January 23, 2020 - 132 - "Fake Cafe Beats Heck Out of the Real Thing"

Writer on the Move

     Recently my own cozy home office was made less private because of out of town guests.  I thought I'd head out to a cafe to get some things done.

     I'd just gotten my lunch and computer arranged on my table for maximum eating and working comfort.   It was mid-afternoon and there were just a few other customers in the place.   Just a little bit of light conversation going on around me.

     I barely took the first bite of my sandwich when a cell phone started 'ringing'.  The ringer was set to a very annoying, and very loud, song.  You'd think the guy would want to shut it off as quickly as possible.  

     Uhhh...no.  He seemed to be ignoring it until he finished his next paragraph of work.  

     It played through a good portion of the oh-so-bad song, then cycled off...only to rev up again just as everyone in the vicinity would start to relax.   The guy let this cycle happen about three times before reaching down to answer it.

Fiction Better Than Truth     

     When he finally answered it, I thought:  'Phew!  No more obnoxious high-volume songs blaring.'

     But then the guy started talking on the phone.  At length.  Sadly, he did not have an 'indoor voice'.

     I gave up on expecting pleasant cafe ambience from the actual cafe around me.  I got out my AirPods and set up my Noisili cafe with Spotify music for concentration.

     Turns out I way prefer the sounds of my faux-cafe to a real-world one. 

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"Never miss a good chance to shut up."

-Will Rogers

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