Monday, July 6, 2009

Awkwardness at the Gym

Today when I showed up at the gym to workout, I was confronted by an awkward situation. I am sad to say that I seem to be faced with this situation about once a month, which is more than a little too often. I am talking about gratutious nakedness in the lockerroom. Let me stop you before you even start to defend said nakedness. I can accept a reasonable amount of nakedness in the lockerroom. I get it, we all have to change clothes. Most people go about their business, keep their eyes in their locker and get dressed as fast as possible. The guy today was way out of line. I enter the lockerroom and am immediately confronted with an older gentlemen, approximately 60, standing sans clothes in front of the sinks and mirror. Besides the obvious clothes missing, I noticed he didn't have anything with him. No towel, washcloth, toothbrush, shaving kit, water bottle, or paper towel. This by itself wouldn't be a big deal either if he was just passing through that area. As I am getting dressed, I hear another older gentlemen enter and head for the sinks. He of course, starts a conversation with the naked guy. At this point, the naked guy has been at the sinks for at least 7 minutes with no items anywhere to be found. The two old guys start talking about surgeries, and naked guy tells his two hip replacement stories. Dreading it, but knowing that I had no other option, I headed past them to get to the restroom. I had to slink along the wall to avoid naked guy because he is standing in the middle of the path flexing his hips talking about operation recovery. As I high-tailed it out of there, along the wall to avoid any kind of brush-up, I again confirmed there was nothing anywhere around this guy. No logical explanation for his extended stay in the sink area. I was actually nervous when I came back in the locker room after my workout that he would still be there. So consider this a P.S.A., everyone has the right to nakedness in the locker room, but this right should be used in moderation. Please, for the Love!

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  2. This is exactly why Matt now exclusively dresses in the family locker room. He was sick of wiener!!

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