This remark was met with a chorus of groans. Sheldon Caldwell said with a humorless smile, "Do you all think ten laps is too few? Let's make it twenty, then. If you're still not satisfied, we can add more. The sky's the limit."
This time, there wasn't even a groan. Other instructors were already directing the students to fall out and begin running.
The students were all regretting their decision. 'If we'd known we were going to be late, we shouldn't have come down at all. We haven't seen them punish anyone who didn't show up.'
Someone protested loudly, "Instructor, this is unfair! There are still people upstairs who haven't come down. Aren't you going to do anything about them?"
As soon as the student finished speaking, his words resonated with many of his classmates, who all began to shout that it was unfair.
