there is a self-absorbed woman who attends our gym. i’ve come to this opinion of her because every time she arrives she requires a personal trainer to keep her motivated and entertained, and her workouts seem to occupy and prevent others from using a full quarter of the gym. there are also superficial indications of this woman’s temperament but i won’t detail all of that here.

a few days ago i was walking in to the market and there was a woman on a cell phone standing at the passenger door of her car. a man in the car next to her had just completed putting his groceries in his trunk and began to patiently wait for the woman to move so he could get in his car.

watching this, and noticing that the woman was oblivious i made a gesture to the man that he should knock her over to get to his car. the man and i shared a smile and i walked in to the market somewhat disappointed that the obnoxious, self-absorbed woman hadn’t been decked.

a few minutes later in the produce section, the rude woman i had seen in the parking lot walked by and was none other than my obnoxious gym mate.