One reason people don’t take the stairs

I think one reason some people don’t take the stairs at work is embarrassment about the sound of their hard breathing.

And, as you know, once you try to pretend that you are not out of breath, well, then you’re really a goner.

The thing is, stair climbing — especially if we are talking about more than a couple of floors — can be seriously strenuous. I’ll bet the people you might encounter in the stairwell would totally understand a little gasping.

Besides, we’ve all got to start somewhere.