L3
28-04-2009, 11:52 AM
Yesterday, some dipshit that started working at my gym a few months ago went all roid rage on me. Like absoultely lost it, over nothing...i've been going to this gym 5-6 days a week for the past 8 months and nothing like this has ever happened...
From what I can see, hes a pretty intense individual to being with, with his tattooed fire sleeve, spiked black hair, and lifting straps on top of workout gloves.
Me on the other hand, pretty timid stoner, dont really talk to anyone, mind my own business. Oh, and i have about 10lbs on this guy.
So heres my side of the story:
I have set up a flat bench infront of one of hte cable pulleys, so that i can do animal curls with the top pulley. After my first 2 sets, i went to get a drink. When i came back, the guy was working out on the other side, doing reverse curls with the low cable, and his bottle was resting on my bench. So being the polite guy that i am, i let him finish, and then he just peaced. Now, i know its super annying when someone touches your shit, so i didnt remove his waterbottle from my bench. When he was coming back, this is how the coversation went
L3 - hey man, i was using the bench
Tough Guy - well im using it right now
L3 - but i was just getting a drink
TG - well ,you werent here, so i dont care, you werent here so now im using it
L3 - **saying nothing, just standing there, watching in disbelief**
TG - what, do you know who i am? get the **** out of here
L3 - aren't you an employee here? theres no need for that kind of language...(there were female members around)
TG - thats the ****ing way i talk, you got a ****ing problem with that?
L3 - i dont, but some of the other members might
TG - hey man, i dont want to fight you (while swinging a D-ring in his hand)
L3 - fight?? who said anythign about a fight. you need to calm down man youre being very agressive
TG - you know what, i ****ing told you, get your shit and get the **** out of here
L3 - ***still standing there, staring in disbelief***
TG - yo why are you still standing there, you wanna ****ing talk? lets ****ing talk
so at this point, im pretty ****ing pissed. like this has never happened to me, ever. its a pretty weird feeling when someone is telling you what to do....
so i go to the front desk, and i tell them, one of you employees is being very aggressive and threatening. the funny thing is, they didn't really seem surprised. the assistant manager was helpful enough and gave me the regionial managers contact information.
so i go back to my workout, and 20 mins later the tuff guy comes back
TG - hey man i said i wanted to talk, and you just walked away
L3 - yeah , i dont want to talk to you, im going to speak with the regional manager
TG - ok man, you have to see it from my point, you werent here when i got here and i was using the bench
L3 - so it didnt occur to you i might be getting water? do you never drink water when you work out?? you lost control man, you got angry didnt you??
TG - well yea but... no.,...we are both wrong. im a man and i admit im wrong.but you are wrong too.
L3 - well im not wrong
** at this point one of the memebrs who was aroudn during the initial confrontation comes by and starts talking etc.
TG - whatever, thats all i have to say
i've set up a meeting with the regional manager and im gonna tell her exactly what happened, since i dont really trust the assistant manager there to tell her about it. im not doing it out of spite, im just thinking ahead, if this looser were to freak out on another member, for example a female one, she would never come back... and if i wwere the manager, i would wanna know about employees like that so i could nip the problem in the bud.
either way, the moral of the story is
dont be a roid raging dickhead at work
From what I can see, hes a pretty intense individual to being with, with his tattooed fire sleeve, spiked black hair, and lifting straps on top of workout gloves.
Me on the other hand, pretty timid stoner, dont really talk to anyone, mind my own business. Oh, and i have about 10lbs on this guy.
So heres my side of the story:
I have set up a flat bench infront of one of hte cable pulleys, so that i can do animal curls with the top pulley. After my first 2 sets, i went to get a drink. When i came back, the guy was working out on the other side, doing reverse curls with the low cable, and his bottle was resting on my bench. So being the polite guy that i am, i let him finish, and then he just peaced. Now, i know its super annying when someone touches your shit, so i didnt remove his waterbottle from my bench. When he was coming back, this is how the coversation went
L3 - hey man, i was using the bench
Tough Guy - well im using it right now
L3 - but i was just getting a drink
TG - well ,you werent here, so i dont care, you werent here so now im using it
L3 - **saying nothing, just standing there, watching in disbelief**
TG - what, do you know who i am? get the **** out of here
L3 - aren't you an employee here? theres no need for that kind of language...(there were female members around)
TG - thats the ****ing way i talk, you got a ****ing problem with that?
L3 - i dont, but some of the other members might
TG - hey man, i dont want to fight you (while swinging a D-ring in his hand)
L3 - fight?? who said anythign about a fight. you need to calm down man youre being very agressive
TG - you know what, i ****ing told you, get your shit and get the **** out of here
L3 - ***still standing there, staring in disbelief***
TG - yo why are you still standing there, you wanna ****ing talk? lets ****ing talk
so at this point, im pretty ****ing pissed. like this has never happened to me, ever. its a pretty weird feeling when someone is telling you what to do....
so i go to the front desk, and i tell them, one of you employees is being very aggressive and threatening. the funny thing is, they didn't really seem surprised. the assistant manager was helpful enough and gave me the regionial managers contact information.
so i go back to my workout, and 20 mins later the tuff guy comes back
TG - hey man i said i wanted to talk, and you just walked away
L3 - yeah , i dont want to talk to you, im going to speak with the regional manager
TG - ok man, you have to see it from my point, you werent here when i got here and i was using the bench
L3 - so it didnt occur to you i might be getting water? do you never drink water when you work out?? you lost control man, you got angry didnt you??
TG - well yea but... no.,...we are both wrong. im a man and i admit im wrong.but you are wrong too.
L3 - well im not wrong
** at this point one of the memebrs who was aroudn during the initial confrontation comes by and starts talking etc.
TG - whatever, thats all i have to say
i've set up a meeting with the regional manager and im gonna tell her exactly what happened, since i dont really trust the assistant manager there to tell her about it. im not doing it out of spite, im just thinking ahead, if this looser were to freak out on another member, for example a female one, she would never come back... and if i wwere the manager, i would wanna know about employees like that so i could nip the problem in the bud.
either way, the moral of the story is
dont be a roid raging dickhead at work