You know what I’m really sick of at the gym? People who won’t wipe down their fucking machines after they’re finished using them.
There are wet towelette dispensers everywhere (and signs saying “wipe your fucking machines down”) for a reason, assholes.
No one wants to bathe in your excess liquid DNA, jerkfaces.
—Pretty Kitty
This article appears in Jun 11-17, 2009.
Maybe they’re marking territory.
I hear ya! Nothing like working out on sweaty equipment
Well at least they don’t urinate in the shower!
lol gotta love Seinfeld
Although I understand this bitch to a point keep in mind that you are at a fucking gym not the Queen’;s ball. No I do not want to lie in a river of someone else’s sweat but at the same time if it is a bit damp I am not going into convulsions.
I always wipe equipment down beforehand anyway. A dry piece of equipment does not mean it has been cleaned and you can’t count on others to always do what they are supposed to. Much easier to take care of things myself.
Yeah, I’ve started doing that lately, miles — especially on the resistance machines: I’m not so keen on other people’s crotch sweat 😛
I think the thing that bugs me is the lack of consideration for others moreso than the germ/cleanliness factor, Bobby. It’s like they think their crotch sweat is SO much better than everyone else’s.
*Shudder* that’s just nasty. At least there’s no snot smearing going on…I’d fricken puke.
I always thought it was a given that you wipe down your machines BEFORE you work out. I mean sure, the sign says wipe them after but I’m not going to count on other people’s ability to read… or think… or not be lazy.. hygienic.. considerate.
Abandon all faith in humanity, there will always be lazy inconsiderate slobs so just look after yourself and wipe down the seats anyway.
After reading a page of these you can still act surprised that people in our day and age are rude!? At least Miles has a proactive solution. What’s REALLy rude is when you’re waiting for a drink, but the 115lbs, tattooed, twink, Arnie wannabe takes the time to fill a water bottle so big that it would make Robert Ripley say, “I don’t f%&king believe it!’. When someone, sans bottle, lines up to the fountain, you step back with your screw cap bucket and wait. A gym etiquette primer should be part of every newbie’s orientation: Wipe down your gear, put your weights back, don’t fill a water tank if others are waiting for a sip, don’t spray yourself so much that the AXE can implodes and your gym mates can’t find a toilet to vomit in because their vision has been comprimised…y’know…THAT kind of stuff.