
16. Getting kicked out of the gym.
A pretty big girl that I know was in the gym on one of the elliptical machines. Some girls, younger, incredibly skinny, like little beanpoles, started taking pictures of her with their phones, laughing and pointing, etc. I was going to go over there and tell them to leave her alone, but before I even moved, someone else moved in: this a monster of a woman probably 6’2”, totally muscle-tastic, pro bodybuilder style. She grabbed both of them by the back of the neck and said, “Get the f* out of my gym. Now. You’re gone.” and physically ejected them.
They started to meander back in after a few minutes, saying, “oh, we need our stuff.” Again, the monster had already gathered up their stuff from their lockers, threw it at them, and just screamed at them to get out. I talked to her afterward, and it turns out she was one of the managers. I was pretty happy to see that. The comedy of it came later when I replayed the image of a Conan-the-Barbarian-like woman who gave the toss to a couple of girls with a combined weight of probably 180 lbs. Apullin was lucky to get this moment on camera!