“You Larger Men Like Cold Weather”
So, I stepped into the elevator to go downstairs to the CBS Broadcast Center “Station Break” cafeteria. As the door is starting to close, I hear, “Please hold the door!” Okay, no prob…I did.
What follows is proof that no good deed goes unpunished.
The woman who stepped into the elevator immediately starts complaining about how cold it was outside (27F at the time, with a windchill of +16). She asked me if I hated the cold. Being an old Chicago guy, I told her I had pretty thick blood…I didn’t think it was all THAT bad.
Then she said it.
“You larger men like cold weather.”
I’m sorry?
“I’ve found that to be true. Maybe it’s your girth, I don’t know. But you larger men like cold weather.”
Ummm…
“I think it’s because you have more padding.”
She then went on to say that she could easily spend the rest of her life in the tropics…even if it would frizz her hair.
“Oh, haha. I guess you wouldn’t have that problem.”
Thankfully, the elevator reached the lower level. Even more thankfully, she turned left out of the elevator…and went straight, toward the cafeteria.
Where, by the way, I bought a cup of soup and a scoop of chicken salad with tomato and cucumber slices.
Even larger guys like soup and chicken salad. I’ve found that to be true.