@valeriemoss
the moment she had set foot into the supermarket, laura was greeted by an overtly cheery employee who clearly had no clue what personal space was. “ good afternoon, ma’am ! how are you today ? ” she parted her lips to form a response but before she could even get a single word out, the lady began speaking again. “ my name’s jenny ! would you like to take a look at some of our new vacuums ? ” laura attempted to respond to her question but was once again, interrupted. jenny pulled out a huge pamphlet from god knows where, and began to flip through as she rattled on about different vacuum models. laura glanced around as she pretended to be enraptured by her words, when in actuality she was desperately looking for an escape route. a passerby had caught her eye and frantically she sidestepped away from jenny and gently grabbed the stranger by the arm. “ hey, there you are ! we’re already running late, they’re gonna be so mad at us- ” she feigned a worried look along with a frown before glancing back at jenny, “ so sorry but we have to go, thanks though. i’ll think about that third one ! ” she shot her a sweet and apologetic smile and with that, she hurriedly walked away from the sales lady. laura dragged the stranger along with her and heaved a sigh of relief once they were far enough, “ sorry about that, i needed an exit. ”