Gym & Misc Irritating people/things that annoy you in the gym II

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So last night was in the stretching area (well thats what the sign says). my usual spot taken (which is out of the way of patrons walking in). I was stretching my back and focussing on that when i felt a presence next to me, a metre away. Another patron decided to use crossfit stirrups hanging from the ceiling. WHY?!??!?!?!? PERSONAL SPACE MATE!
 
Not entirely in the gym, but I’ve now effectively been stood up 3 times by one girl at the gym.

Messaged me just after new year asking for a program cos the guy that owns the gym hadn’t given her a new one a month after she asked.
Said that’s cool so emailed her a bunch of questions so I could put the program together.
Get a reply about a week later with some answers. She was going to see the physio we use (she sprained her AC joint pretty bad snowboarding last year) so I said wait til you’ve got exercises and can/can’t do from him then we could chat again. She also wanted a massage so I booked her in for one after one of my shifts.
I get a message from her over the weekend (she was a no show for the appointment) with some info from the physio and also asking me if I could get in early on Monday so she could talk to me. She then rolls in 15 minutes after my official shift started and 45 minutes after I got to the gym and doesn’t say anything.
Then yesterday I get a message asking when I was working tonight (which I decided to ignore), then she didn’t even come to the gym at all!

Like seriously, make up ya mind ya stupid bitch!
 
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Question for the runners here, whilst not at the gym it may be part of you pre or post gym routine.

Shared user path etiquette? Do you think its a common enough rule to stick to your left?
Road, bike paths, escalators, hiking paths etc the common sense approach to avoid confusion and incident is to stick to one side, in Australia its the left, I would think this is pretty common sense but sometimes I have games of "chicken' with people who refuse to get out of the way. Not intentionally I might add I just don't know where they are going and assume because they see me they will move so stay I straight , I don't want to run into them.
Sometimes the person is distracted in their phone, with their dog, pram or walking partner I dodge them well in advance and carry on my merry way, but sometimes you run into an arrogant/ignorant person looking right at you and that won't play by the "rules".
Am I wrong in thinking this? I always run hard left at the edge of the grass leaving 2m plus to my right for people to pass me.
Note that of the double digit games of chicken I have experience in the last 3 years it has never been another dude.
 
Shits me when people put their stuff on a bench or box that could be used by someone else. Also shits me when people put their stuff on a piece of equipment and then go off for 5 minutes doing something else. A bloke on Monday night put his towel/drink bottle on the leg press, goes off and does 3 sets of bicep curls, comes back to the leg press and takes his stuff. Bizarre
 
People are campaigners.

I only carry a towel with me at the gym and take it with me if I leave a station, even if I am doing super sets, if someone wants to work in while I am away it makes it less of a confrontation for them because I am not "reserving" it, I always make sure I am close so it doesn't look like I am walking away without tidying up after myself, those people are massive germs.
 
Bigjobss said:
People are campaigners.

I only carry a towel with me at the gym and take it with me if I leave a station, even if I am doing super sets, if someone wants to work in while I am away it makes it less of a confrontation for them because I am not "reserving" it, I always make sure I am close so it doesn't look like I am walking away without tidying up after myself, those people are massive germs.
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I went one better last night. I noticed a bloke using a station containing barbell and weights. Typically for deadlifts and squats. SO anyway, some 10 mins after he used it (it was empty area) I went and setup there, then asked the bloke (who came back to get a mat) if he was finished, even though 10 mins had elapsed.
 
Previously mentioned girl was at the gym on Monday night.
Said nothing.
She also just messaged me to ask if I’d done her program yet.
Bishes be crazy.
 
Aeglos said:
Not entirely in the gym, but I’ve now effectively been stood up 3 times by one girl at the gym.

Messaged me just after new year asking for a program cos the guy that owns the gym hadn’t given her a new one a month after she asked.
Said that’s cool so emailed her a bunch of questions so I could put the program together.
Get a reply about a week later with some answers. She was going to see the physio we use (she sprained her AC joint pretty bad snowboarding last year) so I said wait til you’ve got exercises and can/can’t do from him then we could chat again. She also wanted a massage so I booked her in for one after one of my shifts.
I get a message from her over the weekend (she was a no show for the appointment) with some info from the physio and also asking me if I could get in early on Monday so she could talk to me. She then rolls in 15 minutes after my official shift started and 45 minutes after I got to the gym and doesn’t say anything.
Then yesterday I get a message asking when I was working tonight (which I decided to ignore), then she didn’t even come to the gym at all!

Like seriously, make up ya mind ya stupid bitch!
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Ask for payment before any app etc. that way you can't get ****ed over. If She doesn't show, you keep the dough!

Don't give a free program, make app for campaigners that's aren't reliable.


**** em.
 
Aeglos said:
Previously mentioned girl was at the gym on Monday night.
Said nothing.
She also just messaged me to ask if I’d done her program yet.
Bishes be crazy.
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Don't reply to the campaigner. As stated above, ask for cash.

It seperates ppl who are serious to those who are full of shit. Don't get angry, learn, adapt and move on.
 
Macpotata said:
Don't reply to the campaigner. As stated above, ask for cash.

It seperates ppl who are serious to those who are full of shit. Don't get angry, learn, adapt and move on.
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My level is irritability isn’t all that high and I mostly just find her bipolar-esque behaviour bemusing more than anything.
If she asks again (in person, going to ignore this texting bs) I’ll ask for payment up front to do the program then she can book a 1 on 1 to go through it as there’s likely to be a chunk of it she won’t understand.
 

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This one was more creepy than annoying. My gym in Bondi has a crossfit area up front, old school weight area at the back and an MMA/BJJ area next to that. On days where there are no classes in the MMA area anyone can use the mats, bags, cage whatever. Late on Saturday night I roll up with my boxing gloves, figure ill do my cardio on the bag. In the MMA/BJJ area is an older (say late 40's/50's) white guy doing some BJJ coaching with two younger (looked to be late teens early 20's) Asian girls.

None of this is that untoward just yet, but the guy quite clearly knew as much about BJJ as I know about quantum physics. Using the wrong terminology (calling escapes sweeps etc) and just really doing a lot of touching and groping that looked entirely unnecessary for what he was supposed to be showing them.

Finished it all off by drilling triangle set ups and executions (for those who don't know you basically have someones head buried in your crotch while you choke them) but doing that all wrong as well.
 
Bigjobss said:
Question for the runners here, whilst not at the gym it may be part of you pre or post gym routine.

Shared user path etiquette? Do you think its a common enough rule to stick to your left?
Road, bike paths, escalators, hiking paths etc the common sense approach to avoid confusion and incident is to stick to one side, in Australia its the left, I would think this is pretty common sense but sometimes I have games of "chicken' with people who refuse to get out of the way. Not intentionally I might add I just don't know where they are going and assume because they see me they will move so stay I straight , I don't want to run into them.
Sometimes the person is distracted in their phone, with their dog, pram or walking partner I dodge them well in advance and carry on my merry way, but sometimes you run into an arrogant/ignorant person looking right at you and that won't play by the "rules".
Am I wrong in thinking this? I always run hard left at the edge of the grass leaving 2m plus to my right for people to pass me.
Note that of the double digit games of chicken I have experience in the last 3 years it has never been another dude.
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I feel like this may have been discussed before, people who walk two abreast and shift over just enough to squeeze an emaciated child through the gap when they see you coming are almost worse.

I tend to make a big scene of it or just give them enough of a tap with the hip so they know they were being campaigners.
 
Probably has been discussed, I imagine its a pretty common complaint!

I was venting a little after a run in with a lady earlier this week - my mind cannot comprehend how someone would come to the conclusion that it is ok to demand the far right hand side of a 4m wide shared path - it is a very busy path and no doubt if she had spent 5mins walking she would have seen literally 50+ people practising the nornal social etiquette of sticking to the left.
Its like germs that hog the right lane on a freeway whilst a stream of traffic undertakes them, why do these people exist? Is it arrogance or ignorance?
We need public floggings for these kind of antisocial campaigners.
 
Bigjobss said:
Probably has been discussed, I imagine its a pretty common complaint!

I was venting a little after a run in with a lady earlier this week - my mind cannot comprehend how someone would come to the conclusion that it is ok to demand the far right hand side of a 4m wide shared path - it is a very busy path and no doubt if she had spent 5mins walking she would have seen literally 50+ people practising the nornal social etiquette of sticking to the left.
Its like germs that hog the right lane on a freeway whilst a stream of traffic undertakes them, why do these people exist? Is it arrogance or ignorance?
We need public floggings for these kind of antisocial campaigners.
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Arrogance or ignorance, probably ignorance initially then arrogance after they realise.
 
Aeglos said:
Not entirely in the gym, but I’ve now effectively been stood up 3 times by one girl at the gym.

Messaged me just after new year asking for a program cos the guy that owns the gym hadn’t given her a new one a month after she asked.
Said that’s cool so emailed her a bunch of questions so I could put the program together.
Get a reply about a week later with some answers. She was going to see the physio we use (she sprained her AC joint pretty bad snowboarding last year) so I said wait til you’ve got exercises and can/can’t do from him then we could chat again. She also wanted a massage so I booked her in for one after one of my shifts.
I get a message from her over the weekend (she was a no show for the appointment) with some info from the physio and also asking me if I could get in early on Monday so she could talk to me. She then rolls in 15 minutes after my official shift started and 45 minutes after I got to the gym and doesn’t say anything.
Then yesterday I get a message asking when I was working tonight (which I decided to ignore), then she didn’t even come to the gym at all!

Like seriously, make up ya mind ya stupid bitch!
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She’s just using you. Cut her loose.
 
So I am at the gym this morning, and I walk into the weights room. There is only one flat bench and there is a towel and note book on it. No one is there. Literally no one in the room. I move it over on to another bench.

Next thing you know, this guy comes into the room and starts having a go at me ‘Did you move my stuff? Did you move my stuff?’ I said ‘Yeah mate didn’t know you were using it, you weren’t here’ He then proceeds to carry on saying ‘That’s not on mate’. I said ‘Mate, you weren’t here, no one was in the room’

I ended giving the to the sook and moving on. What an absolute ****wit. A normal person would just say ‘Hey mate I am using that one still’. And it would’ve ended there.

There are some genuine peanuts in the world, I’d hate to see him deal with something really stressful.
 
saj_21 said:
Give them tips if you wish, but ask them what their goals are......maybe they trained legs the day before.

Personally I’ve never been one to go out of my way to give advice unless someone asks me.

If someone came up to me whilst I was training arms and offered their advice to do some compound lifts I’d politely tell them to leave me alone.

Or if they wish get up at 5am every weekday and join me in me morning training to see what I do.
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I agree. I’ve had people approach me once or twice to give ‘pointers’ on things. Today for example I did a lot of arm work, primarily because yesterday was a huge session of posterior compound lifts. So in that context, it’s onviously fine.

I did have one guy approach me once and said ‘what are your goals mate?’ I told him that it was just progressive strength development. He suggested I did ‘certain lifts on certain days’. This was essentially a 5 day split. An old body building routine essentially. I told him I was pretty happy how I am going, and frankly I am, because what I am doing works.

This chap seemed a bit put off by the fact I didn’t want to do a 5 day split. Unsolicited advice is frustrating. Particularly when my headphones are in.
 
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