I work shift work so the hours that I'm at gym vary widely. I'd roll up there morning, afternoon or late evening, all depending on what shift I was currently on. For the current week I'm at the gym very late in the evening, a time most gym users are long gone. Offsetting not having the company of fellow sufferers, I do have the advantage that most of the equipment is available for my personal use.
So here I was, rowing away, sweating off any flab and keeping my muscles reasonably fit and this woman wanders into the gym. She was in her early twenties, good looking, very nice figure, and tight clothes. The outfit she had on showed all her curves and they were certainly worth showing.
She comes moving briskly along heading towards the running machines. I watch as she approached as her breasts are, let's just say, well developed. Well-developed enough to have a nice bounce to them as she walked past me. Watching her from behind, I considered that view remarkably good as well. Lovely buttocks, that had a beautiful swish and sway. The only drawback in the entire package was the nasty look she gave me as she passed.
I don't know why the dirty look. I hadn't ever seen her before (I'd have remembered) and I hadn't spoken to her. Just looked up as she approached and checked her out. After all, what else is a man supposed to do when a young lovely crosses his path?
She settled down on the running machine and I was lucky enough that my rowing machine faced that way. I rowed and looked, her running helping to break the monotony of the rowing. The way her breasts bounced didn't do much to harm my enjoyment.
She cast several little glances at me as she ran, clearly annoyed that I was there. Tough titties, is what I thought. I'd got here first and if she didn't like it she could lump it.
After about five minutes she came over and stood, glaring down at me.
"Do you mind not staring at me while I'm running?" she snapped at me.
I considered the question carefully before replying.
"As a matter of fact, yes, I do mind," I told her. "You're well worth looking at, so I'll look. That's why I have eyes, you know? To observe things of beauty."
A little flattery will get you a long way I find. In this case it almost got me a trip to the hospital. If she'd been Cyclops, from the X-men, I'd have been flash-fried.
"Look, I come to the gym at this ungodly hour so I can exercise in peace, without being ogled by men like you."
"Really? Ah, what sort of men do you want ogling you?"
Another near miss in the flash-fried department. Apparently not susceptible to humour. Hey, I thought it was funny.
"No-one," she practically snarled at me. "I don't want any men looking at me like that."
I gave that the answer it disserved.
"Bullshit."
Steam was practically rising from her.
"What do you mean, bullshit?"
"I mean just that," I said, going on to explain. "You've got a very nice face and figure. Your hair is cut in a style that draws attention to your face. You're dressed in clothes that are tailored to show off your figure to the maximum advantage. If you didn't want people to look at you, you could have picked out clothes that hide your figure. They'd be just as comfortable as those you're wearing. Possibly even more so.
Your entire outfit shouts look at me, and you not only know it, but love it.
Of course, you could be a lesbian and are dressed that way to attract another girl. Are you a lesbian? Terrible waste if you are, not that it's any of my business."
Add truthful observations to the things that piss her off. I thought she was going to clock me. I know she thought of it.
"Lesbian?" she shrieked at me. "That's typical male. Just because I'm not attracted to you, you think I must be a lesbian. That is such a sexist attitude."
"Couple of points," I said mildly. "I didn't say you were a lesbian. I just raised it as one possibility. As for not being attracted to me, what in the world gave you the idea that I was trying to attract you? I was just sitting here exercising. Exactly the same as before you came in, except now I have better scenery.
I'm assuming from your irritation that you don't think that you're a lesbian. So going from the way you act I'd say you're into S&M. I'm not, so why the hell would I try to attract you?"
"S&M?" she repeated, sounding slightly stunned. "Why would you think I'm into S&M?"
"General attitude," I said with a shrug. "Probably a dominatrix. Yeah, I could see you standing over some poor fish in a black leather outfit, complete with thigh high boots and a whip."
She gave me another cutting look and stormed back over to the running machine. I watched as she ran, but she was deliberately not looking my way. I did notice that she seemed to be running a lot faster.
She couldn't leave it alone for some reason. I don't know why. All I was doing was exercising and admiring the view. She suddenly came storming back.
"Will you stop looking at me," she demanded. "I don't like it."
"Ah, I thought we'd been through this already?" I said. "I have no intention of blinding myself just because some stray dominatrix is offended by my seeing her."
"I am not a dominatrix," she snapped. "Nor am I into S&M. I just like my privacy. Why do you think I come here this late?"
"Um, I'd have to assume that you've been banned from earlier sessions because your snarky attitude upsets the other customers. And if you're not a dom, you sure seem to be studying to become one."
That's when I took another guess.
"Oh, I get it. You're at Uni. and they're teaching you the modern idea that all men are evil and that women are they're equal in every way. Except for the evil bit of course. So you feel you have to stick up for what you consider your rights and the hell with everyone else's. Typical leftist student behaviour. Don't worry. You'll grow out of it."
Women are such contrary creatures. I take her word that she's not into S&M and she still gets offended. She called me a rude name and said she was going to complain to the management about me.
"So complain. To facilitate the handling of your complaint I'll even introduce you to the manager in charge right now. That would be me. I'm managing late shift this week. That's why I'm here stuffing around and talking to the paying customers. I'm John by the way."
I tapped the employee badge that I was wearing, acting on the assumption that she hadn't noticed it. Apparently she hadn't, and that made her even madder. Such an even tempered little thing. Always angry.
I smiled up at her.
"I suppose I should apologise for that S&M crack. You don't really project enough authority to be a dom and you're much too undisciplined to be a sub. Well, I suppose you could be an untrained sub. Who knows how you'll behave after a spanking or two. It's plain you're way past due getting one. Why don't you speak to your boyfriend and see if he's willing to help."
"I don't have a boyfriend and if I did he'd be far too much of a man to have to resort to beating a woman," she said, apparently insinuating I was the type of person who would stoop to such low practices.
"I said spank, not beat. There is a difference. A nice spanking can be fun. So can what follows on from it."
I deliberately ran my eyes over her.