Friday Workout
Superset:
Hip Thrust: 4 x failure
Pull-Up: 4 x 5
Giant Set:
Straight Arm Pulldown: 4 x failure dropset failure
Tricep Pulldown: 4 x failure
Bicep Curl: 4 x failure with burn-out partials
Superset:
T-Bar Row: 3 x 8-10
Band External Rotation Thing: 3 x failure
Kind of a quick workout. Then went to the store.
Also, can we just talk about this phenomenon? Because I feel like there are shenanigans at play when we donate during the checkout process.
So, I did the bulk of the grocery shopping at a cheaper store and then went to Natural Grocers (we call it “natty grows” in our house) for the stuff I prefer to get from hippies. Anyway, during checkout I was asked if I’d like to donate a dollar to such-and-such food bank, and I said no.
And the cashier was alarmed, kinda like this South Park clip, the awkwardness was palpable.
The thing is, I’m all for generosity. But I get the feeling that businesses are actually benefitting from our donations in a sneaky way. Sometimes I’ll donate anyway, but I wanted to practice feeling the discomfort of saying “no” to something I’m skeptical about.
But there’s something so bizarrely psychological about it because a part of me also feels like I need to list out all the ways in which I’m monetarily generous so that a cashier I’ve never met doesn’t think I’m a monster.
So, the girl said, “are you sure you don’t want to donate to the food bank?!” And I said, “nah, my church donates to the food bank and I give at church.”
Then more awkwardness.
Then she asked, “Have you always been a Christian?” And I was like… uh oh where is this going?
So I said, “That’s a really good question. I was raised in a Christian home but wasn’t taken to church as a child, and then ebbed and flowed in faith, so it’s complicated. But I found a really good church that made it all make sense, and now I definitely am a Christian.”
She seemed fine with that answer. But as I left Natty Grows, I got the feeling like, I need to invite this person to church. So I got one of the invitation cards out of my gym bag in the car and went back into the store, but she had left for a break, so I gave it to her coworker and asked her if she could pass it on to the cashier.
I am the worst at this kind of thing. And I also look like a giant turd for not donating to the food bank. I suspect it’s deceptive, but am not sure how to explain that in the checkout line without sounding like a conspiracy theorist.
Anyway, 'tis the season for feeling socially pressured to donate to charities on behalf of businesses.
There’s also this from the memes only thread.
