Thats what I do.
[quote]dk44 wrote:
You gotta mark yer territory, hike that leg up and start pissing. [/quote]
[quote]GettingBigNow wrote:
yea and if the manager takes her side (which im sure he would) ill just let it go
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That’s when you demand your money back. Seriously dude, this is pathetic. You came up with a million excuses for failure before you tried anything. Here’s what your going to do:
1- Buy a fucking water bottle already.
2- Don’t leave a station until you are done with it. If that bitch gives you looks, smile back at her and go about your workout. If she asks if she can work in, say no.
3- If that bitch gives you looks, or says anything, when you are leaving stop by the office to talk to the manager. Say something like “Excuse me sir, I think you need to have a talk with one of your trainers. Apparently, she thinks that she owns the place, because she keeps trying to run me off of the equipment so her clients can use it. I’m a paying member here, and I have as much right to use the equipment as anyone else. If this is going to continue to be a problem, I’m going to have to demand a refund for my membership.” If the manager doesn’t do anything, take your complaint to the corporate headquarters. Be polite but firm with everyone.
This is how you get your way in corporate America.
offer her “client” free/cheaper PT sessions.
WTF is “equitment”?
im going to assume equipment?
Dropping your keys on the ground isn’t good enough. If you draped your keys or a towel on the machine, then you’d have a reason to complain. Even so, it might be in your contract that people paying PTs have priority. It’s not that the PT took your station, the customer that pays equal dues who chose to pay a premium for that time period took your station.
Im a trainer at a gym myself and I wanted to throw in my two cents First of all, my opinion is that EVERYONE MUST SHARE THE EQUIPMENT, PERIOD. That means no marking your territory or expecting to be the only one using the equipment just cause you there first.
Seriously, if you show up during the busiest time of the week and there are multiple people using every single piece of equipment there, what are you supposed to do, turn around and leave? No, everybody must share, period.
This trainer is wrong, she`s allowed to use it in alternance with you but she is not supposed to assume she has more right than you.
Proper gym etiquette ( hell, proper etiquette, period ) dictates that the both of you have to alternate with each other between sets.
If I was the manager of that place I would take your side, granted that you had no problem with sharing the equipment yourself.
[quote]thosebananas wrote:
im going to assume equipment?[/quote]
Kinda like “the two youts” from My Cousin Vinny.
He spelled it that way twice, that’s why I asked.
[quote]phil armitage wrote:
Im a trainer at a gym myself and I wanted to throw in my two cents First of all, my opinion is that EVERYONE MUST SHARE THE EQUIPMENT, PERIOD. That means no marking your territory or expecting to be the only one using the equipment just cause you there first.
Seriously, if you show up during the busiest time of the week and there are multiple people using every single piece of equipment there, what are you supposed to do, turn around and leave? No, everybody must share, period.
This trainer is wrong, she`s allowed to use it in alternance with you but she is not supposed to assume she has more right than you.
Proper gym etiquette ( hell, proper etiquette, period ) dictates that the both of you have to alternate with each other between sets.
If I was the manager of that place I would take your side, granted that you had no problem with sharing the equipment yourself.[/quote]
good to hear. Like I said, I was unsure of how things work with PTs so I didnt want to dig myself a hole
[quote]Uncle Gabby wrote:
GettingBigNow wrote:
yea and if the manager takes her side (which im sure he would) ill just let it go
That’s when you demand your money back. Seriously dude, this is pathetic. You came up with a million excuses for failure before you tried anything. Here’s what your going to do:
1- Buy a fucking water bottle already.
2- Don’t leave a station until you are done with it. If that bitch gives you looks, smile back at her and go about your workout. If she asks if she can work in, say no.
3- If that bitch gives you looks, or says anything, when you are leaving stop by the office to talk to the manager. Say something like “Excuse me sir, I think you need to have a talk with one of your trainers. Apparently, she thinks that she owns the place, because she keeps trying to run me off of the equipment so her clients can use it. I’m a paying member here, and I have as much right to use the equipment as anyone else. If this is going to continue to be a problem, I’m going to have to demand a refund for my membership.” If the manager doesn’t do anything, take your complaint to the corporate headquarters. Be polite but firm with everyone.
This is how you get your way in corporate America. [/quote]
Yea it all seems like common sense but I take shit my entire life and let it go. Trying to man up, hence the weight lifting
[quote]mazevedo wrote:
thosebananas wrote:
im going to assume equipment?
Kinda like “the two youts” from My Cousin Vinny.
He spelled it that way twice, that’s why I asked.
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sorry just bad with spelling. thank god for spell check 
[quote]GettingBigNow wrote:
Yea it all seems like common sense but I take shit my entire life and let it go. Trying to man up, hence the weight lifting
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Sound like a polite person. Good. That means your parents raised you well, you want to hang on to that. Just stop mentally defeating yourself by imagining the worst possible outcome to every situation you get in. Muscles aren’t going to help you with that, and you don’t need to wait until after you bulk up before you tackle that problem.
[quote]mazevedo wrote:
Kinda like “the two youts” from My Cousin Vinny.
He spelled it that way twice, that’s why I asked.
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“Two what?! …Uh…what is a yout?!”
Hey aren’t you supposed to be digging a swimming pool by hand?
[quote]Thomas Gabriel wrote:
Find a way to intellectually embarrass her in front of her client. [/quote]
See the problem with that is that it’s too easy.
OP, how does your gym hire PT’s? My gym has PT’s that basically work for themselves.
[quote]Uncle Gabby wrote:
1- Buy a fucking water bottle already.
2- Don’t leave a station until you are done with it. If that bitch gives you looks, smile back at her and go about your workout. If she asks if she can work in, say no.
3- If that bitch gives you looks, or says anything, when you are leaving stop by the office to talk to the manager. Say something like “Excuse me sir, I think you need to have a talk with one of your trainers. Apparently, she thinks that she owns the place, because she keeps trying to run me off of the equipment so her clients can use it. I’m a paying member here, and I have as much right to use the equipment as anyone else. If this is going to continue to be a problem, I’m going to have to demand a refund for my membership.” If the manager doesn’t do anything, take your complaint to the corporate headquarters. Be polite but firm with everyone.[/quote]
Excellent advice.
[quote]Makavali wrote:
Thomas Gabriel wrote:
Find a way to intellectually embarrass her in front of her client.
See the problem with that is that it’s too easy.
OP, how does your gym hire PT’s? My gym has PT’s that basically work for themselves.[/quote]
i have no idea, but its the gym’s trainer not an outside trainer. She looks to be aneroxic.
[quote]Natural Nate wrote:
mazevedo wrote:
Kinda like “the two youts” from My Cousin Vinny.
He spelled it that way twice, that’s why I asked.
“Two what?! …Uh…what is a yout?!”
Hey aren’t you supposed to be digging a swimming pool by hand?[/quote]
LOL! I’ve since talked to several pool companies that called bullshit on not being able to get an excavator in. When the economy is in the shitter (like right now) they will dig a hole with their hands to get business.
Sorry for the hijack. Carry on…
[quote]mazevedo wrote:
Natural Nate wrote:
mazevedo wrote:
Kinda like “the two youts” from My Cousin Vinny.
He spelled it that way twice, that’s why I asked.
“Two what?! …Uh…what is a yout?!”
Hey aren’t you supposed to be digging a swimming pool by hand?
LOL! I’ve since talked to several pool companies that called bullshit on not being able to get an excavator in. When the economy is in the shitter (like right now) they will dig a hole with their hands to get business.
Sorry for the hijack. Carry on…
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talk about it being in the shitter. JOb = impossible to find
[quote]GettingBigNow wrote:
no dude her whole attitude is “im training a client where all the stations I need should be free so there is no wait time between stations, therefore you cant use it…” While I was on there she kept giving me the evil eye to GTFO so if i stayed, she would’ve just told me to gtfo cuz she is training a “client”[/quote]
If she’s staring at you in the middle of a set, complete your set, and ask her if she wants to work in. Same way you would for anyone else. And when the client is done with her set, say “excuse me” to her, not the trainer, and do another set. Don’t be a dick about it, but don’t be a doormat, either. Cut the PT out of it as much as you can.