For the last couple of weeks I've been going to the gym. (Again. I've started going, again.) The front desk clerk, who usually just says hello & goodbye has started clocking my time.
Ohh, I haven't seen you in a few days...
I'll see you tomorrow...right?
Why do you look so sleepy?
"DUDE. It's 5AM. This is how everybody should look at 5AM."
And I started wondering why this guy is giving me the business? I don't remember signing up for a trainer, or a make-sure-undercovermama-gets-her-ass-to-the-gym-guy. And yet, there he is. Mocking me with his extra cheerful "good morning" and his "see you tomorrow" I mean, REALLY?
But here's the thing. I went to the gym Friday. And then I skipped Saturday, because well... #worldcup. And Sunday, I was too busy getting ready for the 4th of July bash at my house. Monday, I just plain didn't want to get out of bed. So I didn't. YESTERDAY, though... yesterday, I went to the gym. I got the ridiculously cheerful good morning, then I got THE LOOK. You know the one. The one that says I KNOW YOU HAVEN'T BEEN HERE ALL WEEKEND AND SHAME ON YOU.
And do you know that sonofabitch worked? I felt GUILTY! So guilty that this morning, when The Man snuggled me and asked for 10 more minutes, I said, No, I have to go to the gym. GAH! And I did. And he was there all cheerful and shit, telling me to have a great workout (which I did, but still. THE MOCKING, PEOPLE, THE MOCKING) As, I was leaving he smirks at me and says "I'll see you tomorrow, RIGHT?"
Yeah, yeah, you'll see me tomorrow. Jerk.
5 comments:
OMG, I think I fell in love with you when you said "giving me the business". I say that all the time and people's response? *crickets*
I need this guy in my life if he can get my ass to feel guilty enough to wake up at 5am. Maybe he can be my long distance trainer lol.
I totally get this. I'll pretty much only do something when someone else is counting on me (ie. makes me feel guilty if I don't). This applies to dieting, working out, laundry, cleaning, and pretty much everything in between. I'm cool like that ;)
Oh dear. I don't know what I'd do if someone was mocking me that much. Either go ballistic or find a new gym.
Ah, who am I kidding? I don't go to the gym. So this hypothetical situation is null and void anyway...
I think people at the gym are good for this type of behavior. I once almost got guilt tripped into a $1,800 personal training package because he made an analogy to how much I spent on my car, masters degree, etc. Shameless!
That's hilarious. I am always intimidated by the super perky, tan, crazed eyeballed chicks that hang out at my gym. I haven't been in like a year. I went the other day to get a new card so I could go to the one by my house and the chick was all "WOW You don't use your membership much!" And I am like.."I know, right, thank goodness it's only $20 a month!"
Hee hee. I am going to attempt the 5a.m. wakeups..but in the meantime, I'll keep walking circles 'round the neighborhood at night.
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