Cocky Bastards
What is it with some guys at the gym who are so arrogant to just take the machine or bench you’re using and TELL you they NEED to jump in, rather than ASKING you if you MIND if they work in with you? Not only that, but they tell you like its a secondary thought AFTER they already jump in and like they’re doing you a favor by making you aware that they need the bench much more than you. "Oh I’m so sorry I was in your way your highness!’ This has happened to me several times now, including last night, and 2 out of the 3 times this has happened was from a guy who was no bigger than me and looked to be younger than me, but apparently they see themselves as the Incredible Hulk. Not being a pushover, I’ve always let these guys know my displeasure with their rudeness but this shouldn’t even happen. The one time I actually got into a yelling match with one idiot who came up out of nowhere and started yelling at me to get off "his" machine and that I must not know who he is. Uhhh no sir, actually I do know who you are….you’re the King of the *******s! This kind of blatant disrespect and rudeness makes me want to get so huge that no guy would even dare enter a 5ft buffer space around me when I’m working out, let alone steal my damn equipment. So for all you cocky bastards out there, thank you for encouraging me to want to keep lifting!
February 25, 2008 at 7:49 am
I wish things like that WOULD happen to me. Thats perfect fight oppurtunity that you are not taking advantage of. As adults we don’t get many opps to fight, so when one pops up take advantage of it. Those butterflies in your stomach that occurs when there is conflict is your body telling you i’m ready if your are.
February 25, 2008 at 7:58 am
Descression, a quick comment works just as well, and lasts longer. One time I was at the gym and was on a roll, had a great pump going,, etc. A grissle head jumped in on a machine I was taking a 30 sec.rest on, I was smaller, and testosterone makes you braver. I told him "please go ahead, you need it more than I do" and walked away. It must have really got to him. later he came up to me and very softly, said "hey man I am sorry I was not trying to be a jerk, but I guess I was." Now we are cool, and talk all the time in the gym.
It is definitely a massage technique. Most guys just need to be brought back into reality a little and their head will reduce a little. Some Won’t.
February 25, 2008 at 6:54 pm
Yeah, I hate it when that happens. Though I work at the gym too, so most people just get out of my way or ask. I think it’s interesting that you let this happen to you, seeing that you look like you could probably kick their rear end to China and back.
But I like that you have the respect and dignity to not do that.
February 25, 2008 at 6:57 pm
Do you lift at a crowded gym