A weird #MeToo moment at Peloton
I'm noting an experience my partner had during a taped Peloton workout over the weekend. She's still researching the event, and has reached out to Peloton directly, so there will be updates and more to come. My sense is that there's no blame here to Peloton--instead what occurred results from the tendency for men to behave stupidly when they think they're part of a large group, or "anonymous." Here are the details: my partner was doing a 45 minute ride. As is always the case, you can sign on to scheduled new rides on Peloton, or pick from a library of zillions of recent live rides. When you do a recorded workout, you're riding against the leaderboard from the live ride. For whatever reason, the instructors normally call out select achievements from those participating in the live ride (recorded session riders get to hear those call outs, even though those riders have long moved on to other sessions). Anyone with a Peloton is familiar with expressions l...