Guardian Author Runs Out of Starbucks in Embarrassment After Woman Asks her About Physical Activity

The Social Memo ^ | 10/2/15 | Aurelius

[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."

[rlmorel]

LOL, on the other hand, sometimes a Cigar is just a Cigar!

[Rock N Jones]

“sometimes a Cigar is just a Cigar”

I read the article and said this “is” a pun and didn’t want to take the time to see if it was. But in anycase it is so apropos and according to the Supreme Court it is representative of the real obnoxious world!

[JimRed]

Perspire with pride, lady; you EARNED it!

[Reddy]

Thank you. The woman walked into Starbucks after a run, not the Ritz Carlton, so who cares if she was sweaty?

And Just because you are sweaty doesn’t mean you stink. I go into businesses all the time after I run, and even though I may be sweaty, I assure you I do not smell bad.

Regardless, the author is a self-absorbed liberal idiot (redundant) who over reacted from someone who was probably just trying to make conversation. She needs to take off her lulu lemon outfit and get a real life.

[Army Air Corps]

She was a fine-lookin’ woman.