bullied at the gym

so rude! dumb a$$es :grumble:

I would have told the couple to **** OFF!

Personally? This crap is why I avoid the gym (although, for me it's because I am naturally confrontational and the gym just makes me cranky). But if you are going to keep going all you really can do is grow a thicker skin and tell the next one to go to the manager or an employee if he's got a problem.

or tell them to go to the manager if they have a problem.......I'm not confrontational either -- my problem is I get so shocked at rude people like that, that I can't immediately think of anything to quip back.

PLUS, WHO THE HELL RUNS ON A TREADMILL IN JEANS???????????? What a Loser!

I would have told the couple to **** OFF!

HERE HERE!

If she was wearing jeans and a sweater then it sounds like they were trolling and single you out (after watching youu a bit) as the cell as a single. Go to the manager next time. I learned the hard way....you can't be shy when it comes to your rights!

That's so rude of them to come up and do that. Even though i would like to think i would confront them i know i would do the same as what you did. What people think they can do that to someone else and not feel bad about it.

At my gym everyone is wearing earbuds for music so who would care if I'm on the phone? and sometimes I am. That sucks they totally sound like jerks.

Should've told that woman her turtleneck was cutting off the blood flow to her brain.

There are always non-verbal ways to confront someone. If the lady in a turtleneck was making you feel self-conscious by staring at you, you could always stare at her [feel free to make a face] to make her feel self-conscious about herself.

The guy giving you lip about being on the phone, ignore him. Some people like to create tension by creating attention. Not giving it to them puts more insecurity into themselves and therefore they will act like children who throw tantrums like giant 2-year olds. He probably enjoyed the fact you scurried away.

I know it's already been done, but for future reference, there are times when you could match the confrontation with the same type of action; i.e. staring, countered by staring back, and there are times when you could equally match confrontation by doing the complete opposite; i.e. yelling, countered by silence.

I would have loved to be in your position. I welcome opportunities like that to arise. I practice it every time I'm at work with disgruntled clients.

I'm sorry this happened to you - how rude!! Just use it as fuel for your next workout !

Either tell them to shove it or ignore them. Just pretend like they aren't even there hovering your space

I have a million and half things I *should have said*

See the movie "You Got Mail"? Remember it? Remember how Meg Ryan could never muster the strength to say what was on her mind when she was confronted with a rotten person? How she wanted to say how she felt but didn't want to be mean. Remember how she felt bad when she finally did say something mean?

You are better than these tools in the gym. I've seen it all... I used to confront tools like this in on fashion or another... I would use dry humor or sarcasm or just outright call them on their idiocy and I hate confrontations! They suck... Next time just ignore them, stare right past them as if they don't exist, that they are not worth your time because in the end, they are not worth your time. It's bad enough you are already in a gym, why take on more misery???

If you aren't ready for a physical confrontation then I wouldn't say anything back. Just ignore it. If you have another encounter with him or her then bring it to the attention of management. Seriously. Fights get real nasty real quick. Also try to keep calls to a minimum while using the equipment.

and not to imply that you were being inconsiderate since you've already mentioned there were other machines available but now that we're on the subject.... personally it really puts me through the roof when someone is occupying the equipment that I want to use but that person is only half-assing or not doing anything at all because he or she is on the phone....... god just thinking about it makes my blood pressure go up. I've had to ask a guy who was just sitting on the bench press equipment talking on the phone for several minutes if he was done using it. That's RIDICULOUS!! I was so annoyed and really wanted to just yell at him to get the f-ck off the bench. Seriously, people and their f-cking phone habits!!

okay, end rant. lol