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Gym users hogging equipment to use phones

  • 25-05-2019 1:32pm
    #1
    Fiddlesticks99
    Closed Accounts Posts: 83 ✭✭


    Regular gym user here getting fed up of people "chilling out" on gym equipment just to use their phones. Has anyone noticed how bad this is getting? Particularly in the last couple of years.



    They turn up in their tight revealing gym ware, hop on to some piece of equipment, take a few selfies (presumably for validation on social media), gossip with their friends and then just sit there scrolling on the phone. Maybe push out one or two reps. I have observed this behavior occur for up 30-45 minutes at a time.


    Question...



    Is it okay to kindly ask these people to move on if you want to use said piece of equipment?



    Thoughts?


Comments

  • #2
    Aint Eazy Being Cheezy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,631 ✭✭✭Aint Eazy Being Cheezy


    Course it is.


  • #3
    Fiddlesticks99
    Closed Accounts Posts: 83 ✭✭Fiddlesticks99


    Right, its not a glam event. I mean if you want to look pretty and show off tight clothes for attention.... then go out on the town. I have had conversations with friends both gym users & gym employees who seem to have a wait your turn attitude. Its almost my fault for not getting there first


  • #4
    Infernal Racket
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,418 ✭✭✭Infernal Racket


    Yep, this really boils my piss. I always ask them if they would like me to take a few pics of them on their phones so they can show all their friends. When they say no I ask them to politely remove themselves from the said machine. Normally does the trick


  • #5
    Fiddlesticks99
    Closed Accounts Posts: 83 ✭✭Fiddlesticks99


    Nice, suppose im too passive.


  • #6
    Aint Eazy Being Cheezy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,631 ✭✭✭Aint Eazy Being Cheezy


    Gerry G wrote: »
    Yep, this really boils my piss. I always ask them if they would like me to take a few pics of them on their phones so they can show all their friends. When they say no I ask them to politely remove themselves from the said machine. Normally does the trick

    Lol


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  • #7
    orourkeda1977
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,628 ✭✭✭orourkeda1977


    have a quick **** and an energy drink.

    sure it'll be grand.


  • #8
    whiskeyman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,564 ✭✭✭✭whiskeyman


    Do you even Insta bro?


  • #9
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,689 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Here's how to spot your classic textbook example OP

    They have a iPhone XR or Galaxy X and they hold it rather conspicuously - the fact they can hold it in one hand is a personal pkus

    They act and talk a bit like Joe Pesci in Good Fellas


  • #10
    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,656 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    Fiddlesticks99 wrote: »
    Regular gym user here getting fed up of people "chilling out" on gym equipment just to use their phones. Has anyone noticed how bad this is getting? Particularly in the last couple of years.



    They turn up in their tight revealing gym ware, hop on to some piece of equipment, take a few selfies (presumably for validation on social media), gossip with their friends and then just sit there scrolling on the phone. Maybe push out one or two reps. I have observed this behavior occur for up 30-45 minutes at a time.


    Question...



    Is it okay to kindly ask these people to move on if you want to use said piece of equipment?



    Thoughts?

    You can ask to work in and use it when they're not using it. Fairly standard fare.


  • #11
    The_Honeybadger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,208 ✭✭✭The_Honeybadger


    I’d say something politely if they are taking the p**s. Just ask if you can jump on there. Some people are so inconsiderate it’s crazy.

    One issue we have in my gym is people doing yoga and stretches in front of the squat / bench racks for ages. Are these people completely stupid? In fairness there is a bit of an issue with the layout and floor space is tight but I just cannot fathom how anyone would think this is ok when it’s busy.


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  • #12
    caviardreams
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,614 ✭✭✭caviardreams


    Alf Veedersane wrote: »
    You can ask to work in and use it when they're not using it. Fairly standard fare.

    But Alf, that still wouldn't do anything about their tight, revealing clothing that seems to be bothering the OP so much. :rolleyes::rolleyes:


  • #13
    Fiddlesticks99
    Closed Accounts Posts: 83 ✭✭Fiddlesticks99


    The_Honeybadger wrote: »
    I’d say something politely if they are taking the p**s. Just ask if you can jump on there. Some people are so inconsiderate it’s crazy.

    One issue we have in my gym is people doing yoga and stretches in front of the squat / bench racks for ages. Are these people completely stupid? In fairness there is a bit of an issue with the layout and floor space is tight but I just cannot fathom how anyone would think this is ok when it’s busy.




    Agreed, I also see a lot of these people just sitting on mats on their phones, taking up floor space and doing nothing.


    It does seem like the going to the gym is now a status thing or fashionable to do so, hence you get all these morons swanning about the gym, copying the social media influencers.



    Infuriating


  • #14
    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,656 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    Fiddlesticks99 wrote: »
    Agreed, I also see a lot of these people just sitting on mats on their phones, taking up floor space and doing nothing.


    It does seem like the going to the gym is now a status thing or fashionable to do so, hence you get all these morons swanning about the gym, copying the social media influencers.



    Infuriating


    I can see how someone might be pissed off if they asked to work in and were told 'no' but you haven't and you're annoyed about their tight attire and what they do on their phones.

    Just go ask them to work in. Neither of you needs the rack to yourselves.


  • #15
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    I actually go up to them, gesture and ask, nicely mind! Sometimes people just forget.


  • #16
    Fiddlesticks99
    Closed Accounts Posts: 83 ✭✭Fiddlesticks99


    Yes I stated this from the outset, sitting on equipment just to use phones....whats your point?


  • #17
    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,656 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    Fiddlesticks99 wrote: »
    Yes I stated this from the outset, sitting on equipment just to use phones....whats your point?

    Have you asked anyone, that was guilty of what was outlined in the OP, to move where they were fluting about on equipment you wanted to use?


  • #18
    Fiddlesticks99
    Closed Accounts Posts: 83 ✭✭Fiddlesticks99


    No, as I inferred in my original question....."Is it okay to kindly ask these people to move on if you want to use said piece of equipment?"


  • #19
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    It's what you should always do.


  • #20
    devlinio
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 172 ✭✭devlinio


    Sure most people go on their phone when they're on a rest inbetween reps. Nothing wrong there tbh.


  • #21
    Fiddlesticks99
    Closed Accounts Posts: 83 ✭✭Fiddlesticks99


    No not at all


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  • #22
    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,656 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    Fiddlesticks99 wrote: »
    No, as I inferred in my original question....."Is it okay to kindly ask these people to move on if you want to use said piece of equipment?"

    Yes.

    They have no more right to the equipment than you.

    ETA: I use my old handset to record notes on what I'm doing. So I can be sitting at a rack looking at my phone between sets not being on social media.


  • #23
    Mellor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,613 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    Fiddlesticks99 wrote: »
    No not at all
    It's perfectly acceptable to have a rest between sets. I don't see why using their phone vrs just sitting there winds you up.


  • #24
    Fiddlesticks99
    Closed Accounts Posts: 83 ✭✭Fiddlesticks99


    Read my original post please


  • #25
    Mellor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,613 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    Fiddlesticks99 wrote: »
    Read my original post please
    I read your OP and the hyperbole.
    I was replying to your post above.


  • #26
    rpurfield
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,138 ✭✭✭rpurfield


    Had a guy last week using a dumbbell I needed to prop up his phone so he could livestream his workout.I asked for it as it was still on the rack. He wasn't too impressed but that's his loss.


  • #27
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,354 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    Fiddlesticks99 wrote: »
    No, as I inferred in my original question....."Is it okay to kindly ask these people to move on if you want to use said piece of equipment?"

    You didn’t infer it. You stated it.

    :D


  • #28
    callaway92
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,842 ✭✭✭✭callaway92


    Gerry G wrote: »
    Yep, this really boils my piss. I always ask them if they would like me to take a few pics of them on their phones so they can show all their friends. When they say no I ask them to politely remove themselves from the said machine. Normally does the trick

    No you don't

    https://twitter.com/_DHOTYA


  • #29
    GreeBo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,253 ✭✭✭✭GreeBo


    Alf Veedersane wrote: »
    You can ask to work in and use it when they're not using it. Fairly standard fare.

    The phone or the machine? :confused:


  • #30
    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,656 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    GreeBo wrote: »
    The phone or the machine? :confused:

    Just the tip machine/equipment.


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  • #31
    PhilOssophy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,114 ✭✭✭PhilOssophy


    Its important to get the hashtags done first and out there to the army of followers desperately wanting an update on how the session is going
    #inspiration #workout #amazeballs #......


  • #32
    Shootnbreeze
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭Shootnbreeze


    I used to keep my workout routine on my phone but got fed up with it. So I went back to paper and pen as having the phone with me was a pain to mind as I was never a fan of those little velcro phone holders.


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