r/mildlyinfuriating • u/InfiniteFart • Sep 09 '26
Infuriatig Two guys took every dumbbell from 25-90 lbs but wouldn’t share
“no bro we’re using them”. looks a lot worse in person i couldn’t get a full pic of all the weights they took
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u/NickGnomeEveryNight Sep 09 '26 edited Sep 09 '26
Pick em up and use em. Alert the staff if they say anything. It’s a shared space that you all pay for. People do this shit because others let them.
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u/mono__no___aware Sep 09 '26
Absolutely. They are one of the most insufferable types of people. Plus, they usually stop coming to the gym after a few months.
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u/FullofLovingSpite Sep 09 '26
They will absolutely quit. Losers like that get bullied out, too. Which is acceptable because they're doing their best to bully others.
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u/mono__no___aware Sep 09 '26
Their sole aim is to show off; it is only in this way that they can make their existence visible. Formalism strikes me as one of the most pathetic complexes.
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u/USSMcCoy Sep 09 '26
When you're in the gym, all words that end in an "O" sound must be bro.
Therefore, these guys are broing off, if you bro what I mean, and I bet they workout prettly broly.
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u/Pissedtuna Sep 10 '26
I wish we could agree to do this to politicians. Like if everyone in a town agrees not to interact with that person what are they going to do?
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u/ProphetOfPhil Sep 09 '26
These people and people who use two machines at once are the bane of my existence in the gym. "What do you mean you're also using this machine while you're over there having a conversation and doing something else?!" 😭
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u/Matticus-G Sep 10 '26
Just ignore them, and dare them to challenge you.
Don’t cower before bullshit, own your fucking space.
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u/Ready-Delay3918 Sep 10 '26
That's fine until you're a 110 lb woman and they are going to be all butthurt in the parking lot after they get kicked out. And that also goes for anyone else who doesn't react to good to bullets, Jack Ryan.
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u/Oldtomsawyer1 Sep 10 '26
Noooo!!!! I need to do my supersets and do other shit for 8 minutes while I also reserve the bench pressssss
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u/Joker-Smurf Sep 10 '26
I did try going to the gym for a while.
I gave up when there was always this group of three people who would monopolize all of the equipment.
“Hey, can I work a set in?”
“No. We are using it.” While they are actively on a different machine.
And the staff did nothing about it. This went one for a few sessions, then I just gave up. Cancelled. Will not go back no matter how many times they send me emails/sms asking me to rejoin.
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u/BellyButtonFungus Sep 10 '26
Yeah I just hop on the one not in use and slap my earbuds in. Let them be the wanker who walks over and makes a stranger take out their earbuds, to explain how a machine they weren't on was "in use".
I just stare at them and put my earbuds back in. After a couple of seconds they usually realise that the "no actually i had dibs on that" attitude doesn't fly as an adult.
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u/surprise_wasps Sep 10 '26
Dude is wayyyyy too fucking small to try to justify whatever dumbfuck ‘program’ he’s supposed to be doing
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u/14point4kMODEM Sep 09 '26
Better yet take one of multiple weights. Use what you want in one hand and alternate. Keep it going until you can't take it anymore. Let them suffer
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u/Whydo-I-evenbother8 Sep 09 '26
Thats step 2, when the courageous conversation falls on deaf ears. Also some gyms don't have staff at all hours.
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u/Immediate-Cat8632 Sep 09 '26
Just go take them. Guy starts something, call staff. You won’t be the one getting banned.
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u/StaredAtEclipseAMA Sep 09 '26
We need to bring back standing up for yourself
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u/Computermaster Sep 10 '26
Guy starts something, call staff.
And if you aren't able to get staff before the guy really starts something, you are now armed with an extremely dense and heavy blunt object.
Obviously I'm not saying you should beat the snot out of the guy, just protect yourself against assault.
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u/giverjury Sep 10 '26
Yeah lol, stuff first obviously but if things go sideways you’re definitely not standing up there empty handed 😭
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u/indifferentCajun Sep 10 '26
I'm fortunate to have scary guy privilege. I'm 6'3", 315 lbs and pretty muscular (kinda squishy), bald, bearded, and tatted. I'm not mean dude but people who don't know me don't know that. I've definitely taken dumbbells while making hard eye contact. I get that a lot of people wouldn't feel comfortable doing that, but just doing it with confidence and not acknowledging their bullshit is the play.
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u/deeper-diver Sep 09 '26
I had an incident similar to this many years ago. Gym rat monopolized all the weights and left them on the floor. When he left somewhere else leaving all the dumbbells on the floor, I helped myself to the one set I needed.
Minutes later, he came back informing me he was still using the weights. I told him bluntly "no you weren't. There are plenty other dumbbells you left on the floor you can use."
He complained to a gym employee. Employee came over while I was still there, saw his mess informed him of gym policy of checking-out one set of weights at a time and to place all the dumbbells back on the rack or lose his membership. I didn't have to say a word and just quietly enjoyed him being humbled.
Some people are just so oblivious and don't care. If he's that sloppy at the gym, his own place must be disgusting.
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u/vivalaroja2010 Sep 10 '26
When you finished with "his" dumbbells you should have offered them to him: "Hey im done with these, need them back?"
He would have blown a gasket....
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u/Mundane_Finding2697 Sep 10 '26
"Here you go Big Dawg..." - Me handing them back after I was done.
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u/Hizam5 Sep 10 '26
“Chief”
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u/Swish007 Sep 10 '26
"my guy"
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u/fotomoose Sep 10 '26
"Big man"
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u/PM_me_punanis Sep 10 '26
As a woman who did not grow up in the US, I have no clue if Big Dawg was meant as an insult or what. It sounds appreciative, like you are complimenting him lol
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u/Gigantkranion Sep 10 '26
I wouldn't have even done that.
I would have pretended that I didn't hear the staff and just drop them back off at his feet and at most say,
"Here you go, I'm done with them."
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u/RadicalRealist22 Sep 10 '26
I remember when I was young amd in a gym employee wanted to help menwith the bench press. Some other "hot shot" left his weightscon the bar, so the employee sent me to ask him to remove them. The fool tried to mock me for being to weak to lift the weights, and the employee told him to clean up the weights or gtfo. Sweet karma.
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u/Tacky-Terangreal Sep 10 '26
People who leave multiple 45’s on the machines are the biggest chodes on the planet. If you can’t put your weights away, you’re lifting too heavy
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u/helipad668 Sep 10 '26
I also hate HATE the people who leave their water bottle on a machine and go somewhere else talking to there buddy’s for 5 minutes and when you try to use it they rush back and say they were using it while pointing to their water bottle, almost got into a fight with someone while he left his wrist wraps on the cable machine and was doing a different exercise on the other side of the gym talking to his friend, I wanted to rip his fucking head off when he came back and told me he was “using it” I was pissed, I’m alway nice to people and let them work in but these pieces of shit have no respect or gym etiquette
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u/wolfmanportalberni Sep 10 '26
Is this some time of power move that people think they're doing in their little gym soap opera in their head? I had something similar. I went to use a bench and some guy said he was using it so I got up and went to go do tri-cep pull-downs and the same guy comes up to me during my set and tells me "I still have two sets left on that." So I just plainly asked "So you're on that bench so I can't use it but you're using this too so I can't use it?" He just looked at me like I was an asshole and then walked off and used a different machine. Maybe he was super setting? Either way, you don't get to call dibs on multiple machines.
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u/SkeyFG Sep 10 '26
To put the weights back on the rack or lose his membership. Served cold. This is the way tho. Nice fitness policy 👍
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u/dabking24 Sep 09 '26
Go over and grab them, don't ask. Pretty simple.
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u/GloomyLingonberry509 Sep 09 '26
Yeah… Asking validates their behavior. Don’t ask. Let them cry about it to staff, I’m sure they’ll love it.
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u/djjsteenhoek Sep 09 '26
Then hit em with the "dropped your pocket" 👌
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u/Fleghammer Sep 09 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/3o6EQeB1evNnmFH1SM
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u/BrutusoftheTudus Sep 09 '26
Classic move
I second ending with this
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u/Sublimed90 Sep 09 '26
While holding the two dumbbells you just took from them. Dominance.
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u/BrutusoftheTudus Sep 09 '26
PAINFUL DOMINANCE
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u/Castun Sep 10 '26
Painful dominance is still dominance. Hit 'em where they can't hurt!
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u/grantrules Sep 10 '26
I usually do a "Mind if I grab this?" as I'm grabbing it. Like.. it's not really a question.. it's leaving now.. just wondering if you mind. If they're like "yeah I do mind" then just say "K I'll be right back with it" then fuck off
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u/strawbery_fields Sep 10 '26
Literally had to do that with 70 dumbbell the other day. Kid was scrolling for ten mins and I had one set to do. Thanks bro! Keep scrolling!
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u/bojangler69420 Sep 09 '26
Even better; ask and then when they say no, take them anyway.
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u/Zesty-Fail7673 Sep 09 '26
When they say no just say "damn, thats crazy" grab em and walk away
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u/ExRockstar Sep 09 '26
"Let us take those dumb bells before we take your flabby little muscles and stretch them into a little flab-rope ladder so you can crawl back into the sewer both you girly-men crawls out of! Hear us now, but believe us later!"
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u/Dearic75 Sep 09 '26
“I’m sorry. I didn’t realize I would have to tell you it was a rhetorical question.”
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u/bojangler69420 Sep 09 '26
lol right?
“You using these?” — me
“Yeah” — them
“Damn, that’s crazy” — me picking up the weights I need and walking away
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u/wendigo303 Sep 09 '26
Or don't ask, but tell them:
"I'm just gonna grab this set of 45s, I see you're not using it right now:
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u/Olliegreen__ Sep 09 '26
Plus theses dumbasses don’t even have their shoes tied so they’re being dangerous as is.
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u/satandrools Sep 09 '26
Also, is that chud wearing a pinky ring? At the gym?
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u/DarthJarJar242 Sep 10 '26
And shox to lift in. He couldn't ooze more "I'm not serious about this" if he tried.
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u/OSTBear Sep 09 '26
Yup. I've done this exact thing to nunces like this. When they gripe at me I say "You can tell me what equipment I can or can't use when you pay my membership. You have a problem, tell the staff how you want to occupy 6 different pieces of equipment at the same time."
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u/Salt_Cash706 Sep 10 '26
I did this once with a guy who was trying to use 2 machines. I went to one when he was on the other and he said "I'm using that." "I just said "No problem you can work in." Done.
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u/Grundlestorm Sep 09 '26 edited Sep 09 '26
If you have more than 3 pairs, absolute max, you're just being an asshole and don't need them all and I have no qualms with picking them up and using them.
Maybe, maaaybe you are tri-setting and do need all 3 pairs. But these types never are, they're usually doing as much just sitting as working out, and the equipment is just on the floor
I can grab those 30s off of the floor and do my 3-4 sets and put them back before they would ever use them anyway.
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u/OSTBear Sep 09 '26
I mean... Here's the thing, when I was wrestling I used to do that stuff, but really... Taking 10 seconds to go get another set? Even if I got to go 5 lb lower? It's not that big a deal. You're sharing a gym with 30 plus people? Have some goddamn decency.
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u/Adonoxis Sep 10 '26
What douchebag uses 3 sets of dumbbells at a public gym? You're a douchebag if you use 2 sets. Just use a set, put it back, and use another set. It's not that hard...
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u/Logical-Spite-2464 Sep 09 '26
Just say “hey your shoes are untied” then pick up a couple
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u/elbowsout Sep 09 '26
Now I want to watch Army of Darkness!
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u/tcrudisi Sep 09 '26
Alright you primitive screwheads, LISTEN UP! You see this? This ... is my DUMBBELL! The 25 pound, double-reinforced Iron Grip. Planet Fitness' top of the line. You can find this over there, where I'm fucking taking it. YOU GOT THAT?!
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u/trippin-mellon Sep 09 '26
I like you dropped your pocket, or your sock is untied. Tends to throw them off more!
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u/Wendell-Short-Eyes Sep 09 '26
If you leave gym equipment unattended for 30 seconds then I’m using it/taking it. Some of us don’t have 3 hours to spend at the gym.
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u/anonstarcity Sep 09 '26
Absolutely. Been lifting more than 20 years, if someone is hogging weights or equipment just be polite but assertive and take it. If they’re truly doing some sort of superset, then they should be willing to go at 5am when nobody’s there, it’s perfect for that shit.
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u/MONSTERBEARMAN Sep 09 '26
At that point, I’d tell them that I’m actually “using” the whole gym, so they need to go home.
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u/Odd-Switch2069 Sep 09 '26
Exactly. They are tiny. Take what you need and keep it moving. All they will do is chirp.
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u/w00t_TX Sep 09 '26
I would ask, let them say no, and THEN take some.
Check that ego real quick and stomp it out.
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u/Karactour Sep 09 '26
Group of teens taking forever on 2 back machines. I ended up taking one. They got mad at me but I explained it's busy and to fuck off.
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u/Vacuum_Tube_Chassis Sep 10 '26
Happens all the time. 1 set of work every 10 minutes with 9 min 30 seconds spent staring like a mindless zombie at a phone. “I have another 2 sets.” “Yup, I’ll just work in here and squeeze in 4 sets while you’re between ‘sets’.” Pisses them off, IDGAF.
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u/-Twin-Flames- Sep 09 '26
Exactly, it’s not like you’re walking into someone’s garage and taking them off their weight rack. They don’t belong to them.
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u/porcupine_kickball Sep 09 '26
Pretty much. Go the fck home and buy a set if you want a private work out.
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u/Azguy303 Sep 09 '26 edited Sep 09 '26
Actually go and grab ones you don't plan on using, they respond saying we're using that... That's when you say, "No problem", and grab the ones you need.
If they say anything else you just tell em to fuck off
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u/D0faak Sep 09 '26
Exactly. What’s this dipshit going to do? If you set them down and he takes them back, automatically stand up and grab a different set of them lol
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u/Gwyllithar Sep 09 '26
"hey, I'm just going to take these to use"
"no mate we are using them"
" well pick your favorite set, the rest are free, this is a shared gym, stop being dickheads".
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u/itsneedtokno Sep 09 '26
"hey, I'm just gonna take these to use"
"nah, were using them"
"I wasn't asking permission. Have a good day."
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u/JYB1337 Sep 09 '26
"hey, I'm just gonna take these to use"
"Sure Bud"
"I wasn't asking permiss... Oh... Uh thanks..."
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u/TheGhostofWoodyAllen Sep 10 '26
"hey, I'm gonna take these to use"
no response
"I wasn't ask... uh... um..."
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u/CarbonPurple Sep 10 '26
“Hey, I’m gonna take these to use”
“We’re using them”
“I’m using your mom, make sure she’s on time tonight. And you (points at the other one) …… get fucked!!!!”
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u/Contemplating_Prison Sep 09 '26 edited Sep 09 '26
At most I will take two sets of dumbells and that heavily depends on how busy the gym is and if the other set of the same weight is in use or not.
My gym has two of every weight from 5-80lb. After that they only have 1 set
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u/WKU-Alum Sep 09 '26
This is the way. I can super set if space and equipment allows, but not at the expense of others. My personal favorites are the folks running a circuit on every chest machine in the place and get all haughty when they come back after 15 mins and you’re on “their machine”.
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u/Guilty_Cod6621 Sep 09 '26
did you tell the staff
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u/InfiniteFart Sep 09 '26
i mentioned above i have complained before but nothing gets done. also this gym is one of those types where there is only one person working for a few hours, then the rest of the day and night it’s a system of cameras and an emergency button system to contact some security service if anything happens
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u/bullhorn_bigass Sep 09 '26
You should change gyms then.
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u/Time_Effort Sep 09 '26
Yep, when all else fails vote with the wallet. They’ll likely ask for a reason, tell them the reason.
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u/InfiniteFart Sep 09 '26
yeah i know, it just saves so much time from being walking distance. i probably will though after seeing this response from people - the gym got bought out by this larger corporate gym giant, since then they don’t really take care of the machines as much, seats are often ripped, or coming off at the seams
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u/Trashinmyash Sep 09 '26
If you cant use a gym effectively in a shared space, is it really worth going to that specific gym?
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u/dotpain Sep 10 '26
Nice, sponges to absorb all the sweat from the last asshole (literally) and deposit it back on you. Def time to pick a new gym.
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u/kirbleknee Sep 09 '26
Wow I didn't know gyms operated like this. Makes the space seem more of a wild west saloon type of thing.
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u/Plankton_Brave Sep 09 '26
No they just took pictures and complained about it here.
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u/Kindly_Scratch_6104 Sep 09 '26
They just said they did multiple times. Classic Reddit making up scenarios to blame someone without knowing the situation.
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u/CartsOfDarkness Sep 10 '26
Will never understand why you people are here lol. Just come to complain under every single thread.. about other people complaing.. on a subreddit litterally for complaining. Like going on a cat sub and bitching about all the cats.. get a hobby or something.
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u/AppUnwrapper1 Sep 09 '26
Aside from being inconsiderate to those who may want to use the DBs, they’re also making a mess of the place and creating a tripping hazard.
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u/Fumanchusucka Sep 09 '26
Who the hell doesnt tie shoes to workout?
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u/Useless_or_inept can't believe it's not butter Sep 09 '26
mummy usually ties his laces for him, and picks up after him, that's why he doesn't know he's supposed to put weights away
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u/NeighborhoodDude84 Sep 09 '26
Octopus lifters. Only have two hands but somehow are managing to use 8 weights.
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u/AdFabulous8577 Sep 10 '26
You've got 2 options here, chief:
You put on your big boy pants and just pick up the dumbbells you want. What are they going to do about it?
You go get the staff to intervene. They're breaking the rules and you paid to be there, someone will take care of it if you are too much of a coward to assert yourself.
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u/Terrafire123 Sep 10 '26
I'd personally go with option 3:
- Seethe quietly to myself and then give up because I need to avoid social interaction at all costs.
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u/Repulsive-Rock4234 Sep 09 '26
They should have their membership revoked.
In a true powerlifting gym they would get physically thrown out the door
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u/TX_B_caapi Sep 09 '26 edited Sep 10 '26
Just walk over and take what you needed and track properly when you’re finished. If you’ve got any farts in the chamber, this seems like a good time to use them.
Edit: rack not track
Thanks for the award, kind stranger. I had brussel sprouts last night so the topic was on my mind.
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u/SmoothSandwich7071 Sep 10 '26
“Wouldn’t share” makes absolutely zero sense. Just go grab what you want. Wtf are they gonna do?
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u/Sensate613 Sep 09 '26
Dont ask. Dont talk. Just go take what you want. They are not private weights.
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u/BigSpud41 Sep 09 '26
What happens if you just go take the ones you need without comment?
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u/SuperbDonut2112 Sep 09 '26
You have the weights you need and they don’t do shit.
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u/Joleinik19 Sep 09 '26
Not only are they selfish pricks, they’re complete slobs. That workout area is a disaster and a tripping hazard for anybody nearby
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u/Shankar_0 Enraged, but to a tasteful level Sep 09 '26
Walk up and take anything he's not currently holding.
There's no "dibs" in a gym.
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u/Hot_Dog2376 Sep 09 '26
That's cute. You can't hoard the weights. Its like people "reserving" 5 machines. Nah, I'm just gonna use it. If they demand it back, I hit them with the Canadian "Yeahhh, naww."
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u/libraryofweird Sep 12 '26
Not to be a Karen here, but alert the gym manager. If they don’t straighten out this behavior, find a new gym
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u/Alibaba20202020 Sep 09 '26
Just take them, dont talk to such clowns, cant even tie their shoes....
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u/oniiichanUwU Sep 09 '26
Does bro think he’s doing ct fletcher’s gauntlet? Go over and grab them mfs, what’s he gon do lmao
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u/Gliese_667_Cc Sep 09 '26
Tell the gym staff, not reddit. Or go take them. One person can only use two dumbbells at once.
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u/Iminurcomputer Sep 09 '26
I have spent a lot of time in the gym. Probably way more time than my appearance would show. But this isnt about my insecurities...
Its about theirs. I haven't seen this but I have seen a lot of tools grab weights and lift them like 2 ft or less from the dumbell rack. I just go right into them, get close enough to show them they're in the way BUT not close enough Im getting in their personal space. There's a difference.
A very few times these people have said anything. I didn't need to come up with anything. I didnt need to construct a supreme court argument... I say, "I was getting the fuckin weights I needed. How is this a problem for you?"
Thats it. Dont need to be antagonistic. Dont need to be a tough guy. Just be very clear about what your right are an exercise (no pun intended) them. In my experience 100 out of 100 of these people are scared, insecure people and wont DO A DAMN THING about anything.
*Or, worst case, the gym has cameras, the person assaults you, get a lawyer and absolutely dick down their financial future. Idk about yall but I'll gladly get hit for a good settlement. Or, maybe I get hit and nothing happens but that miserable asshole will have a TON of shit to deal with while I get high and play with my cats
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u/Rengar_Is_Good_kitty Sep 10 '26
Tell the staff? And if the staff do nothing about it, tell them you're never coming back to that gym and walk out. Pretty simple really. Either that or walk up and grab them yourself.
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u/AdnamannyL11 Sep 10 '26
As someone who used to be a trainer and manage gyms, take them. I’m sorry guys but you are NOT using all of these unless every single set you’re doing for your whole workout is a drop set. If you want to hoard the weights, buy your own and set up a gym in your garage, then you can invite all the friends you want and talk for hours without being rude as hell.
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u/GeneMountain7128 Sep 09 '26
Just take the ones you want with unwavering eye contact.