A New Form Of Propulsion? Or Are You Realy THAT Lazy?!

SERIOUSLY?
Last night after arriving home from work, Angi informed me of a few things she needed to complete dinner.  Hitching up the shopping wagon, Kaleb and I set out for (*shudder*) Wal-Mart!
(please...allow me SOME level of understanding, it's all that's left around here, unfortunately)  to get the needed ingredients for "Breakfast for dinner"  or "Sunday Brunch Revisited".  Regrettably one of the key needs for biscuits and gravy, IE: Sausage Gravy, was nowhere to be found!?  This is the South, right? (here's where I put my Curmudgeon Hat on, and do the dance of the mini-rant) One would think that in a SOUTHERN store, they would insure that such VITAL elements would, in fact, be kept in plentiful supply.  But after inquiring to three rather irritated employees, one came with a scanner and informed us they were out (DUH!) and in a chipper tone offered the consolation that it HAD been ordered and would be back in stock in three days!  Well whoop-de-doo!  Doesn't help us now!  See, it's bad enough that this gobbling corporate monster swooped into our pleasant little hamlet, plopped right next door to our neighborhood market (Sweetbay) and drove them out of business.  But then their store went to pot!  Poorly stocked, no timely refilling, unclean, produce and dairy at times out of date and at worst, spoiled (open up some of the fruit bowls or vegetable platters and they smell like rot) over packed with shoppers with often times only three registers open.  Of course they have the self checkouts, but half the time some or all are down, or the attendant who is supposed to be monitoring them to offer assistance is nowhere to be found.  Half the employees, obviously regretting their choice of vocation and employer, surely and of little help!  Obviously the owners and managers have little concern working on the principle "Mission Statement" pronouncement "where ELSE are they going to go?"  Sad part is...there's a lot of truth to that.
WOOF!  Got off on a bit of tangent there, didn't I? 
Well I told you that story to tell you this one.
Once departing the mad house we headed home.  As is our normal route we took our short cut behind the old Sweetbay building. 
Now here, I have to state that I am not a completely unsympathetic individual.  I realize that in today's world their are folks with "weight problems".  I myself could stand to loose about 50 pounds and I realize that it is MUCH easier to just nestle down into your favorite indentation with a bag of Doritos, a remote and a smile, then to schlep out to the gym, or take a long ride at the end of a hectic day.  But there are times where the opportunity to take advantage of a needed task, in order to get a little sweat worked up, arises and it's up to us to exploit that!  But then there are those who will look at that same task and their mind will concoct the most outlandish and intricate design to get out of the more simpler option of just doing it!  Such was the case I witnessed when coming around the back of Sweetbay Plaza.  A gentleman, perhaps just this one time, or maybe it was a nightly routine, was "walking" his dog.  Now, as delicately put as I can, this man was....well fed? Large? or in the vernacular "obese"?  Whichever.  Instead of leashing up his very lovely Greyhound and walking him about, he fashioned a long tether to the side view mirror of his car, and as the dog trotted about the parking lot, he sat behind the wheel idling forward, lazily drifting back and forth round as the dog, sullenly ambled about.
 REALLY?!
Potential disaster aside (the dog was barely six feet directly in front of the car) how did we get THIS sad?  Not even mentioning that such a creature is born to run, and frolic and anyone who owns such an animal should posses SOME ability to keep up  (yes, I realize the thought of "keeping up" with a greyhound is highly unlikely, but you get my point) not to mention play, bond...etc.
It's moments like this that I find it hard to be empathetic with some folks who choose to allow themselves to get that way.  I know WHY I'm overweight!  It's my own damn fault!  I don't blame genes, or depression  or societal pressure, no!  It's because I have become somewhat lazy!  I could take off for a few miles each morning or evening, get my heart rate up, or hell, do a sit up or two.  But NO, I'm just bloody lazy!  My only saving grace is, if I have to go somewhere I walk or ride a bike, try and keep the snacking to a minimum, and eat REAL food.  Yes, there are genuine medical reason why SOME people have weight issues, but buy and large (no pun intended) this is a result of the lifestyles we have chosen.  So PLEASE, the next time you think of tying off your dog, or using your car to travel 3/4 of a mile to the corner store, or taking the elevator instead of walking up two flights of stairs remember this wee bit of friendly banter!
ANYWHO!
Today looks absolutely FAH-BU-LUS!  Barely a cloud in the sky, cool breezes!  PERFECT riding weather!  And as I look out our window I can already see many bikes and walkers shedding the summer swelter!  SO, HUZZAH!  PLEASE take advantage of this gift, and get on out there!  But leave the car keys behind!
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