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Archive for March 24, 2008
When Stupidity Works Out at the Gym
March 24, 2008 by Keli.
Whenever possible, authentic humans consider the impact their actions may have on others. Stupers (short, once again, for systematically stupid persons) do not. Stupidity’s Code of Misconduct prohibits this. Stupers won’t even consider taking an action unless it’s sure to annoy others.
Evenings at the local YMCA are generally tranquil and uncrowded. My younger son (Son) likes to use the treadmill during this time. He did so just the other night.
There are eight such machines, four of which are hit directly by a cool, circulating fan. Son used one of these four treadmills. He was sandwiched between a thirty-something-year-old guy enjoying a rigorous run, and a stuper; all three got the benefit of the refreshing breeze from the fan.
The stuper wasn’t running, but strolling on her treadmill, while talking to someone next to her. The stuper stepped off her machine, walked over to the fan and turned it off; then she returned to her treadmill.
Son looked at the guy next to him and smiled, thinking the situation quite comical. The fellow looked back at him and didn’t attempt to crack a grin. Instead he displayed the picture of complete and total exasperation. The man stepped off in the middle of his run; he told the lady that he’d like to turn the fan back on. She said no, curtly explaining that the fan was no good for her allergies, and that’s why she turned it off.
The fellow asked her to move just a space or two, to any of four, unoccupied, fanless machines, but the stuper refused, saying she preferred the one she was on. The man finally gave up and just asked her to please turn it back on once she was done. She frowned and shook her head at his audacity. The man went to the fan and turned it back on. The stuper moved over to an exact replica of her treadmill, a few feet away, where fan issues were nonexistent. Exactly what she should have done in the first place, if she’d exercised a bit of thought.
It’s important for authentic humans to gain control over a stupid situation. This doesn’t mean grabbing the stuper by the shoulders and giving the idiot a good shake until the brain is revived or a slight case of whiplash occurs. This does mean remaining in reasonable control of one’s emotions and thoughts rather than allowing them to control us, as stupers are accustomed to doing.
Think for yourself.
Keli
Keli@Counterfeithumans.com
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