Saturday, 6 November 2021

than those with eyesight can see

 Postpone the walk today, for there are two other things to be done. First of all, a package needs to be brought to the post, an item was sold last night. The package is large and flat, not a usual format. The man in the post office looks at it in a puzzled way, then he reads the code on the label with his code reader, and after pressing a button on his computer at least four times a receipt is produced.

Wish him a pleasant weekend, and go.

Walk all the way down through the town, and take the last turn on the right before the river. This is the shortest route to the shopping centre. The front doors of the shopping centre are locked, and the glass has been covered in white plastic sheeting on the inside. There is a notice on the door that this entrance is being repaired, please use a side entrance. Enter the big hall through the side entrance, nearly getting tangled in the revolving door in the process. It stops rotating, just like that. Give it a slight push, and it starts to move again. That is a relief, it is a bad way to start the day, being locked into a revolving door is.

Down in the basement the tailor is waiting, he hands over the suit. Go into the changing cubicle and try the grey suit on. It fits properly now. Pay the money for the work. He is a friendly man from Iran, a Kurd. He is proud of being one of the fastest tailors about, and he says that fixing the other suits should not be a problem.

In the supermarket next door buy four pretzels, for a family breakfast. There is a trainee at the till, and he is under supervision. He short changes, perhaps he is stressed being new on the job. Hold out the hand as a sign of actually wishing to have that Euro. The supervisor tells him to look carefully at the paid money in his hand, he apologises and hands over one Euro. It is an easy mistake to make. A blind man is next in line and he hears the exchange and he laughs and says that this would not have happened to him. The blind must feel a greater difference between the coins than those with eyesight can see.


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