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Annoying Gym Behaviour - Mk2(?)

optimistic_

Whatever happened to that old thread? I loved that thread.

Anyway, wanted it back because it's entertaining reading. I'm finding it hard to get the ball rolling because at 6.30am there's not much in the way of annoying behaviour in my gym. The usual plates not returned to racks or whatever. Or people splashing big gross wet footprints around the place after the shower.

What new horror stories have we for 2015?

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Felexicon

superflyninja wrote: »

In a certain gym in Swords half the lockers have no lock on them. Yet imagine my surprise when I open them that they are chock full of gear. It can take ages to find an actually empty locker. FFS get a lock.

It must be Flyefit! It's a pain in the arse searching through them all. Then the only lockers that have no bags in them don't lock properly.

superflyninja

Felexicon wrote: »

It must be Flyefit! It's a pain in the arse searching through them all. Then the only lockers that have no bags in them don't lock properly.

yup!!! Why couldnt they have set this one on fire instead of the Coolock branch. Much nicer atmosphere there.

Zillah

superflyninja wrote: »

In a certain gym in Swords half the lockers have no lock on them. Yet imagine my surprise when I open them that they are chock full of gear. It can take ages to find an actually empty locker. FFS get a lock.

And if you do find yourself without a lock at least use one of the ones down in a back corner rather than the most prominent lockers. Once on a busy day I went through six or seven lockers in a row trying to find one that wasn't unlocked but in use.

caviardreams

Happens me too and drives me mad :mad: I half think about taking something with no value, but that would be annoying to be missing, and hiding it somewhere else in the changing room (like a sock or a shoe) to teach them to use a lock. But I don't, because that would be really annoying :pac::p

matrim

Not so much annoying gym behaviour as an annoying gym characteristic. A certain gym that has recently reopened changed their locker rooms and now there is nowhere in the changing room that the floor isn't wet. Getting changed is a balancing act on your shoes to try keep your socks / pants dry.

SGSM

I'm extremely tidy so anything other than putting weights back seems mental to me. Now it's a small gym and not overly busy so it's not a massive problem. I actually went around one evening when it was quiet putting all the equipment back in its proper places when finished.

PowerToWait

SGSM wrote: »

I'm extremely tidy so anything other than putting weights back seems mental to me.

I'm not tidy but I do not like to inconvenience others. I also will pick shít up that's not 'mine', it's how I was reared.

Spotted a triceps rope in the middle of the floor today and a lad on his phone walking towards it. He stood up on the two balls for a bit, on his phone, then kicked it further into the way before sauntering back to his 5 pairs of dbs, all the while with his free hand down the front of his tracksuit.

That was all kinds of annoying.

2nd Row Donkey

Alonzo Weak Genius wrote:

I won't lie hat wearers do bother me, I wouldn't mind a wooly hat if it was cold though.

Woah Woah Woah. Wearing a wholly hat might be just about acceptable in the depths of winter but that's it.

Guy in my gym wears a great big wolly one all year around. But he can't be cold because he's wearing shorts and a vest/tank top type thing. So what's the point.

He even wears it during all his cardio on the threadmill.

It's one with a ridiculous fluffy bauble bits on the top too so the only logical reason I can come to is he wears it for the attention.

Initially I thought he was wearing it because he was bald or receding and he his <30 y.o. So I thought he might be conscious about that, but no, saw him in shower (hat less ) and he has a full head of luxurious hair (the lucky b**tard)

2nd Row Donkey

Wholly, wholly = wooly, ffs

Zillah

2nd Row Donkey wrote: »

the only logical reason I can come to is he wears it for the attention

Bizarre post. Have you ever worn something that wasn't 100% functional? What an attention seeker you are.

Some people have little enough to be worrying about to be irate over someone else's hat.

cloudatlas

Felexicon wrote: »

Thank god you specified his foreignness in this post. It really made a difference for me

I think he meant it as an incidental description, I sometimes do that automatically it's just descriptive it's not intended to be racist but people are so darn sensitive nowadays that you can't say anything.

Zillah

cloudatlas wrote: »

I think he meant it as an incidental description, I sometimes do that automatically it's just descriptive it's not intended to be racist but people are so darn sensitive nowadays that you can't say anything.

He said it twice, though. He was a foreign guy and he went up to chat with these other foreign lads. A good Irish lad doing this stuff would be bad enough, but a bunch of foreigners!

MysticMonk

Zillah wrote: »

He said it twice, though. He was a foreign guy and he went up to chat with these other foreign lads. A good Irish lad doing this stuff would be bad enough, but a bunch of foreigners!

You do that foreigners *do* exist,right?

I mean are we not allowed to say that a foreigner is a foreigner anymore for fear of upsetting the perpetually offended?

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Mr. CooL ICE

I once saw a foreigner wearing a hat in the gym

MysticMonk

It's mostly the irish lads i see wearing headgear in the gym.

The non irish tend to have shaved heads or flat-tops.

farmerwifelet

guy in my gym very good at weights but he screams and roars while doing them. Its is so annoying. I can't concentrate with this lad bellowing behind me.

MysticMonk

farmerwifelet wrote: »

guy in my gym very good at weights but he screams and roars while doing them. Its is so annoying. I can't concentrate with this lad bellowing behind me.

I tend to notice the shouters are part of the early crowd who usually arrive by 1 pm or so.

They tend to be the ones with the reddest faces and the spottiest backs and the great line in booming laughter.

Zillah

MysticMonk wrote: »

You do that foreigners *do* exist,right?

I mean are we not allowed to say that a foreigner is a foreigner anymore for fear of upsetting the perpetually offended?

If it's relevant to the story, sure, but needlessly reminding everyone that the person you're complaining about is a foreigner talking to other foreigners really comes across as invoking a collective sense of that making it worse than if they were just normal people like the rest of us.

arayess

doesn't bother me but I do wonder about gym-bros or couples that train together but each wearing headphones...

thought it defeated the purpose myself.

JayRoc

matrim wrote: »

Not so much annoying gym behaviour as an annoying gym characteristic. A certain gym that has recently reopened changed their locker rooms and now there is nowhere in the changing room that the floor isn't wet. Getting changed is a balancing act on your shoes to try keep your socks / pants dry.

Pet peeve of mine. I used to use Markievicz the odd time when in town, but after they re-opened with the new set-up I haven't gone back. Getting dressed takes AGES in these communal places and your trousers are always soaked after. No thanks.

bladespin

arayess wrote: »

doesn't bother me but I do wonder about gym-bros or couples that train together but each wearing headphones...

thought it defeated the purpose myself.

Focus

(or at least look like one of the utubers who do

)

brownej

Ok. Bear with me I have a list...
I usually train in the mornings 7.15 to 8.45 type of time so after the 6am rush and the gym is usually pretty quiet with the same usual heads.
Over the weekend due to the holidays the gym was only open 10 to 6 Friday to Monday so it was really busy when I went in (which is fine, but definitely triggers my general dislike of other people)
So I have a few observations/questions.

1. excessive selfies/snapchat/instagram.
I was doing my 30 min cardio on a spin bike which was less than 1m behind a leg press machine. The guy on it was there before I got on the bike and was there for 20 mins while I was on the bike. He loaded up the machine and took pictures from every angle including the obligatory pic of his feet on the machine. I'm not sure how many were snapchatted or instagrammed but it was a few. In fairness to him he went out of his way not to get me in any of his pics. I can't say the same for the girl on the stairmaster. Although she did give her approval when asked. (for those who care about these things he was not wearing a hat while being foreign).
The annoying behaviour here is the perception that he's hogging equipment spending more time taking selfies than using it, although he was probably just employing long rest periods but the impression was that of an annoying selfie taker. Now that I think of it I'm pretty sure I've seen him doing this before. I must look up the gym on instagram and see if hes tagged himself.

2.Guy being a dickhead at the dumbell rack.
this one guy, a) curling right at the dumbell rack blocking access. b) doing pushups on the dumbell rack (wide stance for maximum disruption). c) using a bench at the dumbell rack and rather than putting his weights beside the bench or immediately in front of the bench he placed them in front of the rack so as to increase the chances of people tripping over them while walking by the rack. d) hordeing 4 sets of dumbells (although this is probably to be expected)

3. Guy and girl (separately) using one piece of equipment and placing bag and bottle on another (the place was busy!)

4. Is it normal for two lads to bring their takeaway coffees to the squat rack to drink inbetween sets? I'd never seen guys bringing coffee on to the gym floor like that. They did have lovely front squat form though and were lifting pretty heavy >150kg

I think it only takes a small number of people to be dicks to perpetuate annoying behaviour by loads of people (purely as a defensive tactic).

The annoying behaviour either doesn't happen or goes unnoticed when the gym is quiet.

Alf Veedersane

Yeah there's a place across from my gym that does great coffee so you see it in there from time to time. Fairly normal sight, IME.

guile4582

I wonder have any gyms started putting up signs about taking selfies and snapping members of the public? I for one would not be impressed if I saw myself up on gym's instagram feed without my approval. Compo Ireland might go a step further one day - only matter of time isnt it?

(i'm unsure of the legals involved but always wondered could someone take actual legal action regarding this carry on..it's a gym..not a photo shoot)

LiamaDelta

brownej wrote: »

(for those who care about these things he was not wearing a hat while being foreign).

Do you think he puts a hat on when he is not being foreign??:D:D

bladespin

guile4582 wrote: »

I wonder have any gyms started putting up signs about taking selfies and snapping members of the public? I for one would not be impressed if I saw myself up on gym's instagram feed without my approval. Compo Ireland might go a step further one day - only matter of time isnt it?

(i'm unsure of the legals involved but always wondered could someone take actual legal action regarding this carry on..it's a gym..not a photo shoot)

All depends on whether a gym is classes as a 'public' place or not, personally I'd imagine not.

Data protection act already covers in that case.

Zillah

You can take all the pictures you like of someone unless they have a reasonable expectation of privacy. So, gym floor, no I don't think so; locker room, definitely.

The gym being private property they can also forbid taking of photos, but can at most turf you out for breaking the rules.

The situation changes if the photos are for commercial purposes. They would need permission to use your image in that case.

Mellor

bladespin wrote: »

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All depends on whether a gym is classes as a 'public' place or not, personally I'd imagine not.

A gym is defined as a place of public assembly.