Tires and Ellipticals

Today, as I was going over to the clubhouse where my apartment's gym facilities are located, I passed by this car that had been sitting for a few days. It was clear that it had gotten a flat tire and the spare was put on. The car was jacked up as I approached, and I saw a man sitting there, working on changing the tire. The thought immediately occurred to me that damn, that really sucks, the poor guy. And then, I stopped myself... I was feeling sorry for the guy, but really, on reassessment, I had to admire him. There is no way I would be able to change my own tire. What shocked me, though, was when I left the clubhouse 45 minutes later, the guy was still working on the tire. Then the thought occurred to me, perhaps, he enjoyed working on the tire. Afterall, some of us escape the things in our lives we don't want to deal with by spending 40 minutes on an elliptical machine, others might change a tire.