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gym etiquette
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?
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What are they doing running around naked snapping wet towels at each other's rear quarters?
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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?
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?
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You could always try to compliment their genitals in an attempt to get them to cover them up around you. This might backfire though...
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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.
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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.
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agreed, it's really the other stuff
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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
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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"
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"
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See, I think making sure you are wrapped in a towel every possible second is weird. Never nudes are loco en la cabeza.
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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.
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.
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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
Now I'll tell you what is disgusting, everyone eating together in a public place and stuffing food in their faces
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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.
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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.
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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.
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You are aware that gymnasium literally means the place to be naked, right?
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Note to self: when visiting Carbon, change the subject if he suggests swimming a few laps
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