Where’s My Towel?

October 26th, 2009

I try to workout every day before going to the office. I get to the fitness club real early and workout with a personal trainer or, if left to my own devices, I swim.

In addition to providing an excellent facility, our club is very generous and trustworthy. I know this because we have no limit on the number of towels we can use during our time there. Some clubs, my friends tell me, only issue you two towels when you enter and that’s it – making it really difficult to get another towel. At those clubs it’s almost a question of locking down your towels.

But I’m lucky. If I want a towel with me on the gym floor to absorb my schvitz – no problem. When I swim I can take a towel or two with me to the pool. And if I want a towel to gently wipe away my tears after hearing the current stock market results from the talking head on the lounge TV – no problem!

So explain this to me… Why after a great shower does my towel go missing? I know that I hung it on hook #4 (they number the towel hooks at our gym – that’s class). Why would it not be there for me?

I guess for some people it’s too far to the towel distribution shelf.

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Cell Phone Users Walk in Circles

October 25th, 2009

I have been observing cell phone users – and who hasn’t? But this is only the beginning… I have a long list of cell phone burtches and kvetch’s. There are a million cell phone stories in the big city and this is just one of them.

Have you ever watched someone talking on a cell phone? I mean really watched. They don’t stand still! Well, some do and others just walk as they talk with that determined “get out of my way” look. But most pace back and forth in a predefined “land grab” of their own – oblivious to the world around them. And some even walk in circles, reversing their direction like clockwork.

Stay clear – which is hard to do – because these people haven’t filed a flight plan. They pace back and forth and side to side. And watch out for that empty hand of theirs, it could suddenly shoot out and up with no warning as they try to emphasize something to the recipient on the other end.

So pacers, circlers and walkers why not try sitting down, standing against a wall or leaning against a post and carry on your conversation out of harms way?

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