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Is this rude, or am I just exaggerating the issue
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you paid for the right to use one machine. they paid for the right to use one machine. you don't get to dictate which machine they exercise that right upon. they can't use yours.....and that's it. everything else is fair game. you don't get to get the screen showing Wheel of Fortune and force everyone else to other side of the room to watch CNBC while they whittle away an hour on a deathmill.
feel free to run outside if you want to be alone
You totally missed where I have asthma and cannot breathe when one of my triggers is present..it had nothing to do with being alone it had everything to do with her smell flared up my asthma, and I couldn't really breathe.
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Jennloella wrote: »
nah it's rude to make my furniture stink, my babies don't need to inhale the residual stink either. I hate febreeze. don't smoke before you come over, change your shirt, wash your hands, no smoking in my home or in my yard. those are the rules! I totally have a right to control the quality of air in my home......
Some people can't handle synthetic scents like Febreze either. Plus the smell of Febreze just let's people know that there's something that stinks in the room and an attempted cover-up.0 -
magsmichelle wrote: »
Does the smell of alcohol and beer affect your breathing? can you die because your lungs closed up due to the smell?
Not everyone can tolerate the smell of smoke. it isn't just a matter of opinion for some people, it is a matter of being able to breathe, you know to stay alive.
Ok, NOW you're being overly dramatic.
Yes, what she did was mildly annoying. I'm sure she didn't realize that the faintest whiff of cigarettes would put you in the morgue.
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Ignore it. It's probably some jab at your English, though why it references reading, I have no idea.
hi! can you explain your post? i didn't get it, english it's not my primary lenguage and basically everything i know was learn from watching friends/everybody loves Raymond, so i miss a lot of fun post because of it
Good job on your English. Post away. It's against the rules to correct others on language issues.
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I had someone today get on a treadmill beside me that smelled like she had bathed in her perfume. It smelled so bad! I somehow finished my workout, but I had a headache from the smell.0
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hi! can you explain your post? i didn't get it, english it's not my primary lenguage and basically everything i know was learn from watching friends/everybody loves Raymond, so i miss a lot of fun post because of it
If you re-read the OP post the woman was not smoking while exercising. She took off her jacket and she smelled of smoke which it says in her post.
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Did it cross your mind that maybe English isn't her first language?
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magsmichelle wrote: »
You totally missed where I have asthma and cannot breathe when one of my triggers is present..it had nothing to do with being alone it had everything to do with her smell flared up my asthma, and I couldn't really breathe.
so....having asthma means you get to dictate machine usage beyond the one that you're on? or does it mean that you can't run outside?
feel free to buy your own treadmill and use it in the comfort and privacy of your own home.0 -
WalkingAlong wrote: »Ignore it. It's probably some jab at your English, though why it references reading, I have no idea.
Good job on your English. Post away. It's against the rules to correct others on language issues.
it's not a jab at their ESL. the OP said the other person smell of smoke, not that they were smoking while on the equipment. that's what he was taking a cheap shot at.0 -
That is so gross. I would've been offended - enough to move to another treadmill. Maybe it's not worth the conversation out loud, but maybe discussing to club staff and moving away from her would be good moves. Sorry to hear about that. Yuck!0
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magsmichelle wrote: »
Does the smell of alcohol and beer affect your breathing? can you die because your lungs closed up due to the smell?
Not everyone can tolerate the smell of smoke. it isn't just a matter of opinion for some people, it is a matter of being able to breathe, you know to stay alive.
umm....do you have a doctor's note? because a deadly reaction to the mere whiff of cigarrete smoke.....well, i guess i haven't seen everything, so sure, why not?
but....it would seem to me that you would need to take extra precautions for you needs, not that the public at large has to take special precautions just in case you're the one person in 20 million that immediately seizes up and dies at the smell of a pack of Kools
ETA: i'm going to go out on a limb and say the answer to the question in the title of this thread is "yes".0 -
I don't think the person who took the machine next to you is being "rude" but I also don't think you're exaggerating the overall issue. People can take whatever machine they like. I am very picky about the treadmills at my gym and if two in particular are not taken, I will use them regardless of whether there is someone next to them and lots of other empty machines. The lighting is just better and they are better positioned in front of the televisions.
I am going to take a wild guess here and suggest that the person who smelled of smoke probably does not know that he/she smells of smoke. I don't think the person did it on purpose to bother you... but I also understand where you're coming from. I had to leave a spin class (it was full, so I couldn't switch bikes) because the woman next to me reeked of smoke. She's a nice woman and we often chat, and she always stinks, but for some reason on that day my lungs couldn't take it. I truly don't think she knows how bad she smells though.0 -
tedboosalis7 wrote: »That is so gross. I would've been offended - enough to move to another treadmill. Maybe it's not worth the conversation out loud, but maybe discussing to club staff and moving away from her would be good moves. Sorry to hear about that. Yuck!
Out of curiosity, and I'm being completely serious, what is the OP supposed to discuss with club staff about? Should the staff tell this member not to smoke in the privacy of his/her own home?-1 -
so....having asthma means you get to dictate machine usage beyond the one that you're on? or does it mean that you can't run outside?
feel free to buy your own treadmill and use it in the comfort and privacy of your own home.
Dave, can't you see in the OP where it triggered her asthma and she had an attack and was hospitalized?
It might be in between the lines "the smell bothered me".0 -
EvgeniZyntx wrote: »
Dave, can't you see in the OP where it triggered her asthma and she had an attack and was hospitalized?
It might be in between the lines "the smell bothered me".
good catch. i totally missed that. i should have figured it out by the end where she also threw in, "it really annoyed me". obviously this was a life or death situation. how could i be so callous?0 -
WalkingAlong wrote: »Ignore it. It's probably some jab at your English, though why it references reading, I have no idea.
Good job on your English. Post away. It's against the rules to correct others on language issues.
hi! thanks. i get the you don't belong here feeling insecurity a lot and try a lot to make my self as clear as i can but apparently i read wrong the post and thought the OP was talking about a lady who was smoking while using the machine0 -
FatFreeFrolicking wrote: »
She typed out a well thought out understandable response. She can go back RE-READ the OP post. To think that someone would smoke next to someone on the TM I for one would go back and re-read the OP to make sure I am reading it correctly since it sounds so absurd.
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good catch. i totally missed that. i should have figured it out by the end where she also threw in, "it really annoyed me". obviously this was a life or death situation. how could i be so callous?
If they kicked out the people in the gym that smelled ...0 -
She typed out a well thought out understandable response. She can go back RE-READ the OP post. To think that someone would smoke next to someone on the TM I for one would go back and re-read the OP to make sure I am reading it correctly since it sounds so absurd.
you know thank you because i've realize my mistake and on the "absurd" thing like i said i assume that was a American acceptable thing to do and i post it, might be news to you but there a lot of cultural differences out there and things the would sound absurd to you is quite acceptable in other cultures .
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you know thank you because i've realize my mistake and on the "absurd" thing like i said i assume that was a American acceptable thing to do and i post it, might be news to you but there a lot of cultural differences out there and things the would sound absurd to you is quite acceptable in other cultures .
I've yet to see a gym where smoking is ok in any country.
Although my gym, in Germany, does serve beer.
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Running? Not even once.0
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EvgeniZyntx wrote: »
I've yet to see a gym where smoking is ok in any country.
Although my gym, in Germany, does serve beer.
you see that where i live would be in the absurd things book , the most you can get in my country is a protein shake and a granola bar
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Hopefully just different and not absurd.
you see that where i live would be in the absurd things book , the most you can get in my country is a protein shake and a granola bar
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I would rather not have someone take the machine right next to me, but wouldn't really care much if they did. I do think you are being overly dramatic. As others have said, they may like that particular treadmill for whatever reason...some people are creatures of habit...or just not have the same need for space and not think anything of it.
I run in the park now, but when I used to go to the gym I definitely had preferences. I didn't like being in the second row of treadmills if I didn't have to, so even if the entire second row was empty I would take a treadmill in the first row even if I had to be right next to somebody. I liked being able to look out over the main room instead of at the back of whoever was in front of me. View matters when you are stuck in one spot for a half hour or 45 minutes. LOL!
I also preferred being on an end, so would take a treadmill on the end next to someone instead of one in the middle with nobody on either side. Just my own personal preferences...nothing wrong with that. That's part of going to a gym...you have to deal with other people.0 -
You are, I'm afraid, exaggerating the issue. Do you have a 'The very smell of smoke might kill me' sign around your neck? Is a person just supposed to intuit that your health issues are so serious that you can't deal with the day to day irritants that come with being exposed to other members of the human race?
And don't even get me started on this issue people seem to have with people getting on a treadmill next to them. I wasn't aware of any 'must leave one treadmill of space between people least you be a social misfit/jerk/hitting on them' etiquette and I tend to hop on whichever one is closest to the TV I wanna stare at.0 -
At my old gym they had a row of treadmills in front of a row of tvs, on various stations. I would get on the treadmill in front of the tv that was playing something I was interested in. Sometimes it meant I was right beside the only other person using the treadmill.0
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Another thought is that possibly that is the treadmill the person runs on every day. I know in my old gym, when you found a treadmill that didn't slip or stop suddenly on you, you used it and never changed (took me 5 treadmills one day before I could effectively run my 5 miles). I don't have that problem in my new gym but then again all 25 are filled up too.
This. I use the same machine every time, since it is tough to find one that doesn't have something non-functional. Most runners don't use the incline, but I incline to the max when walking, so I need a machine where the incline functions. I also need the heart rate monitor to work.0 -
Smoking STINKS. that is all0
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I like to play hookey and go to a matinee when the movie theater is almost completely empty, and I can't tell you the number of times a single person has come into the damn near empty theater and sat down right next to me.
I really think some people just can't handle being by themselves. Either it just freaks them out to be alone with their thoughts (these people are annoying if you know them IRL, because they tend to be clingy), or for some reason they are just embarrassed that someone will see them by themselves and they try to hide it by sitting next to another person.0 -
I think there is something of a herd mentality also, that if there are numerous open spots and one person occupying palace, the next perso is going to comeup right next to the first person...kind of a primitive safety in numbers thing...but also, people who smoke, cannot smell iron themselves and don't realize how strong an odor it is0
wait what!?? i just really?? smoking while on the gym plus using a machine? oh god i must sound so silly but i have ever ever seeing that and i didn't think that was possible, i don't know i would be so upset and in shock i suppose although i live outside the U.S so i'll assume that it's consider quite normal there.
of course everyone should respect other people choices BUT my grandma die of lung cancer, she smoke her whole life and when she got to her 50 or 60 she quit.. 15 years later ---) lung cancer, love her and miss her like hell but boy that was a selfish adult decision she did
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