My Wife Would Not Do That

A couple of weeks ago I was training on our indoor track. Now it's barely two people wide so it requires it's own social order. We have sprinters, joggers, runners, middle aged men pre heart attack and the rare stray dog.

On this particular day I was getting ready to start when I see them coming to the track. The mother daughter combination. Not just any MDC--but the absolute classic. Blond teenager and ultrathin, ultra suburban mother. Now the cherry on the sundae---mom is outfitted entirely in pink. So they begin their workout. The workout consists of walking around the track at the slowest possible speed---two abreast. By what about the cellphone. Oh yes, the cellphone. You see the quality moment between parent and child could only be enhanced by Mom's non stop yapping.

2 points about the cellphone:

1) You do not have anything important to say.
2)We all make mistakes. So one would think that after the fifth runner squeezes by you at full speed the message would be clear. Maybe shuffling 2 across while talking on a cellphone is not what society needs you to do at this very moment in time. Of course the beauty is, anyone this clueless is not going to be impacted by others.

The best part---my wife would never do this. Too much focus---all business.