While much of the world practices social distancing and self-isolation amid the coronavirus pandemic, we need all the entertainment we can get.
Needless to say, a lot of us are searching for anything to rid us of our boredom while we self-quarantine. Some of us are relying on free streaming concerts, 'Netflix Parties', and even stockpiled cannabis.
But while some people might be content passing the time with digital forms of entertainment (and recreational drugs), the rest of us - who appreciate the simpler things in life - want nothing more than a good, old-fashioned storytime.
And, well, this particular story was told via a Twitter thread so it doesn't exactly prove my point about non-digital entertainment, but, still, it's a good one!
Vanessa Hudgens has come under fire for her 'insensitive' comments about coronavirus:So, Anbara Salam, who happens to be the author of Things Bright & Beautiful and Belladonna, took to Twitter to share a humiliating tale.
She begins: "As a public service in these stressful times I'd like to offer, as a palate cleanser, the most embarrassing moment of my life. 10ish years ago, my ex bf and I visited a spa in Germany. It's swimsuits in the pool but you have to be naked in the sauna. Btw I speak no German."
Having arranged to meet up with her boyfriend later, Anbara got undressed, grabbed a little towel and went off to the sauna.
"There are 2 unmarked doors at the end of a corridor, I take a guess and go through the one on the left. It's not the door to the sauna. It's the fire escape," she recalled. "The door locks behind me. I am trapped inside the fire escape, in the nip."
After banging on the fire escape door to no avail, a very naked Anbara panics and runs into a lift before "smashing the buttons."
She continues: "Eventually the lift doors open. A spa employee stands there. He is the most dressed man to ever be wearing clothes. He has brought NO TOWEL for me. He says something in German, I cry, he sighs, waves for me to follow him. I go after him, still switching around this washcloth."
"Apparently the only way out of the fire escape is to fully LEAVE THE BUILDING. So I'm cowering on the edge of the pavement, hysterical, & he points round the corner. The only way back in is along the street, THROUGH RECEPTION, where ppl are queuing out the building
"I now have an out of body experience. A shame black out. I have reached my max. I go fully through embarrassment and out the other side. Time slows down. I can hear the music of the spheres.
"I stop crying, drop the washcloth, shoulders back, head high, follow him along the street, past ppl parking their cars, standing in line with their families. People say things, point. I cannot hear them. I am transcendent with shame. Untouchable.
"Reception is BUSY. So busy he has to yell at ppl to make way so I can get through the crowd. The guy explains (I'm guessing) the situ to the receptionist. This takes actual minutes. An old lady gives me her pool float. It is shaped like a lobster. The claws rest on my boobs.
She then ends her gripping story by revealing that her boyfriend had "the audacity to be grumpy" because he had been waiting for her all that time.
