An hour before the doors are expected to open, a large crowd has already gathered in front of the building. People are sitting on the stairs, milling around, talking to each other. One apparently very bored person has found a garbage can, and is banging on it loudly. Some people peek through the windows, complaining about why they should be allowed to go in already. All the people are there, waiting for one thing in particular. At 3:15, the door cracks open. The crowd surges towards it, nearly trampling a few people sitting on the stairs who are slow to get up. From the outskirts of the crowd, it’s hard to see exactly what happens, but after a few seconds of frenzied rushing, the door closes again. The people are forced to back up; someone cries out as they are almost pushed off the stairs. The people stay standing, ready to rush any second, unsure of how soon the door would open again. A few minutes later, after the crowd has dispersed a little, the door opens again – and the same thing happens. The big rush is only met with another closing of the door. The pushing and shoving seems a little dangerous – the stairs are quite narrow, and the pushing sometimes seems unnecessarily forceful. Once the doors close again, the crowd grumbles, confused, and begins to notice the cool temperature. The third time the doors open, the crowd doesn’t rush in so quickly. Two people from inside the building stand by the doors, yelling for the people to enter calmly, without pushing and shoving each other. The pushing and shoving tones down to rather forceful nudging and jostling as the crowd squeezes into the building.
It is a scene resembles that of a store right before it opens on Black Friday. Comments float around, comparing it to early morning department store openings. But it is Tuesday night, the week after Thanksgiving. The people gathered are all high school students, eager for one thing in particular. But it isn’t a tangible object.
Oh, the (a)pushing apushers will do for 10 points of extra credit... :P
rofl :D
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