If someone at your gym doesn't wipe down machines do you...

If it's a machine I'm about to use I just wipe it down myself. I definitely wouldn't say anything to someone! And it just seems petty to tell management.

Some people are rude, but honestly I just think some people don't even think about wiping it down.

I don't care unless they look sick or there is a visible puddle of sweat. I typically do the circuit when it's very slow at planet fitness.
and when I'm done thoroughly sanitize my hands and forearms. I get sick too easily so I don't like to be around a lot of people.

**I do wipe it down when I'm done.

I just wipe it down myself. I think it's gross when people don't though.

It's inconsiderate when people don't wipe them down but compared to some other things that go on in a gym it's no big deal. Just wipe it before and after like all the signs around say. I shower anyway....no one stays clean at a gym.

I personally wipe the machine(s) down before AND after I use them.

I was asked by a female gym member why I wipe it before I use it... I asked her if she could handle a blunt reply.. she said absolutely..

So.. I told her "because there are too many f'ing slobs here who think its ok to leave their mess and too damn lazy to clean up after theirselves".. I said it loudly and I didnt care.


She shook my hand and wholeheartedly agreed with me.

I generally carry a wipe around with me and wipe down any cardio machine or bench after I use it, because I get very sweaty.

If there was visible sweat on a machine or bench before I used it, I would wipe it down as well.

Otherwise, I don't care. I'm definitely not a germaphobe, nor am I easily icked out. I've worked in hospitals for the past 16 years and have been exposed to everything -- my immune system could kick Chuck Norris' *kitten*.

I don't care. I wipe down the machines before and after anyways.

Honestly, I don't wipe down machines and I don't care if other people do. All of the people who do care do it themselves because that's the only way to guarantee it's been done. Granted I don't use machines much and I do lay on a towel when I bench

Me too!

This is why I take a towel with me and place towel between myself and sweaty bench.

Couldn't care less.

i just pay some kid a few bucks to follow me around during my session and wipe off the equipment before i use it. He doesn't have to wipe it when I'm done though. I can't afford that.

Yep.

I wipe all machines down myself anyway, just to make sure. Never can be too careful!

For me, I don't really care all that much. And it kind of depends on the person that used it. If they have obviously not bathed in a while or just really stink or something, I might wipe it down myself, but in general I don't really care. Plus, the gym I go to is really good about "rounding" with disinfectant and wash clothes, so they get cleaned fairly often anyway.