|| Cognitive Fatigue || {Angela & Kurt}
Angela scrubbed at her eyes as she stood in line at the coffee shop. She had been awake for almost thirty hours and it was taking a lot of her mental energy to translate her thoughts from Swiss-German to English. There was a slight nudge to her back from the person behind her. Angela hadn’t noticed that the customer in front of her had already ordered and paid. “Ah, entschuldigung.” She walked up to the counter and took a deep breath. “Could I get... ein Kaffee, ein Gebäck und eine Limonade zu gehen.” Angela smiled softly at the barista who just stared at her confused. It took a moment for Angela to realize what she had done.
“Oh, I’m sorry. Uh...one coffee for here....a, uh....pastry and limonade to go.” She turned to the person behind her and gave a small smile. “Sorry, for the wait.”









