Indefinitely Delayed

Open by working out where else you could have been by now. Push off from this if it helps: an unattended microphone.

Should've been in Rotterdam by six, had a whole thing with a guy about container tracking software nobody asked me to solve but I do it anyway. Now I'm here instead, listening to that microphone up by the desk pick up…

Start by reading out the board. Push off from this if it helps: the sound of a distant lawnmower.

The board just says "delayed" still. No gate number, no time, nothing. They haven't even had the decency to invent a fake time to string us along with. That lawnmower's been going for like twenty minutes. Who's mowing…

Open by asking whether they heard the announcement. Push off from this if it helps: a dog that won't look at you.

Did you catch the thing on the intercom? About the delay? Honestly, it’s a mess. The terminal looks like a bombed-out bakery. I’m just staring at this guy, and he won’t meet my eyes. Like he’s hiding the boarding pass…