As Far As You Know

I went to the Hunt Tennis Center to hit some balls at 6:30 tonight and found that all 14 courts there were occupied. So for the first time in years, I actually had to wait to get on a tennis court. This sort of thing happened all the time when I was a kid, when the number of players regularly exceeded the available courts. Now I could have pulled rank over the townspeople tonight on my home courts in my capacity as (a) a Choate faculty member; (b) the long-time head tennis coach here; or (c) the school's Director of Athletics, but I didn't want to be that guy. So I was patient and before too long enjoyed a pleasant hit and then a set of doubles, finishing just as darkness descended on a beautiful summer night.