Bad experience at Gym today. Need Suggestions please.

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  • optimisticShark
    optimisticShark Posts: 136 Member
    From now on you should go to the gym with some protection. I suggest a personal body alarm, mace/pepper spray, box cutter in your pocket or waistband of your pants, whistle. Also practice your meanest mug (face) in the mirror. Most times I walk around with such a look on my face that people think twice about approaching me about anything! Report it to your building management.

    Liked the pepper spray idea and the box cutter idea. I should keep them along.

    No to the box cutter!!! You have to get in close to use it. You may as well go buy a Glock. At least with a gun you don't need to get that close. With a boxcutter, if he is that close, he can overpower and take it away or use it on you.

    Well not sure if Glock is legal? My guess is it might not and somebody mentioned that even box cutter isn't. I can try finding out about pepper spray though.
  • Gabrielm80
    Gabrielm80 Posts: 1,458 Member


    What does being a sex offender have to do anything? Not all of them are on the hunt to hurt people.

    He might have a past. It's always nice to know if he has been arrested for peeping or stalking, or something even worse. How was what I suggested bad advice. If nothing dangerous pops up fine, but the guy seems creepy to me. Check him out, that's why they make those data bases public.
  • pcastagner
    pcastagner Posts: 1,606 Member
    Pepper spray is a terrible idea unless you can get outside to use it.

    Do not try it in that tiny gym!

    Do snap his photo and let people know about the situation.


    I'm sorry you are going through this, it sounds really creepy.
  • Gabrielm80
    Gabrielm80 Posts: 1,458 Member
    Yes pepper spray might back fire. All else fail have keys handy and grip them so they poke out Between your knuckles.
  • sunshinestater
    sunshinestater Posts: 596 Member
    Depends on the state. Here in FL it's easy to get a concealed carry permit.
    From now on you should go to the gym with some protection. I suggest a personal body alarm, mace/pepper spray, box cutter in your pocket or waistband of your pants, whistle. Also practice your meanest mug (face) in the mirror. Most times I walk around with such a look on my face that people think twice about approaching me about anything! Report it to your building management.

    Liked the pepper spray idea and the box cutter idea. I should keep them along.

    No to the box cutter!!! You have to get in close to use it. You may as well go buy a Glock. At least with a gun you don't need to get that close. With a boxcutter, if he is that close, he can overpower and take it away or use it on you.

    Well not sure if Glock is legal? My guess is it might not and somebody mentioned that even box cutter isn't. I can try finding out about pepper spray though.

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