Meeting point

I enjoy a good class or a meeting, nothing like a bit of structure on an hour. I do a yoga class and a dancing class and until recently I used to go to a Weight Watchers meeting.

I have been Weight Watching for some time. It has brought me to the conclusion that my body is infused with lead and it simply can't be removed. Attempts to remove it only cause it to multiply. There are a number of Weight Watchers meetings going on in my area, so I tend to go to which ever one suits me that particular week.

The week in question here, I was to attend a venue I had not been to before. I got the information from the website and duly headed along to the community centre at the given time. When I arrived at the centre I simply said to the lady at the front desk that I was here for the meeting and she pointed me up the stairs.

Generally at the meetings there is a pay desk where you sort of sign in and pay, then you can queue up for your weigh in with the class leader. I noticed though at this meeting there was no pay desk, maybe you pay at the end? Also there was a good male to female ratio, very rare for a WW meeting. The leader spotted me looking a bit lost and kindly came straight over.

Leader: Hello, welcome to the meeting
Sasha: Hi, yeah its my first time at this meeting
Leader: Well done for coming, how was your week?
(Sasha at this point has noticed there is no WW advertising in the room, there generally is and why isn't anybody clutching their little WW books?)
Sasha: Oh I was a bit bold this week, lots of parties, but I kept track of all the bits and pieces, I stayed away from the chocy!
Leader: I think you are looking for Weight Watchers on the floor above. This is an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting.
Sasha: It was nice to meet you, bye.

I found the embarrassment very heavy, it actually added an additional 2 pounds that week...