What is your gym pet peeve?
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When there are twenty empty treadmills but someone needs to use the one right next to the one I'm on.
At my gym, they look out onto the street and are all identical with personal entertainment screens, so I cannot fathom a reason behind this other than a desire to annoy me. Maybe they want to compete so they want to see my screen? Maybe they're hoping to have a chat? Maybe they just really want to get whipped in the eye with my ponytail? I don't know.
Maybe the one next you is their favourite machine or the machine that he/she got their personal best time on. Just an idea.
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The 6-8 people who do Crossfit in a group, thus occupying millions of pieces of equipment and most of the space in the weight room at my gym every morning. Please note this is not Crossfit hate; I actually think they are total bad*kittens*, they are just in my (and everyone else's) way every time I want to do, well, anything. Like doing handstand push-ups against the door of the equipment room. Running between pieces of equipment, etc. There's a Crossfit box THREE BLOCKS away. Sigh.0
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sweetsarahj wrote: »When there are twenty empty treadmills but someone needs to use the one right next to the one I'm on.
At my gym, they look out onto the street and are all identical with personal entertainment screens, so I cannot fathom a reason behind this other than a desire to annoy me. Maybe they want to compete so they want to see my screen? Maybe they're hoping to have a chat? Maybe they just really want to get whipped in the eye with my ponytail? I don't know.
Maybe the one next you is their favourite machine or the machine that he/she got their personal best time on. Just an idea.
I do have a favorite treadmill, and will choose it even if all the others are open and it's right next to the only other person on a treadmill. However, the one I like is the only one like it. All the others are a different brand/type.1 -
Yup, I have a recumbent bike I like as well. Do not care who is around.
If someone is on it, I will stand 3 feet in front of them and just stare at them picking my nose till they are disgusted and leave.
If they ignore me, the flicking starts...2 -
jdscrubs32 wrote: »None. I don't go to gym to worry about what others are doing, I go for my goals.
While I would normally agree with this, there is one newish guy in my gym who when he is doing deadlifts or bent over barbell rows lets the barbell hit the floor so loud, that it is louder than anything I have ever heard in my life. that has become my pet peeve.
Sometimes, even when you don't worry about what others are doing, there's still one or two people who manage to force themselves upon one of the five senses.
One of my more recent peeves is someone who comes into a room with people in it and changes the station on the radio or fills an erstwhile silent room with their own stereo. And it's not the music that I mind. It's the disregard for the possibility that someone already in the room may have set the station or may be enjoying the silence and the newcomer doesn't even extend the courtesy of asking if those present mind the change.
It just seems that, if you're going to change what everyone's listening to, a little heads-up would be nice.
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People not wiping down the equipment when they're done with it.0
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sweetsarahj wrote: »When there are twenty empty treadmills but someone needs to use the one right next to the one I'm on.
At my gym, they look out onto the street and are all identical with personal entertainment screens, so I cannot fathom a reason behind this other than a desire to annoy me. Maybe they want to compete so they want to see my screen? Maybe they're hoping to have a chat? Maybe they just really want to get whipped in the eye with my ponytail? I don't know.
Maybe the one next you is their favourite machine or the machine that he/she got their personal best time on. Just an idea.
They are all identical models, in one long line of about twenty facing the windows, and indistinguishable from one another in any way I can discern, so I have no idea why that would be the case unless it's a superstitious thing...and superstition is another of my pet peeves.
I've also been using them at least twice a week for the past year and never once noticed any kind of speed difference or anything between any of them, and they are all regularly recalibrated/maintained from what I've seen.
So I'm back to people being weird, I think.1 -
People who shove stuff in lockers then don't lock it to show it's engaged (take it they don't have coin, token or at present gym a padlock). Hate having to open about 10 lockers to actually find a free one.1
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I'm guilty of doing this. My gym has four different types of ellipticals, one of which is comfortable for me. Some are under bright lights which give me a headache, so I avoid them. Because I want to workout comfortably, my choice of 20 machines is down to two possibilities. If you're on one, I'll be right next to you.deluxmary2000 wrote: »- People who hop on the treadmill right next to mine when there are 20 other identical, open treadmills. Go away.1 -
silverfiend wrote: »People who think it's acceptable to walk naked around the locker like they are at home. I won't even go in the locker room any more. Have a smidge of decency and wrap a towel around your waist if you aren't in the process of dressing/undressing!
Second peeve is the ones who talk to themselves trying to psych themselves up before/during a run or lift.
What's it like to be so offended by the human body that you literally won't step into the locker room?1 -
I am not in the gym long enough to have pet peeves. Do my classes then straight out. Instructors are friendly and make me work harder when slacking. All good.
Maybe I might have some when I finally get to the gym floor0 -
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People that don't re-rack their weights. C'mon that last set didn't take every last ounce of strength. Also anyone that feels the need to load up on the icy hot. There's a guy that works out occasionally and he lays it on so thick that my eyes water.0
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sweetsarahj wrote: »When there are twenty empty treadmills but someone needs to use the one right next to the one I'm on.
At my gym, they look out onto the street and are all identical with personal entertainment screens, so I cannot fathom a reason behind this other than a desire to annoy me. Maybe they want to compete so they want to see my screen? Maybe they're hoping to have a chat? Maybe they just really want to get whipped in the eye with my ponytail? I don't know.
Maybe the one next you is their favourite machine or the machine that he/she got their personal best time on. Just an idea.
They are all identical models, in one long line of about twenty facing the windows, and indistinguishable from one another in any way I can discern, so I have no idea why that would be the case unless it's a superstitious thing...and superstition is another of my pet peeves.
I've also been using them at least twice a week for the past year and never once noticed any kind of speed difference or anything between any of them, and they are all regularly recalibrated/maintained from what I've seen.
So I'm back to people being weird, I think.
All the treadmills at my gym are indentical as well, but there are definitely differences in how they work, but I think that has to do with my weight, I like to run, but I'm 260lbs, and some of these treadmills handle it a lot better than others so I always have my favorites I like to to use, and it's like that at all of the gyms I have ever been too.
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People standing right in front of me while I'm checking form in the mirror... Not the ones that do it by accident or are grabbing some weights that are stored in front of the mirrors, but the ones that stand there and talk or are on the phone, or just.. stand.. there. Most people are cool when I say something, others just glare. Either way they move...0
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_incogNEATo_ wrote: »Packerjohn wrote: »_incogNEATo_ wrote: »Packerjohn wrote: »Packerjohn wrote: »fitgamercatlady wrote: »JustAnotherOneOfThoseGirls wrote: »as someone who works at a gym, I can probably give a different perspective. If you don't restack/put away your weight, the gym staff have to do it for you, and they will hate you with a burning passion. Weight-droppers - all you're doing is damaging the floor, which means the prices of memberships have to go up, as we have to cover the price of replacing/fixing the floor. Same goes for people who bang weights in to walls/mirrors/etc. People who leave the treadmills on an inclination of about 10+ degrees. People who leave blue roll/tissues (especially sweaty dirty ones) all over the floor. That one person who is always "just finishing up" when you're trying to lock up and keeps going for an extra 15-20 minutes. Like, you know when we close, please just leave, we're hungry and tired. Lastly, those people who NEVER leave, they're there all day, from opening til closing. Damn, rant over, didn't realise I had so many pent up issues :')
wait, don't you get paid to do all these things?
Our cleaning lady, Pat, gets paid to clean our office buildings, but that doesn't mean I go around leaving trash all over the ground.
so gym staff should complain about having to re-rack weights and clean up the place where they work at? Back when I worked in restaurants I had to clean up all kinds of nasty stuff, I did it because I got paid to do it.
When you eat in a fast food place do you take your trash and put it in the garbage can or do you just leave it? Sure someone will come around and clean up after you, but it is customary in a place like that to throw your trash away, just like it is customary to put your weights back.
so then what is the job of a "gym attendant"?
Putting weights back after *kitten* leave them on barbells, the floor, etc would be one of the things. A janitor has to clean a bathroom, that doesn't make it okay for someone to drop a deuce on the floor.
So racking a weight is to gym employee as picking up feces on the floor is to custodian/janitor?
A point that can be made for both is this: As a janitor/custodian, part of agreeing to the job is that accidents will happen and they may come into contact with stank logs on the floor. As a gym employee, part of agreeing to the job is keeping a tidy gym even when members don't rack the weights.
And a point we can agree on is people that don't put the weights back are *kitten*?
I'll back you 100% on that. Even to the point that I'll rack somebody else's weight if they leave it. However, the only point I'm trying to make is that gym staff can expect to do it as well and really don't have a leg to stand on as far as complaining about it goes (IMO).
I complain about expects of my job all the time, am I not allowed to?
I think you meant "aspects" so I'll respond accordingly: Of course you're allowed to and I think I've already said that somewhere else in this thread. I complain about parts of my job as well (albeit not on a public internet forum). I also don't expect sympathy, though. Usually when I complain about my job to somebody, they point out all of the perks of my job as to demean my gripes.0 -
playmadcats wrote: »People who shove stuff in lockers then don't lock it to show it's engaged (take it they don't have coin, token or at present gym a padlock). Hate having to open about 10 lockers to actually find a free one.
Am I the only one whose immediate thought is to take that stuff and shove it in some random locker elsewhere? I'd be nice and not lock it and take the key.
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quiksylver296 wrote: »sweetsarahj wrote: »When there are twenty empty treadmills but someone needs to use the one right next to the one I'm on.
At my gym, they look out onto the street and are all identical with personal entertainment screens, so I cannot fathom a reason behind this other than a desire to annoy me. Maybe they want to compete so they want to see my screen? Maybe they're hoping to have a chat? Maybe they just really want to get whipped in the eye with my ponytail? I don't know.
Maybe the one next you is their favourite machine or the machine that he/she got their personal best time on. Just an idea.
I do have a favorite treadmill, and will choose it even if all the others are open and it's right next to the only other person on a treadmill. However, the one I like is the only one like it. All the others are a different brand/type.
I have a favorite too. I refer to it as 'my' elliptical. The others squeak and 1 makes this horrid noise that sounds like it's going to fall apart. If I can't use mine I find an arc trainer or recumbent bike to use.0 -
playmadcats wrote: »People who shove stuff in lockers then don't lock it to show it's engaged (take it they don't have coin, token or at present gym a padlock). Hate having to open about 10 lockers to actually find a free one.
Am I the only one whose immediate thought is to take that stuff and shove it in some random locker elsewhere? I'd be nice and not lock it and take the key.
Between this and the nose picking post, I've gotten some good ideas out of this thread!1 -
nutmegoreo wrote: »playmadcats wrote: »People who shove stuff in lockers then don't lock it to show it's engaged (take it they don't have coin, token or at present gym a padlock). Hate having to open about 10 lockers to actually find a free one.
Am I the only one whose immediate thought is to take that stuff and shove it in some random locker elsewhere? I'd be nice and not lock it and take the key.
Between this and the nose picking post, I've gotten some good ideas out of this thread!
It works.... Promise.1 -
nutmegoreo wrote: »playmadcats wrote: »People who shove stuff in lockers then don't lock it to show it's engaged (take it they don't have coin, token or at present gym a padlock). Hate having to open about 10 lockers to actually find a free one.
Am I the only one whose immediate thought is to take that stuff and shove it in some random locker elsewhere? I'd be nice and not lock it and take the key.
Between this and the nose picking post, I've gotten some good ideas out of this thread!
It works.... Promise.
It works on the bus and train, hadn't considered the gym...1 -
nutmegoreo wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »playmadcats wrote: »People who shove stuff in lockers then don't lock it to show it's engaged (take it they don't have coin, token or at present gym a padlock). Hate having to open about 10 lockers to actually find a free one.
Am I the only one whose immediate thought is to take that stuff and shove it in some random locker elsewhere? I'd be nice and not lock it and take the key.
Between this and the nose picking post, I've gotten some good ideas out of this thread!
It works.... Promise.
It works on the bus and train, hadn't considered the gym...
Lol - it can work basically anywhere.0 -
nutmegoreo wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »playmadcats wrote: »People who shove stuff in lockers then don't lock it to show it's engaged (take it they don't have coin, token or at present gym a padlock). Hate having to open about 10 lockers to actually find a free one.
Am I the only one whose immediate thought is to take that stuff and shove it in some random locker elsewhere? I'd be nice and not lock it and take the key.
Between this and the nose picking post, I've gotten some good ideas out of this thread!
It works.... Promise.
It works on the bus and train, hadn't considered the gym...
Lol - it can work basically anywhere.
I just crop dust em.0 -
A guy in my cardio class demands the music be turned off and then groans really loud during the class.0
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people who don't rerack their weights seriously piss me off and I wish fat rolls on them1
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So, these posts have been some of the best entertainment to read. I have pet peeves but they've all been mentioned so I did not feel the need to post. Then, today at the gym, I was warming up in a very LARGE area and no one else was there. A guy chooses to do his warm up near me....not across the room. He proceeds to warm up his hips by moving them around in an unpleasant manner. I would normally get peeved because he was so close to me, but I started to giggle and couldn't stop. I kept thinking "I can post this pet peeve!" But, is this really a pet peeve if I can't stop laughing?
These set of posts have been highly entertaining......thx everyone.1
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