Just Introduce Yourself, and This Won't Happen

When Robby and I first joined the boxing gym, we were two of the very first members.  There were two trainers: 김 성 수ㅏand  이 기 봉and the few people who had joined the gym.  Since then, the gym has gotten really popular.  There are very many members and the two trainers have had to hire other trainers to compensate for the amount of members they now have.

Like I said, when we first started it was basically just us so the trainers learned our names and we learned theirs.  Now that the gym is so busy, there are three new trainers but we’ve never had the time to learn their names. 

No problem for us because we’ve come up with some pretty fitting nicknames for them.  The first day I saw the primary new trainer in the gym he was my trainer that day.  He was ruthless.  It was the most difficult workout I have ever had.  I wanted to die.  I really did.  I met Robby for drinking later and I said Robby, the new trainer, he’s like Hitler.  And thus, “Hitler.”

The next week, there was a second new trainer.  He’s really tall and when I trained with him I noticed a tattoo he has on his ankle of the Buddhist symbol/Swastika.  I am 99% sure that that tattoo is an association to Buddhism and not Nazism, but nonetheless, now his nickname is “Goebbels.”  It didn’t hurt that he somewhat resembles the infamous Reichsleiter.

I really like te last new trainer.  Now, most Korean dudes dress like hipsters.  Not because they are hipsters, but just because it’s Korean style.  But this guy, he is a hipster among hipsters.  And thus, we call him “Hipster.”

Now, we never thought these nicknames would come back to haunt us, but one night we saw Hitler out and about and so we called after him “Hitler!  What’s up  brother?”  We don’t know his real name!  I don’t think he picked up on it that time.  But I am certain that next time we won’t be so fortunate.