Let the headlights lead me.

[hannah]

There's an uncanny feeling in seeing something from a cartoon happen in real life. No exaggeration: another woman on a treadmill slipped and fell while it was still going. Just like in every cartoon I've ever seen that happen, down to the expression on her face. She grabbed the console and held on, the belt still running at high speed, before she let go, slid off, and landed on the floor with a sound I couldn't hear over my headphones but could imagine perfectly.

It took under a minute from her slipping to the landing. People rushed over to see if they could help as soon as they saw what was happening.

Thankfully, just like in every cartoon it's ever happened in, she was fine. She dusted herself off, made some small jokes, assured everyone things were okay, and went back to her workout.

Seriously, though. Uncanny in the best possible way.

Comments

[silailo]

Wow, glad she was okay. I would've been too embarrassed to keep working out. XD

[reginagiraffe]

I once saw a woman slip on the ice. She flew up horizontal, her shoe went flying over her head and she landed with a whomp. Same thing, she was fine but embarrassed. But it was just like a person slipping on a banana in the comics.

[yourlibrarian]

Glad she was ok -- people have died falling like that. My sister had a bad head injury and was in a nursing home for some 6 months after.