Duty Free #1

Airport duty free tester cologne. No smoking ban. Sweat patches on your ben sherman shirt, unbuttoned once and a slightly loose tie, frantically typing to your boss on your slide-out-keyboard nokia. You think back to your 90’s raver days and how on earth that led you here; waiting for your Ryanair flight to Germany to discuss the mobile revolution with your London business’ foreign partners, hoping the expenses check clears before the end of the month. Bright lights from the airport hurt your eyes, you didn't sleep much, but you never did anyway; so many years with long stretches of time spent awake, in a dark room, tucked away in an unnamed corner of London, Berlin, Tbilisi. You curse these new post 9/11 security queues as your running late. But still time for an overpriced spritz and a stock-up on cheap cigarettes.