Gym rant: Reprimanded by gym staff for something rather trivial

[ManBearPig...]

Commercial gyms suck ass.  Get one of these and you're good to go:

you must have me confused with some billionaire.  my ceiling clearance is only 7 ft in my dungeon.

[Internet Tough Guy]

"Training log"..............hahah gayer than a box full of rainbows.

Gayer than a "Think Globally. Act Locally." bumper sticker.

[Tre]

Gayer than a "Think Globally. Act Locally." bumper sticker.

Hey!

Leave my log alone.   

[Internet Tough Guy]

Hey!

Leave my log alone.   

I apologize.  I'm still drawn to the whole "gayer than" thing like a moth to a flame.

[peroni]

One of the LAWS in our gym is as follows: "No cell phones on the gym floor.  Please use the main lobby area for cell phone conversations."

...

I keep my training log on my iPhone (homo). 

So, after each exercise, I input the information. 

Last night, one of the gym staffers informed me that I'm not allowed to have my cell phone on the gym floor at all.  Both of us were cool about it and he said most of the staff would probably look the other way or not even notice if I made an effort to be totally discreet about it. 

Although I can certainly switch to a paper log, is my gym being overly skittish here?  (he said that there had been claims of people using their cell phones to take pictures of other people in the gym)   

I own a gym and I have a no cell phone policy as far as ringers and conversations go. If you want to text or input data I'd have no problem with that so long as there are no ringers going off and you're not sitting on a machine texting if someone's waiting to use it. If I saw someone taking a picture of someone else without their consent, that'd be the end of their gym membership. It should be noted, however, that my gym is not a 20k sq foot monstrosity, but rather a small one

[wes mantooth]

If the intent of the rule is to stop conversations on the training floor because they are disruptive, or to stop picture-taking as an invasion of privacy, and Tre is doing neither, they should leave him alone.  If he shows the training log app to the gym douche, and makes him understand that's what he's using the (gay) iPhone for, that should be that.  People who enforce "letter of the rule" rather than "spirit of the rule" are narrow-minded, low IQ douchebags whom I have nothing but contempt for.   (yes, Bob, I'm looking in your direction.  )

disagree. the "spirit" of the rule is open to interpretation by the individual. since most people are of sub IQ, this opens those rules to be bent. as i said rules need to be absolute as to not let loopholes and such occur.

i think you have contempt for the wrong people...you should have a problem with either the rule MAKER, or the rule BREAKER, not the enforcer. they are the only people that are doing things 100% correctly in the situation.

i think youre forgetting about the attitude and general demeanor of gym goers...perhaps youve been out of the loop for a little while. cellphones are an epidemic.....a fucking sickness....and people are getting dumber by the second.

if a rule is flawed...change it

[funk51]

One of the LAWS in our gym is as follows: "No cell phones on the gym floor.  Please use the main lobby area for cell phone conversations."

...

I keep my training log on my iPhone (homo). 

So, after each exercise, I input the information. 

Last night, one of the gym staffers informed me that I'm not allowed to have my cell phone on the gym floor at all.  Both of us were cool about it and he said most of the staff would probably look the other way or not even notice if I made an effort to be totally discreet about it. 

Although I can certainly switch to a paper log, is my gym being overly skittish here?  (he said that there had been claims of people using their cell phones to take pictures of other people in the gym)   

                    beginner=walking around gym with a clipboard with there "routine" on it. or even worse using a mechanical device to record said workout for posterity?

[wordy]

BwaHAAAAHHHAAaahhhAAHHHAAAAAaaaAAA

People stil keep journals?

June 27th.....small and weak

June 28th....small and weak

FFS I need to stop leaving that thing lying around