Cell Phones and the Gym
I will preface this with I turn my cell phone on vibrate and do not look at it till I am done at the gym.
I am ready to snap the necks of people that sit on machines and talk on their cell phones and then when you ask if they are done they give you the look of why the hell are you bothering me can’t you see I am on the phone. Today I was ready to finish off my quad workout and the all the extension machines were being used except one and this guy had been on his phone for 20 minutes. I asked if I could use the machine for 2 sets while he talked. He said he was working out and I was bothering him. I looked at him and just simply asked again if I could work in. He just gave me a look and then just lifted 30 pounds to try to show he was working. I wanted to snap his little neck. How do people even think they are working out if they spend and hour talking on the phone and ten minutes lifting five pounds.
October 8, 2008 at 9:44 pm
You are much more patient than I! Those are the people who irritate me the most and those guys in a gruop crowed around a machine or rack or what ever and proceed to BS I have been known to say if your not going to work get out of my way or play time is over girls!
October 8, 2008 at 11:02 pm
Ya i hate that. But I have always been able to run them off. Just get a kind of mean face and ask them You finished or if you can work in….always works for me.
I leave my cell in my car….=P
October 14, 2008 at 8:53 am
I listen to my music on my cell phone and it totally annoys me when it rings and turns down my volume. Aaaaaghhh, but I don’t talk on it. I bet that same guy is one of those smucks that when he finally does break a sweat doesn’t wipe of the equipment when he is done. I have been known to call a guy back and make him use his shirt to wipe it up if he doesn’t have a towel. If not here come the managers all up in his grill so. Yeah gym ettiquite is unfortunately a thing of the past. Yet as much as these inconsiderate people populate our mecca, don’t you dare grunt while your pushing up 335 on the bench, or 405 for reps on squats. They will run and say "Oh that big man over there is being inconsiderate of me. I can’t even here my telephone conversation over all of his hard work." SHUT THE F UP DWEEB!
November 10, 2008 at 8:58 am