This post courtesy of being longer than a Facebook status update
Is it okay to ask a total stranger why they're not overweight?
That's what happened tonight after work when I treated myself to dinner at Chipotle. The woman behind me in line saw the burrito I was having made, looked at me, then just blurted out, "Why aren't you overweight?"
I was stunned but politely answered, "By not eating like this everyday." That wasn't enough to satisfy her curiosity. "How often do you eat like this? Once a month?"
I didn't get irritated or offended, but I was all is this an okay thing for people to do? silently on the way out.
I always wish I could quickly make up morbid things to tell nosy people. Like, I could have told this woman that I'm skinny because I have cancer, and that the Make a Wish Foundation is paying for me to have a burrito everyday until I die.
That's what happened tonight after work when I treated myself to dinner at Chipotle. The woman behind me in line saw the burrito I was having made, looked at me, then just blurted out, "Why aren't you overweight?"
I was stunned but politely answered, "By not eating like this everyday." That wasn't enough to satisfy her curiosity. "How often do you eat like this? Once a month?"
I didn't get irritated or offended, but I was all is this an okay thing for people to do? silently on the way out.
I always wish I could quickly make up morbid things to tell nosy people. Like, I could have told this woman that I'm skinny because I have cancer, and that the Make a Wish Foundation is paying for me to have a burrito everyday until I die.