Earlier in the month, I had published a write-up on the people we see in the mall.To read that article, click here : Mall visits… Part 1
These are the people who inspire us to go to the mall. These are the people who spark my quest to observe human behaviour from various countries around the world.
Before we proceed to the anecdote, I want to make it clear that some Canadian Popstar singing”let’s go to the mall….. tonight”, does not really appeal to me. Only the fact that “Robin” is supper awesome, made me watch that song. Anyway…
The unsatisfied wife:
We were still in the queue for a pizza, when a man of about 30 years of age came and established himself in front of the queue. A group of teenagers was already waiting there, browsing the menu and discussing what to order.I would like to point out, that unlike some other groups, these boys were exceptionally well behaved and were not causing much of a ruckus that is typical of a group of teenagers.
So this guy, ignores the queue and stands next to one of the boys. He makes a hand-motion where he formed a cone by bringing together all his fingers and pointing then upwards. The typical motion I associate with an Italian and an Arab, to get a point across. He said something which I think meant that he needed the boy to move away a bit.
The boy obliged.
Then this guy turns back to a woman and pointing to the empty space on the ground suggested that she should stand here to give an order. I imagined she was his wife.
The wife obliged.
She glanced briefly up to the menu displayed on the top display. 10 seconds later she nodded her head in disapproval. There was a look of intense fury on the guy’s face, but he did not say a word.
The moved on to the next eatery.
This activity continued for a further 20 mins, by which time, they had managed to cover Pizza hut, McDonalds, Subway, KFC, Red Dragon, Nandos and a few other places, covering almost every cuisine usually offered in a mall.
By this time, I had ordered the pizza and the pizza was ready to eat, so could not follow their progress, but it was evident :
It is indeed difficult to understand what women want.
