When The Hot Tub Becomes A Baptism Pool

For context, I went to a fitness and community center with a popular four-letter song in 2025. I used to swim laps for health, and afterwards I would take a dip in the men’s locker-room hot tub. Nowadays, I don’t go to this center because I exercise at home, but this event felt like the world trying to push me in that direction.

I had just gotten done with my swimming and had just gotten in the hot tub. There was a timer for the bubbles, and I usually just set it to ten minutes, wait for the bubbles, and leave. So now I’m in the tub, and in comes another guy who sits across from me.

We end up striking up a conversation about dieting and what we are doing and stuff, a normal hot tub discussion. At one point, there was a lapse in talking, and then the guy dropped this:

Guy: “Hey, are you Christian?”

Me: “Yeah?” *I’m not.*

Guy: “Well, with all this stuff going on in the news, how are you preparing for the end of the world?”

Me: *Regretting my life choices.* “Well, I mean, I just do what I can, I guess.”

Guy: “Yeah, well, it’s good that you’re exercising, it will help prepare you for the coming storm.”

Me: “Uh, yeah…”

After that, I found an excuse to leave the tub and did. Seriously, who decides that a hot tub when I’m half naked and unable to easily leave is the best time to talk about the end times?