I loathe the gym because of people like this

[protege]

Are the sweaty people who sweat all over the place and then don't wipe down the machine. That alone turns my stomach

...and that's why I always sit/lay on a towel or 3 when I use the machines

But, the people I can't stand? The ones who think that the *entire gym* needs to know every detail about their weekend or whatever health problem they're dealing with. Nearly all of them are droning on about their issues, in the loudest voice possible. I'm at the other end of the gym with my iPod cranked up as loud as it will go...yet I can still hear them. Seriously, I don't care (or want to know) about the rash on your back, the fact that your husband has um...issues in bed, or even about the party you went to and got so drunk you screwed a fire hydrant. Shut the fuck up. I mean, do I go around telling everyone in a 5-mile-radius about the phlegm I hacked up this morning?

[DGoddessChardonnay]

Shut the fuck up. I mean, do I go around telling everyone in a 5-mile-radius about the phlegm I hacked up this morning?

No but you just did spread it all over CS.

*ducks and runs*

I don't go to the gym (if I want to work out, I'll spend the day doing housework) but I can just sit outside at work and hear coworkers spreading all their dirty laundry via cell phone loud enough for the entire parking lot to hear.

I have no respect for people like that . . . I don't need to hear how you're missing your fkbuddy of the week or every four letter word coming out of your mouth or about the way somebody said such and such offended you . . .

Whatever happened to privacy and decorum?

[protege]

No but you just did spread it all over CS.

Well, aren't sinus issues a bitch?

[DGoddessChardonnay]

Well, aren't sinus issues a bitch?

This time of year, they really are. I have my share of them.

Want a good workout without going to the gym? Try taking the dog out on a leash at 5 in the morning and she sees the opossum eating on the front porch.

I came *this* close to skiing down the front steps.

[Bella_Vixen]

This time of year, they really are. I have my share of them.

Seasonal allergies are going to be horrible this year. Luckily for me, I don't have any.

[Ironclad Alibi]

Seasonal allergies are going to be horrible this year. Luckily for me, I don't have any.

So you just have the usual non-seasonal allergies? I have a couple of those.

[Becks]

Seasonal allergies are going to be horrible this year. Luckily for me, I don't have any.

*hiss*

Don't worry, I have plenty of seasonal allergies.

[Ironclad Alibi]

*hiss*

Don't worry, I have plenty of seasonal allergies.

You should share them with Bella_Vixon.

[Bella_Vixen]

You should share them with Bella_Vixon.

She'll try.

[ADeMartino]

Definitely sounds a bit like the kind of person who's there just to show off rather than being there for the actual health benefit.

Definitely agree. My sister-in-law worked for a spa or health club or something many years ago, and she had a lot of stories about people like this. It seemed that many of the 'guests' of the club weren't there for a workout so much it being some weird sort of social club where they could meet with their snotty, overpriveleged friends and pick on/make fun of others (namely, anyone not in their little clique).

I thought she was exaggerating just a bit, until one time when her car wouldn't start and left her stranded at work, so she called me for a ride. So, I climbed in my old work truck, a battered late-1970s Dodge, and went to see if I could either get her car to start or get her safely home.

And while I was there, I saw some of this attitude for myself. If anything, Sis in Law had been understating the suck.