The Lines

Even though I have everything I need for the holidays, I still had to go to a few stores yesterday. I had a few coupons for free items and if I did not use them, they would expire. I got what I wanted and then found myself standing on a line that was over 30 people long. Each person's hands were filled with clothes that were intended to be holiday gifts for other people. Their faces looked weary as they shuffled from foot to foot. Then I began to laugh to myself. In two weeks there will be the same line but in reverse. All of the people that received these gifts will be standing on a line, 30 long, shuffling from foot to foot, returning all of the clothes that the people were purchasing for them today.