Gym Etiquite...I-Pods.

[straitedge52]

OK..I was at the gym today and with it being Labor Day I figured there would be a light crowd. It was heavier than I thought it would be because the weather here in West Palm sucked today....rain and T-Storms all day.

For the most part, people at the gym are there to work out and go home. There seems to be a growing popularity in I-Pods that some folks use to personalize their music while they work out...cool and no problem. What is a problem for me is when some turd sits on a machine or at a station for 5~10 minutes fiddle fucking around with his GD I-Pod trying to find the "right" song to do his work out to!! If it only happened occasionaly I wouldn't mention it....but it seems that it's happening to me with increasing frequency. Today after I skiped a leg extension station twice because of the same guy dicking around with his I-Pod I said something to him about it. "Excuse me...could you let me work in 3: sets real quick while you're reviewing all your songs?" "Oh...I'll be done in just a few buddy...chill out". I went to another station and worked for about 7~10 minutes and came back and asked..."How's it going...you about done?" He said he needed just a few more minutes.I didn't say a word and went over to one of the managers and explained the situation. He looked at me and said that I needed to be patient...that we have to share and get along with others. I thanked him for nothing and finished up without that machine. As I left I saw Mr. I-Pod in a heated exchange with a guy the size of a F-350 at the Smith machine...I-Pod boi was sitting on the bench screwing with his I-Pod. I should have stayed and watched but decided to leave.

Is it just me or is this something you guys run into?

 

[wootoom]

Roid Rage!!!!

 

[captainahole]

I run into that with cell phones. Phones should not be allowed in the gym period. People think they are so important that they have the phones with them.
I ran into that a while back to young guys were texting someone and holding up the equipment.
I flipped and said "If your going to f@@k around with that phone then get off the f@@king equipment."
I guess I said it much louder than I expected the whole gym stopped dead.
It was a howl.

 

[ghettostudmuffin]

Good for you captain ahole!

 

[moya]

i hate that shit...
also, i work with a bunch of lazy fucks that play with their cell phones all night at work... they get away with 66% productivity levels... realy managements fault for letting them get away with it, but i guess they are equaly as much a bunch of lazy fucks...

 

[the_alcatraz]

dont need it...there are voices inside my head that keep telling me to break shit up and kill that shit

 

[wootoom]

I need my phone all the time, but when i use it, its not on a machine

 

[cw801]

I always have my Crackberry with me at the gym, but I have my workouts in my notes on there, and keep track of what I do on there as well.....people probably think I'm screwing around on it, but I'm actually tracking my workouts with my phone.

 

[twenty47]

I always have my Crackberry with me at the gym, but I have my workouts in my notes on there, and keep track of what I do on there as well.....people probably think I'm screwing around on it, but I'm actually tracking my workouts with my phone.

LOL i doubt anyone is worrying about you being on your phone when you are working out. probably waiting for you to do hamstrings or something haha.

 

[SpyWizard]

I ask to work in.. then double the weight they are lifting..