ATHLETE ARRIVAL
The clerk assisting me in the shoe department needed to page for assistance. Talking into the tiny mic hanging from the cord around her neck she said, “I’m helping an athlete.” I smile to myself at yet another clever corporate marketer making us feel special by being more than a “customer”. We are now visitors and guests and apparently also athletes. I casually turn my body sideways, pretending I’m not listening so as to avoid our mutual embarrassment. We both know I’m not an athlete. Sports were not a part of my childhood. I never saw either of my
