rumrunn6

my gym has new ownership, been recruiting new members, refurbished the showers/locker rooms & installing new machines, etc. It's all good, but there's a bunch of newbies using the locker/dressing room that don't seem to have experience with proper etiquette. there are no posted rules so in theory anything goes, but it's tiresome. anyone want to share what they think are the basics in gym locker/dressing/shower etiquette?

RPK79

What are they doing running around naked snapping wet towels at each other's rear quarters?

rumrunn6

lol ... I would share but I don't want to get flamed for being a prude or a neat freak.

but for example, walking up to the sinks/mirrors without covering their junk, sitting on the benches without underwear or a towel to sit on, leaving anonymous underwear on the floor of the drying area outside the shower area. I'm naked when necessary but cover up out of courtesy if I'm walking to&from the showers, or using the hair dryer by the sink/mirror. I think some resist normal modesty to the point that they become exhibitionist and their lack of public hygiene is disgusting to me. don't they consider the consequences of sitting in their own slime then leaving it for the next knucklehead to sit bare a*sed on? or consider that they might be sitting in someone else's slime?

RPK79

You could always try to compliment their genitals in an attempt to get them to cover them up around you. This might backfire though...

lsberrios1 

For some reason just reading some stuff in your posts makes me uncomfortable. I agree with RPK though. Don't do the obvious though, be creative. Then they will freak and probably cover.

RPK79

"Hey, Bro, lookin' good."

*point at crotch*

*put fist up for a "bump"*

rebel1916

Nudity is normal in locker rooms. I'm not talking about the weirdos who bust out a set of pushups in the buff, or stand, nekked, with one foot up on the bench, but walking to and from the shower, etc is not particularly out of place.

rumrunn6

lol

rumrunn6

agreed, it's really the other stuff

rumrunn6

I've made the mistake once or twice over the years of saying something - it always back fires or hurts their feelings. just something to endure while the newbies learn the ins&outs of our gym, no pun intended

rumrunn6

rebel1916

Just sidle up, kinda point with your chin, and say "hey man that's a real nice one".

rumrunn6

reminds me of Clint Eastwood's shower scene in Escape from Alcatraz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKYeUcLqugU

caloso

+1

dalameda

standard etiquette? go to and from the showers with a towel wrapped around and with flip flops, sit down on a towel,

Others have made great suggestions as to comments to make to correct behavior, I advocate sidling up and saying something like "don't worry, it will grow... hopefully"

hueyhoolihan

but you ARE a prude and a neat freak!

... not that there is anything WRONG with that.

rebel1916

See, I think making sure you are wrapped in a towel every possible second is weird. Never nudes are loco en la cabeza.

CbadRider

The only sign posted in my gym locker room is one prohibiting cell phone photos.

I have also seen people sit naked on the benches without a towel, so I avoid having contact with the benches unless there is a towel or article of clothing as a barrier.

There are several women who wander around naked, but I've never seen any of them bust out a set of pushups.

My biggest complaint are those who sit at the vanity in front of one of the 4 hair dryers and yap with their friends while people are waiting to dry their hair. Oh, and the swimmers who don't dry off and leave a big puddle of water on the tile floor in front of the lockers; I've slipped on it several times.

BigAura

What is wrong with you people? You are talking about nudity as if its something unnatural and dirty. As long as people don't get in your space, naked or otherwise, and don't make a mess who cares what they are wearing? It's a public space for showering and changing clothes. First off why are you staring at someones junk, and if it bothers you that much and you can't help but stare don't go in the locker-room.

Now I'll tell you what is disgusting, everyone eating together in a public place and stuffing food in their faces

rebel1916

It is remarkably uncomfortable.

Carbonfiberboy 

Where I went to school, the sexes were separate in showers, pool, sauna, etc. Thus clothing was forbidden in all those areas. Kept things neat. Coming out of HS where everybody was still weird about that stuff it took a little getting used to, but it is so obviously a good way to treat all that body stuff. They tried to make adults of us. Probably mostly failed.

Heathpack 

Clothing was forbidden in the pools when you were in school. As in y'all skinny dipped your way through college? Like you swam laps nekkid? Whoa, that blows my mind.

Carbonfiberboy 

That is correct. IMO nakedness is a good thing. About 20 of us dirty hippies have been saunaing together for many years. Not all of us at once - none of us has a sauna that big. Think about that and our age. Now that's an image you'll never erase.

caloso

You are aware that gymnasium literally means the place to be naked, right?

Heathpack 

Ok, still wrapping my innocent little head around this. Naked in the swimming pool doing what? As a lap swimmer, I just feel all the parts should be nicely ensheathed by nylon or whatever it is swimsuits are made of. For the same reasons the diver comes once a month to scrape barnacles off your boat. To decrease drag.

Note to self: when visiting Carbon, change the subject if he suggests swimming a few laps

H