Same Old Flowers

Once again I enter the coffee shop and this time there seems to be a lot more people than usual. I kind of make eye contact with a lot of them because I just walked. This time when I placed my order a different girl helps me. For some reason I get the vibe that she has been working here for longer than the other. The girl who took my order last time is also here and is uninterested as ever. Almost every table and chair is taken up. As I walk in to get my usual I look around to see where I can sit and be discreet but still be able to see everybody. There is not really a good spot for me to pick so I choose near the door so that I am facing mostly everybody. I sit down and the same flowers are on the table as there was two weeks ago. Sitting down, I see beside me are two women, one with a baby. Next to her is a man reading a book. I am surprised that he can even read right now considering that the baby is screaming right next to him. Across from me are two other women who are in an excited conversation. One of them while talking throws her arms and hands in the air. Every time she speaks she is making some sort of gesture or banging on the table. The women sitting next to her seems to be really interested in what she is saying but has a different demeanor than her friend.  She sits there smiling with her hands folded on the table. In the table next to the gesture woman are the same two girls that sat next to me last week when I was facing the window. I guess they are regulars? They both seems to be heavily focused on their work. The two women with the baby have left by now. An older woman came into the shop and ordered something. Considering there are barely any seats she comes up to the man reading the book and asks if he can sit next to him. He makes a friendly comment and she laughs and responds. She walks away towards the back of the shop. The same radio station is playing overhead: NPR news. The song currently playing is not as harsh as they were last time. It a gentle melody, and I know this beautiful tune which is called Clair de lune. Next to the two window girls are 3 college students. They all seem to have the same apple laptop. I think they are working on a group project. I swear I don’t think gesture lady has relaxed her arms once, though now her friend seems to be joining in on the hand gestures as well. The older woman has come back and moved to sit on the sofa sitting behind me. She moved the table closer to her to put down her things and seems to be reading a book. Another gentleman just entered the shop on his phone and placed an order. He just came up to me and mouthed if he could take one of the chairs at my table. I said, “Of course!” considering I’m sitting alone. He sat down in the table across from me and is in a really serious conversation, though it doesn’t seem aggressive. One of the employees that was working the first time I was here who I named Josh just walked in. The man who took my chair just received another phone call and has the same demeanor he had last time. The friendly book man seems like he is giving up reading as from the corner of my eye he puts down the book in his lap in a way of not wanting the read anymore. Chair stealer man hung up is now on his tablet, concentrating. There is a different employee I just noticed behind the counter. Though he looks like he might be the boss because he looks to be wearing the white chef outfit and seems to have an accent. One of the men from the Apple laptop group just got up from the table and is walking in my direction. When I looked up we made eye contact. He looks friendly. I just noticed outside there are three woman signing in ASL! I wonder what they are talking about. The employee josh seems to have grown out his beard. Gesture woman has gone into a more serious conversation considering she isn’t moving her arms as much. The chair stealer man is on his tablet from what I can tell reading a book or novel. The friendly book man seems to be forcing himself to read because he keeps moving in different positions and sighing. He just leaned his head back in a “let this be over” kind of gesture. The indifferent employee girl just left. She seems to be friendly with her coworkers at least. The older woman behind me hasn’t really moved at all. Gesture lady just got up and is moving her whole body trying to get some point across. She took her excitement to a whole new level, forget what I said about her being serious! Besides that, everybody really seems to be concentrating on their work. Though book boy his getting anxious as he keeps moving his legs and fingers in a fast motion. I myself am getting anxious from being here a while. Until next time!