Susie told me I should write anecdotes.
They're quick and easy and may or may not be serious.
I was at the gym with Eric and Joseph last night and we were working out chest and triceps.
There's an exercise where Eric, Joseph, and I all use different weights so we had three pairs of dumbbells at our bench. It's not that many and actually quite common.
Then I overheard a man speaking loudly next to us, obviously meant for us to hear, "Wow who uses that many dumbbells?"
His statement made me uncomfortable, but not much else. What he did after was what got on my nerves.
"Hey you guys REALLY using ALL of those?"
"Yes."
"Unbelievable..."
He then proceeded to stomp off like a four year old who didn't get his ice cream.
My first instinct was to yell back at him that we had three people so having three pairs was normal.
My second was to totally disregard everything he said and continue with my workout as if nothing had happened.
My third was to be as pointedly courteous and respectful of all other gym policies as possible to try to "kill him with kindness".
He probably didn't even notice.
