I like gags like this. Even when I had blood clots in my leg and had to walk from the car to the emergency room entrance, I didn’t circle looking for something close.
I really enjoy Bill Bryson’s take on it. In at least two of his books he mentions a family friend who drives a mile to a gym to run on a treadmill. When asked why she didn’t run to the gym and back and do two miles less on the treadmill, she said that the treadmill keeps track of her calories burned, duh!
Big city I lived in, I won a membership to a gym. I put the stuff in the car, drove through 45 minutes of fugly traffic to get there, they were in this minimall where the parking lot was a joke. I left the stuff in the car, went in, thanked them kindly and told them to draw another name for the membership. It wasn’t worth the hour and a half of traffic to use their machines. Oh.
I’m way out of shape and was just taken off the injured list (my fibula is healed to where I don’t need crutches or the boot to get around), but I take the first parking spot I can find, even if I have to walk a ways. I haven’t done the cruise for a closer spot for a long time.
yeah, that’s a CLASSIC!
There is a fitness club in San Diego that has a set of outdoor escalators leading up to the entrance. It has been all over the internet for years.
The actual story is pretty dull. The escalators are part of a shopping plaza and the club had the unfortunate location to be right where they are located.
Troy will cruise the parking lot to get the FARTHEST spot. Trust me, I know.
The gym I attend has cardio equipment on the second floor. Lately I have noticed someone who takes the elevator to the second floor to use the stairmaster. They’ve got it backwards, you use the elevator after you’re on rubber leg street.
Jim is a nice guy, isn’t he?