5️⃣ The Smoke-Free Smoking Area — Chapter 5: The Specialist Desk
The Smoke-Free Smoking Area — Chapter 5, "The Specialist Desk." A short story.
Mr. N went to the shop to complain.
"This isn't what I was told. You said my important time wouldn't be used."
The clerk didn't look the least bit troubled.
"Time you treated as important is never used."
"The time I spent looking forward to my daughter's plans disappeared."
"Were you looking forward to it?"
Mr. N shut his mouth.
He wanted to say he'd been looking forward to it. But when he'd heard about that plan, he had probably been looking at his smartphone. He'd only replied, and hadn't remembered the content. Perhaps he'd set it down somewhere before he ever got to look forward to it.