This morning, I was at the gym and about to get on a treadmill when a man and a woman a few treadmills down from me start screaming at each other, yelling expletives and waving towels. I wasn’t quite clear on what had happened and I wasn’t sure if they knew each other personally, but it was the first time in my entire time in New York that I’ve witnessed a fight at the gym. After listening to their back and forth, I realized that it was simply about the guy accidentally using the woman’s towel. Is that really the end of the world if that accidentally happens? I remember a time when I was in a gym class doing some really intense cardio and weights, and I accidentally drank out of someone else’s water bottle, which just happened to look like mine. Thankfully, the woman it belonged to just laughed and didn’t think it was a big deal.

Sometimes, it’s exhausting to be in New York because of how high strung everyone is.