CCC #71
The hotel has become a ghost town overnight.
Halls and common areas bustling with adventure seekers only weeks ago, are now somber and desolate.
The unforgiving drone of Fox News drowns out any chance of levity, casting its shadow of disease and distress over the common areas and infecting all that come within earshot.
Conversations have been pirated by fear and uncertainty, and although they continue to dot themselves generously with toilet paper punch lines- no one is really laughing- on the inside.
Meanwhile, I smile, apologize appropriately for the absence of our ordinarily amazing continental breakfast buffet, and pass out a meager selection of breakfast foods with all the necessary attention to detail I imagine was given to the rearranging of the deck chairs on the Titanic.
This is my response to the above photo provided by Crispina on her weekly prompt, Crimson’s Creative Challenge.
Thru Violet's Lentz 
But all is not lost for there is food for breakfast! I’m reminded of my parents tales of the war when in GB food was rationed.
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So right you are, and I am still employed to serve it. The degree of normalcy in my life remains high.
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Mine too. Except I can’t get out of town to take photos. But I do have a huge backlog to use. Other than that I could bore you all with photos of the estuary, and the river and ships, and the deserted beach and the closed-down amusement arcades and the dunes.
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Our public transport is not running, but there are still Uber and Lyft drivers working thank goodness.
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Our buses are running… though I noticed yesterday they were mostly empty. I don’t know what they’ll do in the coming weeks. Still, our dear Mr Boris (can’t help thinking of that spider) has assured everyone that the government will give financial assistance wherever needed during this calamity.
I have to say, I think he’s been studying footage of Winston Churchill. His delivery has a certain sameness.
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And even through all the droning negativity, Violet, breakfast is still being served. Normality continues (in a different fashion). There is still hope.
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Absolutely. I am blessed with living in a location that holds a prominent position on many peoples ‘bucket list’ so I know this is only a damper. I consider myself among the very fortunate indeed.
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I have stopped watching Fox News a while ago.
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I don’t watch news as a rule, but they play Fox News in the common areas where I work.
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Such are the times we are living in. In future we will look back and say, did it really happen!
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I am actually saying that to myself quite often right now!
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Take care dear friend!
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You echo the tales I hear from my youngest who works at a hotel here on the Monterey
Bay.
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The blows of containing to contain this virus is being felt in many industries right now around the world. History is indeed being made.
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I find myself wanting to know more, where are those pictures from?🙏🏾
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Those are pictures of the continental breakfast we ordinarily offer our guests every morning. This piece was not fiction.
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Yeah I thought so
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Wow! That’s a pretty interesting way to take the story. But I guess you’re right – they probably had deck chairs, so might as well think of ’em!
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