternative power sources to many city grids... I s'pose one could say some parts of the world are starting to move in the right direction.

[anonymous]

Oops, sorry - didn't mean to post anonymously. That was me, fishcat/desert rat. If you want, you can nuke this comment and just add my name to the bottom of the last one.

[anonymous]

I really enjoyed reading this. I love the hypocrisy in these women.

A. Fulkerson

[anonymous]

Hi, it's SK :D

This scene is remarkably familiar in the fact that everyone's been sat next to someone having that exact same coffee-shop meeting, or has been involved in one themselves.

And your ending note is very powerful, for it's simple truth. Action speaks louder than words, and yet all we do is sit her and grumble and complain. I have a lot of respect for those who actually go out there and try to change the world for the better.

A great piece of work IF! :D

coffee shop tale

[ext_110535]

Great little tale. We're all hypocrits - to a degree- like these women. I like the details about the bags, the purchases etc.

[anonymous]

There is not much a 100 megaton nuke wont' cure . . .

. . . of course, that is even more cynical than your piece.

Mr. Darcy.