Friday, January 29, 2010

Treadmill annoyance

A friend called this morning to chat. Which should be a nice thing.

But she was on the treadmill, huffing and puffing. "Hi......huff, huff......how are......huh, huff.....things going?"

It's great that she's exercising. Really. Good for her. But it's a little annoying. I'm sitting around in my pj's still, drinking my coffee, checking email and she's huffing away in my ear. As she was talking, I realized how slowly a person can actually get a thought out while exercising. It took her ages to tell me about her kids having a half-day of school today and some wedding she's going to with her sister and why the spouses aren't going. I wanted to say, "Get off the freaking treadmill and tell me what you need to tell me, I've got things to do." Like sit around drinking coffee. ??  I also felt like she was talking to me as just something for her to do to pass the time on the treadmill. Again, good for her.

Toward the end of the conversation she asked me, "So ...... huff, puff .......have you...... heard anything ........hufff ......more ............. about the .......Foreign Service?" When I told her no, that we are still waiting, she said, "Really........huff, huff........they didn't tell you.........huff........... anything? You mean .......... huff, huff .......... you don't know............  anything more?" That would be correct Forrest Gump.

Am I just a total bitch, or what?

3 comments:

Crystal said...

That can be annoying when you should be enjoying your morning coffee. I have a rule in my home, "No interruptions while I am drinking my coffee". I drink coffee all day long now, that way my kids never interrupt me : ) I may have the jitters, but it is quite. If only that were true...........

Digger said...

The waiting is awful, and no one gets it except someone who has been through it.

Shannon said...

Waiting is such torture but there are a whole lotta FS people that feel your pain, we have all been there! You are so much nicer than me! I would have told her to call me back after she got off the treadmill, OK no I wouldn't but I woulda thought it!