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post 1703985141 07-22-2024, 05:22 AM
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Got verballed off of a machine tonight.

First time this has ever happened really.

I sit down on machine and do a set and then rest on machine, then some guy comes up and asks me how many sets I have left, and i tell him that I just sat down, so he asks how many sets I have left a few times before he walks off.

Then he comes around again and lingers around and asks the same shyt and I couldn't be bothered and just left the machine to him and used something else

What would you have done in this situation?
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post 1703985481 07-22-2024, 05:44 AM
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post 1703985541 07-22-2024, 05:48 AM
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Sounds like your gym is full of drama.
post 1703985591 07-22-2024, 05:51 AM
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Originally Posted By N0rds⏩
Have you triednot been a cuckold?
I didn't want to be rude and make a scene and tbh i just found it weird. If I've been on a machine for 15-20 minutes, i have no qualms about getting off straight away when someone asks, but I told the guy that I just got on and he kept asking and lingering around, etc.
Originally Posted By SpeakethTruth⏩
Sounds like your gym is full of drama.
Not at all - this is the only case.
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post 1703985621 07-22-2024, 05:54 AM
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Yes I’ve been in that situation. I tell them how many sets I have left and about how long it’ll take. And if I usually tell them they can work in if they want, since that’s a good way to make conversation and gym friends. Seems pretty simple.
post 1703985671 07-22-2024, 05:57 AM
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Originally Posted By jtaylor2010⏩
Yes I’ve been in that situation. I tell them how many sets I have left and about how long it’ll take. And if I usually tell them they can work in if they want, since that’s a good way to make conversation and gym friends. Seems pretty simple.
Yeah that's true. I don't like to work in/share or talk to people at the gym, because often times I don't vibe with people at the gym and then I don't want to feel obliged to speak to them, etc.

i should have told him 10 minutes or some sh*t - usually when I tell someone that I just started they leave me alone, but this guy kept pestering me.
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post 1703985731 07-22-2024, 05:59 AM
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Originally Posted By WiseOldApe⏩
Yeah that's true. I don't like to work in/share or talk to people at the gym, because often times I don't vibe with people at the gym and then I don't want to feel obliged to speak to them, etc.

i should have told him 10 minutes or some sh*t - usually when I tell someone that I just started they leave me alone, but this guy kept pestering me.
I’d say he’s either socially awkward incel, or he wants to bang you. Possibly both.
post 1703985811 07-22-2024, 06:02 AM
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Originally Posted By jtaylor2010⏩
I’d say he’s either socially awkward incel, or he wants to bang you. Possibly both.
He did walk past me and smile at me once a few days ago.

My theory was that he smiled to gauge my reaction and then when he realised I was friendly/nice he didn't feel bad about pestering me off of the machine - he's a ****** so they probably rely on this sort of stuff to get through life in India.
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post 1703986061 07-22-2024, 06:11 AM
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Originally Posted By Ph@ggot
What would you have done in this situation?
Use dumbbells and barbells?
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post 1703986121 07-22-2024, 06:14 AM
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After 13 Years of frequenting GYMs I can tell you OP, this is not a rare occurrence, you have done right OP. GYMs contain all kinds of a$$holes, move along and do not let something like this bother you.
post 1703986171 07-22-2024, 06:17 AM
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I would have left when I was finished.
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post 1703986231 07-22-2024, 06:18 AM
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Coulda just ignored him and maybe pointed at your ears with an annoyed look like you had headphones in.

If he freaks out before the 10-15 minute mark then he’s the one who looks like the crazy *******.
post 1703986241 07-22-2024, 06:20 AM
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Originally Posted By Lexira⏩
After 13 Years of frequenting GYMs I can tell you OP, this is not a rare occurrence, you have done right OP. GYMs contain all kinds of a$$holes, move along and do not let something like this bother you.
Yup - I am 30 years old with my whole life ahead of me. This stuff does bother me, but it's really not worth jeopardising my life over.
Originally Posted By MustardTiger17⏩
I would have left when I was finished.
that's the thing, I used to be quite angry and have violent thoughts when I was younger since I kinda grew up in the bad life, so for me it's taken years to cool off and not get into a power struggle for a machine, etc.

I have to be extra concious of my body language, etc, when asking for a machine or otherwise the people will get scared and give it up, etc.
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post 1703986331 07-22-2024, 06:22 AM
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Originally Posted By Lexira⏩
After 13 Years of frequenting GYMs I can tell you OP, this is not a rare occurrence, you have done right OP. GYMs contain all kinds of a$$holes, move along and do not let something like this bother you.
being a beta weak cuck that lets other men boss him around is right?
post 1703987281 07-22-2024, 07:06 AM
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Originally Posted By PadreChulo⏩
being a beta weak cuck that lets other men boss him around is right?
you bring up a good point, but at some point in our lives we have to let the alpha/beta stuff go
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post 1703987741 07-22-2024, 07:25 AM
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Originally Posted By PadreChulo⏩
being a beta weak cuck that lets other men boss him around is right?
Problem with this theory is autists like these never come in a threatening way, more like a socially autistic way where they mean no harm. Now if they were coming at you aggressively, that's a different story but it's never the case they just weren't taught proper etiquette, probably an NPC father, and resort to online advice that tells them "just ask how many sets they have bro people are friendly!!!"

I'm with OP and Lexira on this, gym just has a bunch of fkn weirdos so it's best to use it without much thought besides crushing ur workout and heading out.
post 1703987961 07-22-2024, 07:33 AM
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Originally Posted By Drop20lbs⏩
Problem with this theory is autists like these never come in a threatening way, more like a socially autistic way where they mean no harm. Now if they were coming at you aggressively, that's a different story but it's never the case they just weren't taught proper etiquette, probably an NPC father, and resort to online advice that tells them "just ask how many sets they have bro people are friendly!!!"

I'm with OP and Lexira on this, gym just has a bunch of fkn weirdos so it's best to use it without much thought besides crushing ur workout and heading out.
This - the guy was just a ****** that kept asking and lingering around and it just felt awkward. He probably didn't even understand what I was saying to him.
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Nothing worst when someone lingers next to you waiting to use equipment.

Like just go do something else until I'm done.
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post 1703988231 07-22-2024, 07:44 AM
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Why didn't you just give the man a straight answer the first time he asked?
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Originally Posted By Azzurri⏩
Nothing worst when someone lingers next to you waiting to use equipment.

Like just go do something else until I'm done.
Glad I'm not the only one who feels this way. People can literally pick up the vibes lmao. I fkn knew it.
Originally Posted By ToonLink⏩
Why didn't you just give the man a straight answer the first time he asked?
Usually when you tell someone that you just got on the machine, they leave you alone
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OP, refer yourself in the 3rd person when you reject him and that way he will know you are a big deal and not to be messed with.


"the Apester has 3 more sets boss, youre going to have to wait this one out"


call him "boss" too, its like calling someone "chief" which is my favorite but I like how its a title of respect while also blowing him off, it shows you are in charge.

Dont even look in his direction at him, it shows you think he is no threat that you dont even have to look to see what he is doing because you know he wont attack you.
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Why didn't you assert your dominance.
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Originally Posted By WiseOldApe⏩
Usually when you tell someone that you just got on the machine, they leave you alone
Or, you could just be straight forward with people and tell them how many sets you have left instead of being a woman about it by giving some catty passive aggressive "Well, I just got here..." response that implies you think they should just wait anywhere from 20 - 45 minutes for you to possibly leave. Another reason people ask when you'll be done isn't necessarily to rush you off of the equipment, but to politely ask that you let them know when you'll be finishing it up so someone else doesn't slide in and nab it after they waited half an hour or whatever for you to use it.

What was the machine, anyway? Was it a barbell loaded with frre weights that would have been an awkward pain in the neck to switch out with someone on? Or were you just being lame and not letting a guy work in with you on a machine where changing the weight is as simple as taking 2 seconds to adjust a pin in the stack? You said "machine" rather than specifying a particular free weights based lifting station, so it seems like you were just being difficult for the sake of it.
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Originally Posted By ToonLink⏩
Or, you could just be straight forward with people and tell them how many sets you have left instead of being a woman about it by giving some catty passive aggressive "Well, I just got here..." response that implies you think they should just wait anywhere from 20 - 45 minutes for you to possibly leave. Another reason people ask when you'll be done isn't necessarily to rush you off of the equipment, but to politely ask that you let them know when you'll be finishing it up so someone else doesn't slide in and nab it after they waited half an hour or whatever for you to use it.

What was the machine, anyway? Was it a barbell loaded with frre weights that would have been an awkward pain in the neck to switch out with someone on? Or were you just being lame and not letting a guy work in with you on a machine where changing the weight is as simple as taking 2 seconds to adjust a pin in the stack? You said "machine" rather than specifying a particular free weights based lifting station, so it seems like you were just being difficult for the sake of it.
It was that one typically used by women to develop their outer thighs where they repeatedly spread their legs

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Let the guy work in or if you can't be bothered and don't want to tell them no just go do something else and then jump back on the machine when they are gone.
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Fukin dumb when people ask this. I just look at them like they're annoying me and say "few yet m8" and they disappear
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Tell them I require more time than most people to pause and breathe between sets as a human with long COVID and a minority set of pronouns.
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i dont really get asked that often for some reason but i always offer for them to work in with me
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Am i missing something? Its a machine?

If a person asks you how many sets you have left in a machine, you say the number and also tell them that they can work in with you. Whats this "imma sit here on the pec flies for 10 minutes and nobody else can use it" ****?


Been going to the gym for 20 years and honestly shocked the misc aint calling you out on this one, thats common gym etiquette.
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