Things that annoy you at the gym cont'd

RolandTD20Kdrummer

For some reason I'll never understand people that do the following....

- Leaving the water running full blast the entire time they're shaving, or brushing their teeth. wtf...

- Opening the sauna door (coming or going) as though they're entering a wild west saloon so it cools down very noticeably.

- Leaving the locker doors wide open afterwards.

-Not showering before entering the sauna. this really becoms annoying. 90% of people I notice do not do this. Some people skip their morning shower, workout in the afternoon, then bring it all into the sauna. You can toitally get away with it if you eat/live clean, but some people just smell. I'm guessing it's the fast food, cigs., alcohol, and other junk they consume on a regular basis.

argh...

know1

Mine is still putting mixed and mismatched weights on the weight racks. Is it really so difficult to put the 25s all on one peg, etc.??!!

ReleasH

*Getting off the cardio machines for 1 minute to get a drink of water DOES NOT mean that the 40 minute limit restarts.

*People having IN DEPTH personal conversations on their cell phones while on the cardio machines.

Riverrunner

RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:

For some reason I'll never understand people that do the following....

- Leaving the water running full blast the entire time they're shaving, or brushing their teeth. wtf...

Me too! My husband has a tendency to do that here at home and I remind him how much water he is wasting! He gets annoyed at me!!!

Also, I hate walking up to a sink at the gym and finding a big ole gob of hair in it. Some women blow dry and curl/straighten their hair and just leave the stuff in the sink! That really pisses me off.

Women sitting naked in the chairs and on the benches. A lot of them are older women who do the pool exercise classes and I know they need to sit to get dressed, but they could sit on a towel or something. Some women are too shy too change in the locker room so they go to the bathroom stalls to change after getting out of the pool. Then they get water all over the floor and the toilet and it is nasty. Personnel recently put signs up that say if you change clothes in the stalls you should clean up the water and that has helped!

GreenTeaDisease

there's this one trainer at my gym who seems like he could be a good trainer, but he is so LOUD. He screams at his clients non-stop. "come on baby, you can do it, look at me baby, one more baby, keep it comin', one more" and then he counts at top volume. It's REALLY hard to concentrate with this guy around.

Sonja_S

Members who are adults when they sign their memberships but then suddenly aren't responsible for their signature anymore when they decide they want out of the contract.

Sorry, but I'm the Sales & Marketing Director for some gyms over here and people are trying everything except for taking responsibility for their forgetfulness if they missed the proper period for cancellation and it pisses me off how some of them harass my staff instead of asking nicely or sucking it up and staying until the next possible cancellation date.

We don't have hair in the sinks, shaving is not allowed - same goes for cell phones - and our members don't hog the cardio machines though, so I guess we're lucky

facepollution

GreenTeaDisease wrote:

there's this one trainer at my gym who seems like he could be a good trainer, but he is so LOUD. He screams at his clients non-stop. "come on baby, you can do it, look at me baby, one more baby, keep it comin', one more" and then he counts at top volume. It's REALLY hard to concentrate with this guy around.

Ha ha! I can well imagine how annoying that would be. I never understood how somebody shouting at you was going to help you push yourself anyway. If I'm trying to concentrate and bust out one last rep, the last thing I would want is some over-zealous dickhead calling me baby!

RolandTD20Kdrummer

Almost forgot, one more (and this is why I always bring my own towels). Members that are too lazy/forgetful to bring flip flops so they put the bath towels on the floor to stand on...some even wipe up the floor with them afterwards...ack...

Yesterday this guy had a towel on the floor in the change room using it like a door mat and also to catch all the dead skin from scrubbing his feet for like 10 minutes rigorously with a pumice stone. Honestly...some things are best left for home. The same guy then blow dried his entire body with a hair dryer top to bottom afterwards... groin area...armpits ....everything...it's all so remarkably bizarre.

know1

RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:

Almost forgot, one more (and this is why I always bring my own towels). Members that are too lazy/forgetful to bring flip flops so they put the bath towels on the floor to stand on...some even wipe up the floor with them afterwards...ack...

Yesterday this guy had a towel on the floor in the change room using it like a door mat and also to catch all the dead skin from scrubbing his feet for like 10 minutes rigorously with a pumice stone. Honestly...some things are best left for home. The same guy then blow dried his entire body with a hair dryer top to bottom afterwards... groin area...armpits ....everything...it's all so remarkably bizarre.

These are all examples of why I do not even go into the locker room at my gym anymore. I change at the office or home before I go.

TrixieCat

RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:

Almost forgot, one more (and this is why I always bring my own towels). Members that are too lazy/forgetful to bring flip flops so they put the bath towels on the floor to stand on...some even wipe up the floor with them afterwards...ack...

Yesterday this guy had a towel on the floor in the change room using it like a door mat and also to catch all the dead skin from scrubbing his feet for like 10 minutes rigorously with a pumice stone. Honestly...some things are best left for home. The same guy then blow dried his entire body with a hair dryer top to bottom afterwards... groin area...armpits ....everything...it's all so remarkably bizarre.

ew....and while he was blowdrying his body he was blowing that skin all over the room. :eek:

Jwmcc

"- Leaving the locker doors wide open afterwards."

Ugh, that is the worst. I banged my head pretty good on an open locker after reaching down to pick something up. Ended up bleeding and everything.
Jw

KosmicJelli

When I go to the gym... mind u fairly small (not Bally's) always some cluster of 5 young guys in back grunting and moaning while they lift weights and then it always feels like testosteroneFEST

ick...

GreenTeaDisease

know1 wrote:

These are all examples of why I do not even go into the locker room at my gym anymore. I change at the office or home before I go.

my new gym and the locker room are spotless. they clean it CONSTANTLY. I've never gone to the shower without bumping into the cleaning lady first. if you live where there are Sports Clubs I highly recommend it for cleanliness.

JaneNY

Sonja_S wrote:

Members who are adults when they sign their memberships but then suddenly aren't responsible for their signature anymore when they decide they want out of the contract.

Sorry, but I'm the Sales & Marketing Director for some gyms over here and people are trying everything except for taking responsibility for their forgetfulness if they missed the proper period for cancellation and it pisses me off how some of them harass my staff instead of asking nicely or sucking it up and staying until the next possible cancellation date.

Oh how I agree with this! I own a small fitness center myself, and deal with that kind of crap too.

GreenTeaDisease wrote:

there's this one trainer at my gym who seems like he could be a good trainer, but he is so LOUD. He screams at his clients non-stop. "come on baby, you can do it, look at me baby, one more baby, keep it comin', one more" and then he counts at top volume. It's REALLY hard to concentrate with this guy around.

LOl - I've been teaching some small group personal training. I wonder what they'd do if I start yelling that.

I guess, personally I'd like to people to PAY ATTENTION when I'm giving an important form tip in class. Invariably the ones who are gabbing as I describe body placement before an exercise are the ones who tell me later that it didn't 'feel right' :rolleyes:

londonwpr

My biggest complaint is people who walk around the locker room completely naked. I probably see 5-7 sets of cock and balls on a daily basis and it's disgusting. I don't understand why they can't wear a towel...usually it's in their hands...just put it around your waist!!!!

sweet adeline

this dude always burps and farts while he is lifting and has his headphones on while he works out. i guess he figures that since he can't hear it, no one else can.

also, he wears those thin tank tops that expose pretty much your whole body. he's always nipped out, hence his nickname is "nips". i loathe him.

nfanel

sweet adeline wrote:

this dude always burps and farts while he is lifting and has his headphones on while he works out. i guess he figures that since he can't hear it, no one else can.

this made me lol. i take my headphones off every now and then just to make sure my breathing isn't too loud to those without headphones...but sounds like what nips is doing is much worse...haha.

Dylan Stone

londonwpr wrote:

My biggest complaint is people who walk around the locker room completely naked. I probably see 5-7 sets of cock and balls on a daily basis and it's disgusting. I don't understand why they can't wear a towel...usually it's in their hands...just put it around your waist!!!!

Apparently there were some dudes at my gym... a family... that would all blow dry their male parts right out in the open with the blow dryers in the mens locker room.

People complained and they were told they aren't allowed to do it any more!

facepollution

What the fuck is wrong with people?! When I used to go to the gym a few years back, there was a guy who would stand at the sinks shaving, but for some reason never felt the need to put a towel around his waist - he used to put it on the side, right next to him. It's like I get it, you're comfortable being naked, but what makes you think everyone else wants to see your dirty old twig and giggle-berries?!

fanch75

GTFLYGIRL wrote:

Apparently there were some dudes at my gym... a family... that would all blow dry their male parts right out in the open with the blow dryers in the mens locker room.

People complained and they were told they aren't allowed to do it any more!

What if that's the only way they can get blowjobs?

lalalalaaaaaaaa

My power rack & stationary bike are clearly the best investments I ever made.