I’m not feeling myself at all today, I’m getting annoyed by things that would never ever normally bother me at all. It all boils down to the gym and the attitude of some of the staff in there.
The manager for example, greets everybody with a cheery hello and a chat. Me, I don’t get so much as a grunt. It’s been like that for months but I think I’ve only just figured out what his problem is. I reckon that he thinks I’m some sort of dole funded scummer. It’s understandable I suppose, I go into the gym at 10:30 most mornings, I’m very much a jeans a t-shirts type person. Hell I don’t even feel the need to shave everyday, why should I, I own my own successful business. I’m not client facing, I generate my own income. There is definitely some sort of resentment going on, does he really believe that I’m ploughing my state benefits into a gym membership? More to the point should it matter if that was the case? I expect a certain level of common courtesy from everybody I deal with, it’s the same courtesy I give them. On top of that there is also the fact that I’m a paying customer, that doesn’t seem to register either. Some of the other staff (especially the blokes) seem to have the same attitude. The girls are much nicer but maybe that’s just because girls tend to be much better at being “nice”? The one lad who I did get on with really well in there left, he actually took the time to ask what I do and when I told him was full of questions “Can anybody do it?” etc etc
So how to resolve this because it’s no fun going somewhere everyday (bloody paying to go somewhere more to the point) where you’re made to feel about as welcome as a fart in a space suite. I’ve thought of maybe having some gym t-shirts made up with various slogan on them ranging from “I’m not unemployed”, “Self Employed And Proud” to “I Earn More Than You!”. Maybe not, this would make me a bigger asshole than them. Perhaps a better idea would be to rank number one for all of the phrases related to their local gym and splash a picture of myself up. Then again that would still make me a bit of an asshole.
In all seriousness I have no idea what to do. It’s not like I can take my business elsewhere we’re not exactly blessed with local gyms so if I want to keep exercising I’m just going to have to grin and bear it.
