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..

 

[wootoom]

My crackberry gives me more pump so i always have it strapped to my arm hehhe

 

[ramnares]

Love it Spywizard, that's one way of getting the machine to yourself

 

[SouthernLord]

I do everything in the power rack. Mo one uses it besides me and the guy I train with.

 

[the_alcatraz]

There's worse. Someone can be doing barbell curls in the squat rack.

 

[ramnares]

There's worse. Someone can be doing barbell curls in the squat rack.

Oh why'd you have to bring that up; people who do curls at the squat rack piss me off to no end

 

[twenty47]

nobody in my gym squats and we have 3 racks. where else am i gonna straight bar curl 155 lol. but i only do heavy straight bar like every other week. I doubt anyone would say to get out of the squat rack because usually prior to my curls i was jus squating 495+

 

[stevesmi]

you are in a tough situation down there in west palm. its always gonna be packed at the gym and people are gonna hog the machines.

it would drive me crazy to have to wait for a machine if someone was fiddling with their phone. i've experienced people leave their clothes or water bottle on a machine (and they dont even intend to use it) also and use another machine

i agree with the poster above that phones shouldn't be brought into the gym. if you cant go an hour without the phone on your hip then you have a nagging wife/gf or you are addicted to your job. leave it in the car!

 

[kx250rider]

Some people are rude and inconsiderate, and just into themselves. If you call them on it, they'll have no idea what you're talking about, and they'll make you the bad guy for it somehow. Last night, I was driving back to Los Angeles from Phoenix, and stopped for fuel in the desert. There were plenty of gas pumps available, but only two Diesel pumps. BOTH were occupied by A**HOLES. One was a van with a trailer, where they got a couple gallons of Diesel, then decided to unload and reload the van in the gas station. The other pump had an Audi convertible (GAS powered) parked and unattended. I sat politely idling behind the Audi for at least 15 minutes, and finally my Irish part got annoyed and I went in and asked to have the owner paged (still politely). Then about 5 minutes later, a little mideastern-looking punk (about 18) comes slowly waddling out with his iPhone stuck on his ear, and he just looked at me (no apology, nothing). I gave him a Redneck stare as he drove away, and I got my fuel.

It's people like that who will sit on a machine or the bench at the gym, and not have any idea that there's another breathing human being on the entire planet, let alone who might be waiting to use the bench.

Charles

 

[cw801]

OMG - we do that drive ALL the time......and the Loves in Indio is the WORST for a-holes hogging the deisel pumps!! First exit (heading West) in Quartzsite - little mom n pop gas station on the right hand side.....is the best! Great subs, too!

 

[twenty47]

i accidently filled up at the diesel pump while the other one was already being used. i was about half way done and a truck pulled up behind me. but instead of being an ahole i waved and mouthed sorry to him and he nodded and was cool with it.

 

[cw801]

See, now I would be fine with that. A little acknowledgement goes a LONG way!

 

[kx250rider]

OMG - we do that drive ALL the time......and the Loves in Indio is the WORST for a-holes hogging the deisel pumps!! First exit (heading West) in Quartzsite - little mom n pop gas station on the right hand side.....is the best! Great subs, too!

This one was the one at Chiriaco Summit next to the Patton WWII Museum. Thanks for the tip on the mom 'n' pop station. Those usually are better, if you know which ones to go to. And I don't care if it's a few cents more a gallon if it's courteous people and faster to get fuel & go.

Charles