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January 7, 2010

Steppin’ Out

Posted By: Rose @ 12:48 am

On Sunday, I told my friend I loved the pedometer she gave me, that it stayed put and never fell off.

On Monday, squeezing into a crowded subway, something flew off me and people scrambled around to see what it was.

Inside, I realized the pedometer didn’t make it.

Stepping back out and reaching down, I heard the doors close as someone kicked my pedometer, and someone else grabbed at it.   

My hand tangled around an ankle and when I stood up, the doors opened back up.    

I hopped in, looked at my dirty hand and my pedometer in it.

2 Comments »

  1. Congratulations! But if you drop it again, don’t go onto the subway tracks to retrieve it.

    Comment by fastguy — January 7, 2010 @ 5:10 pm

  2. You make a fair point, but have you thought about how it’d affect different people? I’m not saying you’re wrong, I just desire to identify that there’s more than one side to this story.

    Comment by custom clock — January 23, 2010 @ 3:56 pm

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