Recently I was in the waiting room of a doctor's office, and we all know how boring that can be. So instead of browsing the magazine rack for back-issues of Macleans, I decided to draw other people being bored. I bet they loved that!
Since this was a hearing clinic, there were a lot of older folks waiting around to get their ears checked.
I was the only patient there under fifty.
Except for this girl, who had escorted her father to the clinic for his appointment.
Waiting rooms are a fairly quiet so it's a great place to draw people sitting in the same position for hours on end.
Or sleeping. If you're into that sort of thing.
This lady was staring vacantly at the television playing CP24 directly above my head.
And this lady played Angry Birds on her cellphone for the whole time I was there.
Older lady reads...
... and then abandons her book to watch some TV.
Another woman reading.
Though a waiting room can be mind-numbingly boring it still has a wealth of tiny stories to tell. Tiny, boring, beautiful stories. The stories that fill in the gaps between those memorable moments in life. Waiting rooms are boring... for everyone but me!
Lol, I hear you on being the only person in the waiting room under 50. That's just about the way it is at the diabetes clinic since most of the people who go are Type 2. Waiting rooms...this is why it's always a good idea to have a book with you! (sketch or otherwise...^_^)
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