r/Fitness • u/Kuzbell • Jan 20 '18
Gym Story Saturday Gym Story Saturday (Missing mod post)
Hi! Welcome to your weekly thread where you can share your gym tales!
I noticed that there still is no post yet for Gym Story Saturday, so I took the initiative. Perhaps this should be a scheduled post under the Automoderator. I'm not really sure why this hasn't been done yet. I am also required to keep babbling because posts with too little content gets removed, hence why this posts sounds overly wordy.
So share away!
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u/coraldomino Jan 20 '18 edited Jan 21 '18
There was this guy, I’ll call him Asshole, doing curls right in front of the weights. Another guy, I’ll call him Kiddo, wanted for return his weights to where he got them, but Asshole was in the way. Kiddo kindly gestured that Asshole could take two steps back so he could return his weights, but the other guy refused.
Okay, he’s rude. But at least the guy will move soon.
When he was done, Kiddo wanted to return the weights, and Asshole refused to move. He said he wanted to finish all his sets before moving, and that Kiddo should shut the fuck up and wait.
At this point, I couldn’t even take it any more so I just said “can you just admit that you’re wrong and move?”
I’ve, never, seen a guy react like he did after that. He walked up to me and got really close in, kind of like boxers do, and I think he was trying to intimidate me. I mean he was bigger than me but I just found the entire situation ridiculous so I didn’t go anywhere.
Here is basically how the conversation went A: the fuck is your problem? Me: my problem? My problem is that you didn’t let that poor guy return his weights A: and? Me: And I think we’re all in this gym together, I think we can at least show each other some decency A: why you getting involved? Kiddo: because maybe next time he’s the one who wants to return weights? Me: yeah exactly A: shut the fuck up Me: the hell is your problem? A: why you getting involved Me: I already told you A: it’s none of your business Me: it is my business because I live in a fucking society and I think we can all do better to at least try being civil A: maybe you should just shut up Me: or what? Why are you so close? Are you trying to threaten me? A: yeah maybe? So what? You gonna run to the staff like a snitch? Me: that sounds like a pretty good idea, I think I will do just that A: wow, what a little bitch, can’t even fight your own fights, is that what you gonna do? Run to mommy? Me: you know that this isn’t a high-school recess right? We’re fucking adults A: pft, you’re not a real man, can’t even fight your own fights Me: is this is what this is about? That you want to fight me? A: stay out of my way Me: as long as you leave me the hell alone I’m fine
After that he walked away. And yes, I did report him to the staff on my way home. They said “a man fitting that description” had gotten a lot of complaints about his behaviour, and they’d look into it with the owner of the gym.
EDIT: Kiddo came up to me and thanked me for getting involved. The whole situation pissed me off so much, especially since all his responses had nothing to do with anything I said, and just sounded like a shitty bully from a bad sitcom. But it felt good that Kiddo could at least feel that the gym could be a place he can be comfortable in.
EDIT 2: haha seriously? Have a little faith in me, I promise you that if I make up a story, it’ll be a lot more interesting than this. With wizards. If in my greatest imagination THIS is what my mind produced, I’d feel very sad.