I gotta side with the gym here. Sure you can push the limits if your membmembership, but if you get caught you can't really go running to the media claiming you're being discriminated against. And definitely don't go asking people you don't know to swipe you in, the article has him describing how he was describing stuff inside to someone to prove he had a membership so they would swipe him in, and implies that it was because he struggles to find his swipe tag in his bag.
this post was submitted on 30 Apr 2024
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Feels like a safety issue for other patrons too. If I went to the gym and found a guy there who wasn't actually working out (presumably sleeping) I'd be pretty freaked out.
Even in an article that is written to be very sympathetic to him, he comes across as a weirdo that's taking the piss. I'm sure the gym had good reason to kick him out.
Sounds like a backpacker who thought they found a loophole they could exploit to save money on accommodation....
Many backpackers get a gym membership so they can use the showers and the toilets and park in the parking lot to sleep in their cars.
Yeah, but they don't usually also sleep inside the gym.
true. They should rewrite their T&Cs
They need to put it explicitily into the terms and conditions :-D He should always have to enter with his own card but that's somewhat on those that swiped for him, they shouldn't have. Yes he's taking the piss but if they don't specify time limits or "fair use" in the terms and condidtions that's on them.
If the gym won't let you cancel your membership, this is certainly a way of handling it.
My first thought as well.
"Won't cancel my membership? Guess I live here now"
This just sounds like a homeless guy who won't admit he is homeless.
Gym should just give him his money back and update the language of their contracts. Doesn't need to be some huge thing.
Yeah, I'm with the gym on this one. If he's just in there hanging out and not actually doing any exercises then there's no reason for him to be there. It's a gym, not a social club.
Why is he just hanging around in there anyway? That seems suspicious and could end up causing problems that the gym could be held liable for if he's doing something inappropriate