Keeping Your Cool When the Heat is On

There are more than a few differing schools of thought when it comes to dealing with heat.  

In Florida we like to think we are the experts, of course.  Just ask us. 

(But don't expect to hear any two answers the same.) 

For instance, there's dry-wicking shirts vs. the no-shirts-at-all approach.

Shirts and Skins

(I'm a Shirt.)

We try the latest clothing tricks and nourishment combinations.

We mix, we stir, we stew over how better to survive those extra hours without cramps or collapse.
 
And we hydrate.  A lot.  (Just ask any hasher.)
 
But what about keeping your cool in that other kind of heat?

The rude customer, the demanding boss?

Easier said than done. Even for the experienced, the professionals.

Let's just say you did everything right for years.

You bit your tongue.  You smiled.  You never once put Visine in some jerk's coffee or poured a coke in a pilots lap... 

But for every apology, for every cheek turned, for every moment you didn't blow up, day after day, year after year, surely you had a SECRET PLAN for when that inevitable straw landed upon your back?   

An escape plan - even a fantasy escape plan - is a way of hanging on, taking it on the chin just one more day.  Or at least until each and every passenger has deplaned.  

Maybe you promised yourself, "If this gets any worse, I'll just blow the hatch and slide outta here." 

Just the thought brings a smile.  

Feel better already, don't you?

Steven Slater.  28 years of keeping your cool.  Wow.  Well done.

I lasted five years, myself.

And it took five bikes.  

But darnit!  Taking along a couple beers for the slide...

Wish I'd thought of that! 

Guess that's why I'm not a legend. 

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