On Nov 4, 6:56*pm, Dave Smith > wrote:
> I went to the corner bakery/coffee/ gift shop this morning for a coffee
> and a muffin, as I do several days each week. *They have great coffee
> and good muffins, but they are not known for speed, and I am not usually
> in a hurry.
>
> When I went up to the counter there were two women ahead of me and two
> other women, *a older woman and her daughter <?>, were walking around
> looking at the gift items. *The girl at the counter was making up some
> special teas, which I assumed were for the women ahead of me at the
> counter.
>
> As it turned out, when the teas were finally ready, they were for the
> mother daughter who are wandering around, so we had to wait while they
> slowly returned to the counter. *The counter girl asked if they wanted
> anything else. Mother said of course and ordered a brownie. The daughter
> is hemming and hawing and, after her mother pressed her to hurry,
> decided she wanted a sandwich. Despite there being a menu mounted on the
> wall that she could have been looking at while the girl was making their
> teas, she has to asked what kind of sandwiches there are.

>
>
I would have been tempted to ask for my coffee and muffin while she
was mulling over the choices.