DEAR JANE: I'm being judged at my gym for a 'disgusting' habit, but I refuse to stop
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Dear Jane,. I recently joined a very expensive, sparklingly clean new gym. In the weight room and the exercise studios, there are staff members constantly walking around wiping down the equipment. They do it as a service that the members pay for!, so I don't ever clean the equipment myself.
But the other day, after I got up from a bench without wiping it, an older woman stared me down like I was a pig. I told her if she wanted clean equipment to do it herself or wait for a staffer. That started a big fight and she blabbed to everyone at the gym about it.
Dear Jane: I'm being judged at my gym for a 'disgusting' habit, but I refuse to stop. I've since heard that she got the flu and is really struggling because of her more advanced age – but should I feel bad?. If you're so vulnerable don't work out in a gym, I say.
Am I wrong? Why do we all have to walk on eggshells for the weak among us?. Gym Rat. International best-selling author Jane Green offers sage advice on readers' most burning issues in her agony aunt column. Dear Gym Rat,. Being a decent human involves caring how your behavior impacts those around you.
Whilst technically there may be people who are paid to clean up, if the etiquette is to clean your bench after using it – as is the case in pretty much every gym I've ever been to – clean the damn bench. If I'm honest: you're not just wrong, you're being both heartless and entitled.
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