Possession is 9/10 of the law
I don't know why all my stories & gripes come from the gym lately, but here we are again. The husband and I were just at the gym. He rarely goes with me, but he decided to today and I told him I wanted him to check out the treadclimber. If you don't know what that is, it's basically a treadmill split in half and the individual smaller treads move up and down under your weight as you walk. It requires more balance and gets your lungs pumping in no time. There are four of them at the gym, and they were all occupied when we got there. So we got on a couple of regular treadmills nearby and started with those. Then I noticed that the woman on the treadclimber nearest me was finishing up. I thought about just taking that treadclimber and letting the husband continue with the treadmill workout (he wasn't all that interested in the treadclimber).
The woman on the treadclimber got off, then I noticed that the woman on the one farthest from me was also getting off . . . but the husband kept on with his treadmill. So I walked over to the treadclimber nearest me and got on, and this woman who had also been on a treadmill further down comes up to me and says, "I was going to get on that." I pointed to the other one that had been vacated and, ignoring that I instantly thought she was a dumb bitch, said "that one right there is available." Then she says, "He's getting on that one," referring to a guy that I guess she was there at the gym with. I told her there are no lines for these and she said, "but we were waiting." What, on a treadmill, just like I was? Fuck off! I didn't get a chance to respond to that because I guess the guy she was with told her she could have the one he was going to take.
Sometimes I wish I had a brick in my pocket for people like this. If you are waiting for a machine and want it that badly, then stand behind one of 'em and wait like the rest of the world does. If you are working out on another machine, you are not in LINE or WAITING for another machine as though you have some kind of invisible place holder. Honestly -- does that mean that because I was planning on using the leg press after the woman who was on it first was done that I should have told the guy who got on it next that I was waiting for it while I was on another leg machine? Uh, how 'bout no.
THEN, the woman with her nasty fake tan and stupid trying to look cute at the gym hat goes and gets on the other treadclimber for LESS THAN 5 MINUTES before she and the boyfriend leave the gym. Wow, you waited all that time to do 4 1/2 minutes on the treadclimber? What a dumbass.
When I was done with the treadclimber, I went to get the husband off his treadmill so we could do some resistance training and he asked me what the woman had said to me. I told him and he had the same reaction I did -- then we spent the rest of the time looking at other people in the gym and daring one another to go up to someone in the middle of their workout and say, "um, I was going to use that."
We decided, for reasons of health and safety, not to actually do it. But it amused the hell out of us to imagine it!
Oh, I did finally get the husband on the treadclimber after our resistance training and he got quite the shock when he realized he was out of breath inside of 3 minutes. Like the sign says, it only looks like a walk in the park!
The woman on the treadclimber got off, then I noticed that the woman on the one farthest from me was also getting off . . . but the husband kept on with his treadmill. So I walked over to the treadclimber nearest me and got on, and this woman who had also been on a treadmill further down comes up to me and says, "I was going to get on that." I pointed to the other one that had been vacated and, ignoring that I instantly thought she was a dumb bitch, said "that one right there is available." Then she says, "He's getting on that one," referring to a guy that I guess she was there at the gym with. I told her there are no lines for these and she said, "but we were waiting." What, on a treadmill, just like I was? Fuck off! I didn't get a chance to respond to that because I guess the guy she was with told her she could have the one he was going to take.
Sometimes I wish I had a brick in my pocket for people like this. If you are waiting for a machine and want it that badly, then stand behind one of 'em and wait like the rest of the world does. If you are working out on another machine, you are not in LINE or WAITING for another machine as though you have some kind of invisible place holder. Honestly -- does that mean that because I was planning on using the leg press after the woman who was on it first was done that I should have told the guy who got on it next that I was waiting for it while I was on another leg machine? Uh, how 'bout no.
THEN, the woman with her nasty fake tan and stupid trying to look cute at the gym hat goes and gets on the other treadclimber for LESS THAN 5 MINUTES before she and the boyfriend leave the gym. Wow, you waited all that time to do 4 1/2 minutes on the treadclimber? What a dumbass.
When I was done with the treadclimber, I went to get the husband off his treadmill so we could do some resistance training and he asked me what the woman had said to me. I told him and he had the same reaction I did -- then we spent the rest of the time looking at other people in the gym and daring one another to go up to someone in the middle of their workout and say, "um, I was going to use that."
We decided, for reasons of health and safety, not to actually do it. But it amused the hell out of us to imagine it!
Oh, I did finally get the husband on the treadclimber after our resistance training and he got quite the shock when he realized he was out of breath inside of 3 minutes. Like the sign says, it only looks like a walk in the park!
posted by PlatinumGirl at 12:34 PM
3 Comments:
Please know that I adored this post.
I loved this line the best: "Sometimes I wish I had a brick in my pocket for people like this."
I like your style, Platinum.
I laughed loudly about you guys going up to someone and saying 'I was going to use that.' Too funny.
Some people have some gall, ya know?
LBB: :0)
Peachy: I know!
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