gym locker room etiquette

I'm a easy going guy, takes alot to bother me. There's a old creepy guy at the gym ,that hangs out in the locker room walking around naked,trying to start conversations with everyone. He'll shave & brush his teeth naked .. I avoid & ignore him as much as I can, but ahole is always around. . Monday morning its gonna stop.. What bothers you that the gym?
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  • JenAndSome
    JenAndSome Posts: 1,893 Member
    Not much bothers me at my gym but please just tell me he is shaving his face.
  • dlopez907
    dlopez907 Posts: 27
    His face & head..
  • krawhitham
    krawhitham Posts: 831 Member
    Honestly, not much bothers me at my gym. Fortunately nobody does gross things like that. Usually if a women is going to shower, they have a towel on.
  • nolabone
    nolabone Posts: 117 Member
    Some of the ladies at my gym have NO problem showing all the glory that comes from old age. Props to them, but I wish I didn't know what I have to look forward to if I make it that long.
  • manhn1
    manhn1 Posts: 137 Member
    He is of a different generation, so I don't mind this when I encounter it.

    What I have noticed is the men who keep the faucet running *forever*. Such a waste of water! I never noticed this happening when I enter a washroom at a restaurant/store/cafe/library/airport. Just at the gym.

    As a guy, I don't know if women do this.
  • IGbnat24
    IGbnat24 Posts: 520 Member
    Every gym locker room has the naked gay/gal that wants to chat. Just get, get out, and avoid eye to eye (and genital area) contact :)
  • AnnBassham
    AnnBassham Posts: 31 Member
    I don't have anyone that iritates me at the gym. I wonder if this is because I am the one that iritates everybody else so I don't see it.
  • felonebeats
    felonebeats Posts: 433
    People who get loads of dumbells out and don't put them back really p***es me off
  • Yagisama
    Yagisama Posts: 595 Member
    My work has a small gym and there was a guy in the gym locker room who would sit on a bench in front of the door naked with his legs spread. His co-workers would step in the locker room, be dumbfounded at what they saw and ended up awkwardly praising his penis "packing some heat there Carl" "Woah, you're going to poke someone's eye out with that thing." OK I made up those two quotes, but they were complementing his penis, maybe figuring that he was fishing for complements.

    Very strange stuff.
  • RaggedyPond
    RaggedyPond Posts: 1,487 Member
    Slap him on the butt next time.
  • MarcPower
    MarcPower Posts: 67 Member
    Every gym locker room has the naked gay/gal that wants to chat. Just get, get out, and avoid eye to eye (and genital area) contact :)
    How do you know that they are gay? Did they ask you out? They are probably just friendly people.

    Sounds like you are making gay people out to be predators.
  • Yagisama
    Yagisama Posts: 595 Member
    I figured that was a typo and they meant guy instead of gay.
  • MarcPower
    MarcPower Posts: 67 Member
    Hmmm....that makes sense, actually!
  • RaggedyPond
    RaggedyPond Posts: 1,487 Member
    Every gym locker room has the naked gay/gal that wants to chat. Just get, get out, and avoid eye to eye (and genital area) contact :)
    How do you know that they are gay? Did they ask you out? They are probably just friendly people.

    Sounds like you are making gay people out to be predators.

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  • MarcPower
    MarcPower Posts: 67 Member
    Sorry to escalate things. The way I read it sounded a bit offensive.
  • Yagisama
    Yagisama Posts: 595 Member
    Sorry to escalate things. The way I read it sounded a bit offensive.

    It's not a problem. It is in fact, all good. :drinker:
  • MarcPower
    MarcPower Posts: 67 Member
    Back on topic...I really don't care too much for what others do in the locker room...as long as it is hygienic. People shaving in common areas and clipping nails and stuff bother me though.

    I generally just get changed and leave.
  • mucirl
    mucirl Posts: 17 Member
    Ladies shaving there underarms and legs - really someone else has to go into that shower after.
    I live in Germany and it is naked all the way. Naked MIXED wellness area. All shapes and sizes wandering naked around the place. Some posing a little more than other but after the first day you ignore all.

    But I still think standing completely naked drying their hair is a bit much ( what would be the problem with putting on a pair of nicks)
  • gerard54
    gerard54 Posts: 1,107 Member
    Just keep ur head down and headphones in...
  • IGbnat24
    IGbnat24 Posts: 520 Member
    Every gym locker room has the naked gay/gal that wants to chat. Just get, get out, and avoid eye to eye (and genital area) contact :)
    How do you know that they are gay? Did they ask you out? They are probably just friendly people.

    Sounds like you are making gay people out to be predators.

    Excuse me? When did I say anything about being gay?
  • _HeartsOnFire_
    _HeartsOnFire_ Posts: 5,304 Member
    People who get loads of dumbells out and don't put them back really p***es me off

    I agree, but then I usually look at it like an added little work out. At first though I am mad because I'm sick of being the one that cleans it up.
  • _HeartsOnFire_
    _HeartsOnFire_ Posts: 5,304 Member
    Every gym locker room has the naked gay/gal that wants to chat. Just get, get out, and avoid eye to eye (and genital area) contact :)
    How do you know that they are gay? Did they ask you out? They are probably just friendly people.

    Sounds like you are making gay people out to be predators.

    Excuse me? When did I say anything about being gay?

    Just a typo...
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    Every gym locker room has the naked gay/gal that wants to chat. Just get, get out, and avoid eye to eye (and genital area) contact :)
    How do you know that they are gay? Did they ask you out? They are probably just friendly people.

    Sounds like you are making gay people out to be predators.

    Excuse me? When did I say anything about being gay?

    bolded... and while incredibly awkward.. it does appear to be a typo. gay was supposed to be guy.
    and that's exactly how I read it.

    there is always at least one harry dude or woman walking around nekkids- it's completely normal and it's pretty much a standing joke the older they are the more comfortable they are having their tackle flopping about.

    To each their own I suppose.
  • suremeansyes
    suremeansyes Posts: 962 Member
    I don't mind nudity, but if the dude bothers you just stare at his junk without blinking next time he's talking to you.

    He'll probably stop talking to you.
  • Samstan101
    Samstan101 Posts: 699 Member
    Its a minor thing but does irritate me. The changing room has loads of lockers (I mean so many if they were all in use the gym would be so rammed as to be unusable). The lockers have a key in the front and you put a £1 in to lock the locker and remove the key. So you can spot the lockers in use because the key is missing. I don't understand why someone (and its not the same person) always picks a locker under the one I'm already using and somehow manages to finish their workout about 5mins after me so wants access to their locker at the exact same time as I'm trying to use mine. I mean there's another 200 lockers they could have picked! I bet these are the same people who park next to me in an empty car park :wink:
  • SunofaBeach14
    SunofaBeach14 Posts: 4,899 Member
    I'm really sorry, OP. Next thing, I guess you're going to complain about me blow drying my junk with the hair dryers with one foot on a stool.
  • SuperWhoLock24601
    SuperWhoLock24601 Posts: 245 Member
    I must be blessed. Our locker room doesn't have these issues. *knock on wood*
  • Laura732
    Laura732 Posts: 244 Member
    When somebody has a locker close enough to the one you're using that when both of you spread out your clothes on the bench you have to make sure you're picking up what's yours. I mean really? There's the whole rest of the bench and you can't push yours down a little further? I try to, but hey, when I'm at the end of the bench I'm not putting my stuff on the floor.
  • EvgeniZyntx
    EvgeniZyntx Posts: 24,208 Member
    Ladies shaving there underarms and legs - really someone else has to go into that shower after.
    I live in Germany and it is naked all the way. Naked MIXED wellness area. All shapes and sizes wandering naked around the place. Some posing a little more than other but after the first day you ignore all.

    But I still think standing completely naked drying their hair is a bit much ( what would be the problem with putting on a pair of nicks)

    I live in Germany too. Pesky naked guys. One of them even save my daughter from drowning a few years back in the river that runs through Munich. The balls! Should have put on shorts before he pulled her out of the water.

    (I wasn't there, this was all related to me by the child in question.)