I thought that was a marvelous idea.
Posted on 10/02/2015 8:48:26 AM PDT by rightistight
Amy Roe, writing for the Guardian, "hustled" out of a Starbucks after another woman asked her about physical activity.
According to Roe, she went to a Starbucks after running for 12 miles. Roe explains that she was sweating after the run and was approached by another woman in the coffee shop.
“You look like you just did a class,” the woman said, smiling. “Or swimming?” she added.
Roe responded, “Um, running. I just sweat a lot.”
Ms. Roe then writes that in her ensuing embarrassment, she "took the paper cup of drip coffee and hustled past the condiment bar. Screw the half-and-half; I’d drink it black."
She continues, "Once safely inside my car, I threw off my damp running cap and flipped up the hood of my sweatshirt in embarrassment. I wanted to dive deep into that Lululemon Scuba and never come back up for air."
"I’d been sweat-shamed," Roe concludes. "Sweat-shaming is when someone points out your sweatiness as a way to signal disapproval. Like its counterparts, slut-shaming and fat-shaming, sweat-shaming is aimed mainly at women, who are actually not supposed to sweat at all."
She then writes, "We have been hiding this natural bodily function so long we have no idea how much a “normal” woman sweats – if there is such a thing – much the same way many men have no idea how much make-up it takes to produce “natural” beauty."
This weekend, Roe will not be "sweat-shamed." She writes, "I’ve got another long run this weekend and afterward, I’m going to sit down with my coffee, all sweaty and transgressive."
Roe concludes, "The stigmas surrounding women’s bodies are powerful, but they’re no match for how powerful I feel after running."
all I can say is what an idiot....if we are altering are behavior or conservation because of this twit we deserve to be called idiots.
Brits are so uptight.
After a 12 mile run the last thing a want is a coffee. After I’ve cooled down and showered I do.
Piss off, you sweat hog.
Oh, for heavens sake.
A little more mud and maybe a smear of motor oil and you’re talking perfection.
HUH?
WTF! We shame people because we don’t want to be around that crap.
She’s strong enough and athletic enough to run 12 miles... and so weak that she runs from others for mild comments.
HUH?
Oh no! She deserves $100000000000000 from Starbucks because someone MENTIONED something about her!!!!!!!!!
Giving something a name doesn’t entitle you to squat. It’s Seinfeldian, and Seinfeld was a comedy show! Sweat-shamed, man hands, low talker, etc. It’s funny! Own your proud female body, you stupid liberal who loves to vote for a vagina and loves to let medical professionals murder babies in your body. Own your sweaty body that you brought into a restaurant. Don’t write a [expletive deleted] column about it!
I read only two lines and couldn’t read more. Tooooo stupid.
I asked my wife about this. She said if someone commented on her sweat after a rigorous exercise routine, she’d bask in the glow that someone recognized she’d been exercising.
Other things she could be shamed for in Starbucks:
- wearing her slippers in. SLIPPER SHAMED
- bad hair day. BAD HAIR SHAMED
- toilet paper trailing on her heel. POOPED IN STARBUCKS SHAMED
Maybe Starbucks needs a Seppuku booth.
She should know this is a bad practice. One should drink water after exercising, not coffee, as it is a diuretic.
Whenever I workout, I immediately want to quench my thrist with a big cup of hot steaming coffee.
Humblebrag.
I thought that was a marvelous idea.
Bingo!
Yes, bragging.
Never been in a Starbucks in my life.
What’s the attraction?
What a nutcase!
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