person A: Man that was hard to deal with today.
person B: What was?
person A: I had a lull in work and the store was empty_comma_ and there was nobody in there for an hour.  I was about to go insane.
person B: Really? Did you manage to cope?
person A: First it was just boring then I started to actually get pretty lonely.  I saw if there was something I could read while I waited.
person B: And was there?
person A: Yeah there was a magazine or two.  I got by
person B: Good