In which i should be a spokesperson

I was in a Pilates class the other week with one other woman, Ellen, who is also a regular like me.  The instructor, Amanda, was getting ready to start the class when we had the following conversation:

Amanda:         you guys ready?

Me:                  remember that lady in the class a few weeks ago?

Ellen:              she was really good

(we were talking about a person who took a class with Ellen and I a few weeks previously.  Now I’m 53 and Ellen is a bit older but this chick was in her 30’s I’d say.  At any rate, she was in incredible shape and of course, she was AWESOME at Pilates even though it was her first time.)

Me:                  it was ridiculous

Amanda:         what was ridiculous?

Me:                  she was better than me and I’ve been coming for years

Amanda:         well, she was in very good shape

Ellen:              yeah, she had a great body

Me:                  I haven’t looked like that a day in my life

Amanda:         she used to be a dancer

Me:                  all you former dancers and your pointy toes and perfect bodies

Amanda:         she hasn’t been back since though

Ellen:              really?

Me:                  probably my fault

Amanda:         how so?

Me:                  I explained to her that I used to have a body like hers before I started doing Pilates

(huge silence)

Amanda:         no you didn’t

Me:                  no I didn’t.  But wouldn’t that have been funny?

Amanda:         probably not

Me:                  I could be an anti-workout ad.  Don’t work out every day or else you’ll end up looking like me!

What do you think? Should they hire me? Probably not.

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