The line stretched out piecemeal under flickering fluorescent rays. Square dirty white tiles, fashionable in the early '90s, supported pairs of peeling rubber athletic shoe soles.
Too many pairs. Shuffling forward every five minutes, or every ten. The row of clients curved around the outside edge of the store's interior like a stalled bottling plant assembly line, ending finally on the other side of automatic sliding doors, out in the middle of the parking lot.
"Next," came the call from the pharmacy window. The line of faces, expectant and angry, all looked forward together at the sound. Everyone moved up.
Too many pairs. Shuffling forward every five minutes, or every ten. The row of clients curved around the outside edge of the store's interior like a stalled bottling plant assembly line, ending finally on the other side of automatic sliding doors, out in the middle of the parking lot.
"Next," came the call from the pharmacy window. The line of faces, expectant and angry, all looked forward together at the sound. Everyone moved up.
