Stop the treadmill when you get off!!

Its the little actions in life that can make all the difference, mostly its the little things that we all take for granted. And why it is because we get complacent, or that we just don't care. Maybe we are just too preoccupied with other things going on, that we forget what's most important. Well, this can be true to anything in life...But I talk about it with reference to stopping the damn treadmill.

I work out at this place called Milpitas Health and Fitness, not as fancy as the usual gym's. Its cheap, clean, and has good equipment - well that's all that I need. There aren't too many skinny pretty bodies that totally intimidate you, like at other places. So this place works out just fine for me. At 3.30pm I am running on the treadmill, and beside is this Vietnamese lady doing like 7miles per hour, and I was like WOW. She gets off to go where, I really don't care...I continue to do my run and my own well, slow pace. And this lady comes right back..I try to not stare.....The next thing I know - CRASH, BOOM, BANG - she is flying all over the treadmill....she did not stop the machine before stepping off -- what an idiot I wanna say ( I have done that too in the past) And then smart me, tries to stop her machine without stopping mine - it would have been disastrous. It was all happening so damn fast.....and this poor lady is still flip flopping on the treadmill, its like time stood still....Finally, I stopped her machine. Poor thing, her legs and arms are all bruised, we call the gym attendants and they want to know if they should call the ambulance- their policy. So we sit and chat, her name is Francene, she has 3 kids wow, and she was running on the treadmill like there was no tomorrow. They get Francene some ice, and all hover around her, and after a couple minutes they leave her, like nothing ever happened. Me and Francene exchange numbers and vow to keep in touch, and work out together when our schedules permit - I tell you, friendships are made in the strangest places.

The moral of this story is - always stop the damn treadmill before getting off!!! Cos you make get off fairly easily though its running, but its next to impossible to get on when its in motion. I know its like common sense, but we are the wise lot, and common sense is not all that common.