Splashed across them in fluorescent lettering were slogans such as TIMESAVERS ARE GOING PLACES FAST! THE FUTURE BELONGS TO TIMESAVERS!
MAKE MORE OF YOUR LIFE - SAVE TIME! The real picture, however, was very different.
Admittedly, time-savers were better dressed than the people who lived near the old amphitheater.
They earned more money and had more to spend, but they looked tired, disgruntled and sour, and there was an unfriendly light in their eyes.
They'd never heard the phrase “Why not go and see Momo?”
nor did they have anyone to listen to them in a way that would make them reasonable or conciliatory, let alone happy.
Even had they known of such a person, they would have been highly unlikely to pay him or her a visit
unless the whole affair could be dealt with in five minutes flat, or they would have considered it a waste of time.
In their view, even leisure time had to be used to the full, so as to extract the maximum of entertainment and relaxation with the minimum of delay.
Whatever the occasion, whether solemn or joyous, timesavers could no longer celebrate it properly.
Daydreaming they regarded almost as a criminal offence.
What they could endure least of all, however, was silence, for when silence fell they became terrified by the realization of what was happening.
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