I have a coworker who is a treasure chest of good "overheard at work" stories. I'm not even sure how to pick the best story.
One of my favorites is the time she ordered mail-order smoothies. Now, this person has been mostly overweight most of the time I have known her. She had a brief period of about a couple of years where she really kicked-ass and got herself in awesome shape through the help of a personal trainer (some of the stories are related to this) and eating better. Well, she fell off the wagon and gained a lot of weight back.
About a year ago, she decided to take a whole week off to begin a de-toxing process. She read about this company that mails you fresh smoothies every day in just the right combinations to detoxify. OK...the concept of trying to eat healther is great, BUT:
- Why not just take the ideas from the company and make your own smoothies?!?!? Smoothies are one of the easiest things to make...no chopping, cooking, etc. As she was rattling off the different types of green and other smoothies they delivered, I mentioned how I make some of those at home.
- She took a whole week off of work for this! So how can she not have the time to go to the grocery store and make them herself?!?
- I think she actually had to drive to the neighboring county the first weekend to get the first batch of smoothies because they hadn't arrived in time for the week she had planned.
- Unfortunately, the eating healthy thing didn't stick and didn't kick start a new healthy phase in her life. That was over a year ago.
- I am sure this cost a ton. She is usually a big spender on most things.