When we join a gym we look at what we’re going to get included in our membership price… we weigh up the options, look at the classes etc and then we get pretty excited about our first session and just going in there doing it. Kicking some ass! Now i’ve been going to this particular gym for almost a year, i’ve made friends (more like acquaintances – but lovely people), i’ve met some pretty stuck up people (they’re everywhere) and i know the staff now, so i feel like i’m starting to be comfortable with this gym. Now considering i pay £40 a month for my membership i don’t expect to get told off for something completely unjustified – i feel. I don’t know if this happens at your gym, but when i joined i got a little card that i hand in to reception every time i arrive so that can swipe me in. Recently i forgot this card. I had left it in my other gym bag and just forgot it – I’M A MUM, IM UNORGANISED OF COURSE I’M GOING TO FORGET THINGS IN LIFE! When i went to reception i told them i had forgotten and instead of it being no big deal at all, they felt it necessary to patronise and tell me off for this slight mistake. I PAY YOU £40! YOU DO NOT TELL ME OFF, IT’S HARD ENOUGH COMING TO THE BLOODY GYM – GETTING THE MOTIVATION TO GET UP AND PHYSICALLY GO TO THE GYM, GO PROPER IN ON MY WORKOUT WHEN THERE ARE MANY SKINNY, FIT, HOT GIRLS AND GUYS AROUND ME IS HARD ENOUGH!!! DO NOT TALK TO ME LIKE SHIT WHEN YOU ARE JUST A RECEPTIONIST AND I PAY YOUR SALARY!! I AM CUSTOMER DOUCHEBAG AND ITS NOT A BIG DEAL!!
I do apologise for that rather massive rant, but when you’re overweight, the confidence to even go to the gym and really workout and not care what you look like is hard enough, without them making you feel like a school child getting told off by a teacher. I mean when i go on the treadmill i’m constantly aware of not only how i look BUT how i sound as well! I pant – i mean i know everyone pants when they run, but i really pant, i breathe incredibly heavily and just sound soooo unfit when i do it. Whats more is when there’s quite a few people that start to go on the treadmills while you’re on there you get a bit competitive – well i don’t know if that’s the right word – but you don’t wanna look slack! Especially if they’re already on the treadmill and you’re joining them, you know you have to stay on a bit longer than you intended! You just have to!
So the next time i go in the gym and if i happen to forget my gym card, i may just politely tell them where to shove it as in my world… ITS NOT A BIG DEAL! I’ve got more things to consider like; i’ve got to pick my son up at half 5, reports have to be handed in ASAP for work and obviously the dilemma that we all face… “do i look alright?/Have i lost any weight?/ Is my bum bigger yet?/Have i got all my food for meal prep?!” haha. Nahh, all i’m saying, is that when i get patronised and told off for such a small thing it just adds to a day that you were either doing so well with and that puts a negative spin on it, or you’ve had an absolutely crap day and this just makes you want to scream and shout as its the insignificant meaningless thing thats now been made in to an “issue” for you.
Rant over.
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