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From the “Have you ever noticed” file:
Have you ever noticed that when you do something foolish, like trip or spill a drink, and you look around to see if there was anyone looking, there is always one person who caught the embarrassing act?
No? Well…it’s true.
But this time, it wasn’t me!
I was in the Walmart parking lot, on a mission to purchase a video game for my Wii system (could they thought of a funnier name for a video game system?). On my way to the front entrance, I glanced over at a woman walking to her car.
Just then, she tripped over the speed bump. That’s right, the speed bump. The one thing meant to slow people down. And it worked…she must have been going one, maybe two miles per hour at the time. Now she was completely stopped.
She composed herself, looked around, and our eyes met. She must have noticed the stifled laughter building up inside me, because she said “Go ahead…laugh.”
And I did. like a little school girl. God help me, I laughed.
In hindsight, I feel like I should feel remorseful about laughing at someone elses’ misfortune.
However, the only thing I feel is relief that it wasn’t me.
Is that so bad?
