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What’s your pet hate at the gym?
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Theoldguy1 wrote: »At my gym we have this women who comes in two or three times a week and just hangs out to judge people. She'll plant her butt down on whatever she can find to sit on and just mock everything the rest of us are doing. On multiple occasions, I've seen her eating snacks and drinking what I'm pretty sure was a beer. I keep reporting her to management but I'm pretty sure she's sleeping with that guy.
Also....I workout at home...
Don't tell my wife I brought her up on the internet.....
That is funny (no, I am not a boomer). I told it to my wife - she thought it was funny, and she is a millennial...
Not that age is a barrier to a sense of humor. But some folks here seem to have none. So sad for them.
Replace old man with fat man or fat woman and see if there is a sense of humor about that.
The punchline still works.1 -
Theoldguy1 wrote: »At my gym we have this women who comes in two or three times a week and just hangs out to judge people. She'll plant her butt down on whatever she can find to sit on and just mock everything the rest of us are doing. On multiple occasions, I've seen her eating snacks and drinking what I'm pretty sure was a beer. I keep reporting her to management but I'm pretty sure she's sleeping with that guy.
Also....I workout at home...
Don't tell my wife I brought her up on the internet.....
That is funny (no, I am not a boomer). I told it to my wife - she thought it was funny, and she is a millennial...
Not that age is a barrier to a sense of humor. But some folks here seem to have none. So sad for them.
Replace old man with fat man or fat woman and see if there is a sense of humor about that.
There was no "old man" in that story to replace.
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Oh, there's a literal elderly gentleman that does this at the gym I go to, I have a specific human person in mind. It's not his age or sex that is the problem, it is his proximity. I don't want the young woman making content for the 'gram set up three feet away from me, either.5
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Theoldguy1 wrote: »Theoldguy1 wrote: »At my gym we have this women who comes in two or three times a week and just hangs out to judge people. She'll plant her butt down on whatever she can find to sit on and just mock everything the rest of us are doing. On multiple occasions, I've seen her eating snacks and drinking what I'm pretty sure was a beer. I keep reporting her to management but I'm pretty sure she's sleeping with that guy.
Also....I workout at home...
Don't tell my wife I brought her up on the internet.....
That is funny (no, I am not a boomer). I told it to my wife - she thought it was funny, and she is a millennial...
Not that age is a barrier to a sense of humor. But some folks here seem to have none. So sad for them.
Replace old man with fat man or fat woman and see if there is a sense of humor about that.
There was no "old man" in that story to replace.
Ohhhhh - you meant the other reply to the post with the joke awhile back, not what was actually posted just now you replied to.
That could be confusing to Tito_Tim since he said nothing about that other reply, and you responded to him about it.3 -
Theoldguy1 wrote: »At my gym we have this women who comes in two or three times a week and just hangs out to judge people. She'll plant her butt down on whatever she can find to sit on and just mock everything the rest of us are doing. On multiple occasions, I've seen her eating snacks and drinking what I'm pretty sure was a beer. I keep reporting her to management but I'm pretty sure she's sleeping with that guy.
Also....I workout at home...
Don't tell my wife I brought her up on the internet.....
That is funny (no, I am not a boomer). I told it to my wife - she thought it was funny, and she is a millennial...
Not that age is a barrier to a sense of humor. But some folks here seem to have none. So sad for them.
Replace old man with fat man or fat woman and see if there is a sense of humor about that.
In my few years of experience, fat people are always funnier lol I mean when I was heavier (much heavier) I was definitely funnier. I also drank more, so maybe I just thought I was funnier? O well, the internet world is full of all sorts and I hope someone can find a laugh from my post. If not, I recommend drinking a beer and coming back to read it again (repeat til funny) 4 -
goal06082021 wrote: »Oh, there's a literal elderly gentleman that does this at the gym I go to, I have a specific human person in mind. It's not his age or sex that is the problem, it is his proximity. I don't want the young woman making content for the 'gram set up three feet away from me, either.
So why not just call out the proximity? Isn't it a coincidence, then, that he's old, male?
The point is that if it was a specific human person who was fat, and you'd said "fat man" or "fat woman", that would likely be called out as kinda tacky, but it's OK to add the (apparently irrelevant) fact that he's an "old man", and it's OK to critique a joke you find offensive by calling it a "boomer" kind of thing to say (even though it turned out the guy who said it was not a boomer) . . . because stereotyping people based on age is OK, and maybe even kind of trendy.
Generally, it's quite reasonably (IMO) thought not socially acceptable to irrelevantly cite someone's sex, gender, ethnicity, national origin, etc., when criticizing their purely individual behavior.
Totally cool to look at age differently?
I admit, the boomer thing ticks me off, when some of my younger friends (who are very conscious about other kinds of broad-brush negative stereotyping) go there. It's not, I think, *just* because I *am* a boomer, but more because this mode of thinking separates young people from older folks who'd collaborate with them on many common causes, if they mutually saw past the age issue to the common interests. (IOW, I reject the "millennials do dumb stuff" memes and stereotypes that some people closer to my age promulgate, on the same basis.)
If I were a troll farm, negative boomer/millennial and other negative age references are exactly the kind of notion I'd want to get rolling in the world, to divide people for no good reason. It's insidious.
Yes, I'm being humorless here. Meh.12 -
Theoldguy1 wrote: »Theoldguy1 wrote: »At my gym we have this women who comes in two or three times a week and just hangs out to judge people. She'll plant her butt down on whatever she can find to sit on and just mock everything the rest of us are doing. On multiple occasions, I've seen her eating snacks and drinking what I'm pretty sure was a beer. I keep reporting her to management but I'm pretty sure she's sleeping with that guy.
Also....I workout at home...
Don't tell my wife I brought her up on the internet.....
That is funny (no, I am not a boomer). I told it to my wife - she thought it was funny, and she is a millennial...
Not that age is a barrier to a sense of humor. But some folks here seem to have none. So sad for them.
Replace old man with fat man or fat woman and see if there is a sense of humor about that.
There was no "old man" in that story to replace.
Ohhhhh - you meant the other reply to the post with the joke awhile back, not what was actually posted just now you replied to.
That could be confusing to Tito_Tim since he said nothing about that other reply, and you responded to him about it.
Yeah, dude is lost. He is replying to me about a post a did even comment on. 😎🍹1 -
People that do not know what headphones (or earbuds) are. I love music, but I do not want to hear yours. This is a much bigger problem in the Philippines than in the US. 😎2
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goal06082021 wrote: »Oh, there's a literal elderly gentleman that does this at the gym I go to, I have a specific human person in mind. It's not his age or sex that is the problem, it is his proximity. I don't want the young woman making content for the 'gram set up three feet away from me, either.
So why not just call out the proximity? Isn't it a coincidence, then, that he's old, male?
The point is that if it was a specific human person who was fat, and you'd said "fat man" or "fat woman", that would likely be called out as kinda tacky, but it's OK to add the (apparently irrelevant) fact that he's an "old man", and it's OK to critique a joke you find offensive by calling it a "boomer" kind of thing to say (even though it turned out the guy who said it was not a boomer) . . . because stereotyping people based on age is OK, and maybe even kind of trendy.
Generally, it's quite reasonably (IMO) thought not socially acceptable to irrelevantly cite someone's sex, gender, ethnicity, national origin, etc., when criticizing their purely individual behavior.
Totally cool to look at age differently?
I admit, the boomer thing ticks me off, when some of my younger friends (who are very conscious about other kinds of broad-brush negative stereotyping) go there. It's not, I think, *just* because I *am* a boomer, but more because this mode of thinking separates young people from older folks who'd collaborate with them on many common causes, if they mutually saw past the age issue to the common interests. (IOW, I reject the "millennials do dumb stuff" memes and stereotypes that some people closer to my age promulgate, on the same basis.)
If I were a troll farm, negative boomer/millennial and other negative age references are exactly the kind of notion I'd want to get rolling in the world, to divide people for no good reason. It's insidious.
Yes, I'm being humorless here. Meh.
Yep - this. I hate it in the gym and outside: (negative) generalisations of people based on their age. It really irks me when people whinge about younger people being on their phone in the gym all the time (maybe they’re checking their programme and programming rest like I do?), or older people hogging equipment and talking too much (maybe they need longer breaks between sets - again I know I do). The whole boomer vs gen z / millennial is divisive, and frankly there’s enough hate in the world without polarising people based on their age. I can’t help being 47!!9 -
People that do not know what headphones (or earbuds) are. I love music, but I do not want to hear yours. This is a much bigger problem in the Philippines than in the US. 😎
I'm with you on this!
For me, it's people who don't wipe down equipment (or do it with their sweat towel
) and those that DON'T PUT THE WEIGHTS BACK. That used to drive me crackers. 1 -
I honestly thought that "the person who bicep curls in the squat rack" was a gym meme.
But no.
For two days running someone was curling in the squat rack at our gym. A different person on each occasion. We have ONE squat rack in the entire gym. They weren't even using the bar - they had taken a preloaded bar over to the squat rack. They weren't even using the safeties to rest the preloaded bar on - they were picking it up from the floor.
People who curl in the squat rack are now my pet hate in the gym.
Oh, and the woman who was face-timing in the changing rooms.9 -
SnifterPug wrote: »I honestly thought that "the person who bicep curls in the squat rack" was a gym meme.
But no.
For two days running someone was curling in the squat rack at our gym. A different person on each occasion. We have ONE squat rack in the entire gym. They weren't even using the bar - they had taken a preloaded bar over to the squat rack. They weren't even using the safeties to rest the preloaded bar on - they were picking it up from the floor.
People who curl in the squat rack are now my pet hate in the gym.
Oh, and the woman who was face-timing in the changing rooms.
yikes and yikes!
Is the only mirror in front of the squat rack or something?
Even then, not like curling requires that much form check.0 -
SnifterPug wrote: »I honestly thought that "the person who bicep curls in the squat rack" was a gym meme.
But no.
For two days running someone was curling in the squat rack at our gym. A different person on each occasion. We have ONE squat rack in the entire gym. They weren't even using the bar - they had taken a preloaded bar over to the squat rack. They weren't even using the safeties to rest the preloaded bar on - they were picking it up from the floor.
People who curl in the squat rack are now my pet hate in the gym.
Oh, and the woman who was face-timing in the changing rooms.
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People who try to make light chitchat while I'm counting reps.2
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Theoldguy1 wrote: »SnifterPug wrote: »I honestly thought that "the person who bicep curls in the squat rack" was a gym meme.
But no.
For two days running someone was curling in the squat rack at our gym. A different person on each occasion. We have ONE squat rack in the entire gym. They weren't even using the bar - they had taken a preloaded bar over to the squat rack. They weren't even using the safeties to rest the preloaded bar on - they were picking it up from the floor.
People who curl in the squat rack are now my pet hate in the gym.
Oh, and the woman who was face-timing in the changing rooms.
Kinda wish I'd thought to do shrugs in the curl rack when the opportunity arose to make a point.
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At my gym we have this women who comes in two or three times a week and just hangs out to judge people. She'll plant her butt down on whatever she can find to sit on and just mock everything the rest of us are doing. On multiple occasions, I've seen her eating snacks and drinking what I'm pretty sure was a beer. I keep reporting her to management but I'm pretty sure she's sleeping with that guy.
Also....I workout at home...
Don't tell my wife I brought her up on the internet.....
that totally made my day... some people take life too seriously. I have been known to be that person. 5 -
callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »i have a long list of things that annoy me.... from not wiping machines down (and i dont trust anyone which is why i wipe down not only after but also before my workouts) to not putting away weights or accessories but my #1 most hated offense, that i think should result in an immediate ban from every gym everywhere?
wearing perfume or cologne while working out.
just GTFO
OMG, I went on Tuesday night and this guy (teenager) I think took a bath in Ax Body Spray. I nearly vomited. I was already breathing hard and this crud just gets deep into your lungs.
No dude, it's not turning anyone on!3 -
My pet hate at the gym? Everything. Needless to say, I don't use a gym.5
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I would love to remove the monthly membership fee from my budget, but not only do I not have adequate equipment at home for a home gym, but until my son moves out of my basement I don't have anywhere to put it anyway, so guess I'm stuck still going. One day I'll have the weights needed at home to stop going...but then I'll miss having access to the hot tub and sauna, so I'm also not in any rush, lol.1
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I would love to remove the monthly membership fee from my budget, but not only do I not have adequate equipment at home for a home gym, but until my son moves out of my basement I don't have anywhere to put it anyway, so guess I'm stuck still going. One day I'll have the weights needed at home to stop going...but then I'll miss having access to the hot tub and sauna, so I'm also not in any rush, lol.
My gym is a small condo gym. The entire thing is a steam room... There are 2 aircon units and they never turn them on. It sucks ha ha 😎3 -
The godawful pop musi they play in the weight room. Doubt anyone likes it since virtually everyone in the place has earphones in.
They feel the need to play it so loud you have to crank your own music more than you should to drown it out.3 -
I can live with pop music playing, for those days when my ipod battery dies. (Happened twice in the last year mid-workout, quite annoying.) It's when the overhead is playing Celine Dion or something similar, very mellow and relaxing, that I can't stand it. Yes, my gym advertises itself as a wellness center which includes a spa where being relaxed is encouraged, but can't they play the relaxing music in the spa and something upbeat in the weights and cardio areas? Hard to psych yourself up for a heavy lift while listening to a love song...5
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I can live with pop music playing, for those days when my ipod battery dies. (Happened twice in the last year mid-workout, quite annoying.) It's when the overhead is playing Celine Dion or something similar, very mellow and relaxing, that I can't stand it. Yes, my gym advertises itself as a wellness center which includes a spa where being relaxed is encouraged, but can't they play the relaxing music in the spa and something upbeat in the weights and cardio areas? Hard to psych yourself up for a heavy lift while listening to a love song...
Yeah they play that kind of crap in my gym. Drops the T levels by 25%
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people singing out loud to their playlists3
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Do you mind if I do some air drums between sets? lol2
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The guy doing sets and texting in between is my biggest one. I go during my lunch and when I get there I want to work out, not wait for him to finish texting his buddies.
Gym bags everywhere - tripping hazards left and right with my already compromised joints.
Dusty\dirty equipment. I have complained so many times about this to the point we stopped going.
Women who insist on wearing literally nothing but a sports bra and underwear to the gym. I understand wanting to look your best but it's the gym, not Match.com2 -
My pet hate is all the other people there- if I could have the place to myself I'd go all the time 😁6
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my gym's vending machine is an atrocity
it's full of protein bars, keto cookies, muscle milk
dammit I burn a beaucoup of calories in this joint - I want a reese's cup!5 -
When my gym first opened up in my neighborhood, they took a petition around to all the houses asking for signatures so they could serve alcohol (some city ordinance thing). Wife and I refused to sign, not only because it's a gym and alcohol seems counter to the idea of becoming healthy, but we also didn't want potential drunk drivers roaming through our streets with our kids at risk. But apparently the gym got enough signatures to open the bar next to the swimming pool.4
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