Weird gym encounters

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>There are people who don't tip

Fuck outta here

I've never heard of tipping reception, must be a retarded elitist thing to make people comfortable wtih their minimum wage job.

Here's a good one from last week. Me and my boys showed up to the boneyard to do some squats and there was this dyel asian kid on our rack squatting like 95lbs. We all approached him and he started to pack up all of his stuff but I stopped him and said "Oh nah it's okay bud, you can work in with us." Then I loaded up a couple of plates on each side, smirked and said "Better yet, why don't we work in with you??" He looked confused and nervous. I nodded at one of my boys and he loaded up 3 more plates on one side. I picked up the dyel kid and put him on the bar ass first on the other side (he weighs roughly 135lbs) and me and my bros took turns squatting him for reps. A couple of qt cardio bunnies walked by and were laughing their asses off watching him go up and down. He looked like he was actually getting a workout, he was sweating like crazy.

Haven't seen him since.

This just happened to me

>At 24/7 gym
>Lifting late, just me and this other guy there
>Guy comes over
>Asks me to sport his bench
>"Sure, how much are you benching?"
>He says 205lbs
>I'll handle it, no sweat
>Go over
>He loads up 160lbs
>80 fucking pounds on each side
>"Wait, weren't you going to bench 205?"
>He says that's it
>Then it hits me
>HE
>COUNTS
>THE
>FUCKING
>BAR
>Say whatever and he does his set
>Starts struggling
>Weight goes down
>"Help me bro!"
>"I'm not your bro, fucking liar"
>Rub my nuts on his helpless face
>Walk away

That'll teach him

I don't understand you loaded plates loaded more plates put guy ass first...
ARE YOU A FUCKING FAGGOT?
>me and my boys..????
GO AWAY YOU FUCKING FAG

Everyone at my gym does it though I always tip $10 extra when I hit a new PR, that way they come and cheer me on when I tell them I'm going for one that day.

Good feels

At least wait a few weeks between posts

> tipping the receptionist

I can't believe 'murica is considered a first world country when you have people working in jobs dependent on tips to keep themselves afloat, as well as paying for their overpriced education and overpriced healthcare. What a piece of shit place to live.

Ameriburgers have my sympathy.

How much do you guys tip?
I always tip $5 and get a polite thank you, but I feel others give more.

>Inb4 poorfag

I'm in between jobs, it's all I can afford atm

this has got to be German humor. It sucks.

Ok I live in Europe
>month memb in gym is 50EUR = 53USD
not single person in the gym ever tipped the receptionist

HOW DO YOU TIP A RECEPTIONIST
SHE WOULD LOOK AT ME LIKE IM WIERD................................

At least a plate is 45 here while it's only 20 in eurape. That's why you are still DYEL at 1/2/3/4, because you're lifting half of the actual weight, elitist retard!

myfirstsexteacher.com mode, mirin

in UK; can confirm we tip receptionists

Depends, if they're friendly, you tip more. If they are having a bad day, you tip more too.

If they seem to be angry, you're tipping too little, so add at least $10 that day to make up for it.

A friend of mine didn't tip for a while and they replaced his whey with chalk while he wasn't looking.

Don't know about Europe though, just ask one of the bigger guys in the gym how much they tip.

NO ONE TIPS I KNOW EVERYONE IN THE GYM YOU WANNABE TROLL

I don't get this meme. Shouldn't the bar be counted since it's still weight that's being lifted?

I'm assuming you guys have personal trainers or go to some nice gym where you get complimentary massages or free spa treatment shit.

My gym usually just has one guy sitting behind a desk and you just beep yourself in the counter. When I leave I might get a "have a good one" if the bro working looks up from his computer. Never even heard of tipping a gym receptionist.

Chill dude, might be that way in your country. We actually care about the people who greet and help us multiple times a week. No need to get all worked up.

I used to go to one of those gyms, but they all took seperate tips. No way I was gonna pay that much, so I changed gyms.

There are gyms without receptionists in some towns, so there's no tip needed.

>Mfw I found such a gym

I miss the service, but I love the money I'm saving.

>Inb4 Jew

> Have a good one
> No tip
It's like you're asking them to put the fake 45s out for you

the bar is 20kg/45lbs, I'm not lifting air, I don't get why I shouldn't count it

Because, for example, 1pl8=45lbs (one plate) on each side= 90lbs total

Adding the bar to your total makes you a liar if you do it intentionally

I go to the YMCA, I'm not tipping. Bitches get to see stole ass dudes work out all day and check cards at the door. Literally do nothing else. Fuck that.

you are retarded

Here's your (you)
B8 harder

it counts. its just a meme that was started to get new lifters fired up about 45lbs

Gotta be it or some samefag meme. Only retarded people would tip.
>talking to the help in 2017
>ishygddt

>lifting in campus gym
>tyrone and his pack enter
>twink on bench
>fiddling with phone
>tyrone yanks out hand
>shuffles through music
>picks song for him
>rubs twinks shoulders

Well meme'd friend

>tfw when 45 weight outlawed because muh yuropean nannystate

yawn, boring meme friend. Have another try

>I miss the service

quick blowie joey from the desk receptionist or what?

>feeling entitled to a tip

this is the nice guy of the service industry

Wait, why is it weird to use a towel? You blow dry your entire body?
You tip the receptionist??? What the fuck.

>Doing cable crunches
>Another guy doing glute kick backs in the adjacent cable machine
>He kicks my heel when doing his reps
>I turn and say "sorry"
>He turns at me and yells "WHAT THE FUCK BRO?"

Rubbing your ball sweat on a rag is frowned upon in all public spaces user.

Also, you come off as an insecure virgin.

>showering
>blow drying your hair
>not letting every girl bask in your liquified testosteron aroma

>Tip receptionist

Top tier bait. Well done.

i have a question about tipping, so my city has a new minimum wage law starting soon so business have to pay a "living wage" of $15/hour. should i still tip?

You'll have to read the fine print. The law may contain a loophole so that people like waiters and receptionists still have to rely on tips.

>TFW fidn't tip the midnight receptionist two days ago
>Come in alone tonight and all the weights are gone
I wish they would have an ATM at least

Are you counting your arms and gravity also?

>Blow dry myself in the drying room
wat
>This one guy is using a towel
yeah no shit
>Ok, a bit weird, but I'll ignore it
wat
>Tip the receptionist
wat

What the fuck planet are you on? Who the fuck tips at a Gym? Who the fuck doesn't dry off with a towel? What the fuck is a "drying room"? What the fuck gym are you going to?

It's shitposting bait. You always count the fucking bar.

"help us"? Literally all they do is sit at a counter and occasionally small talk with the extrovert normal fags. They don't do a fucking thing and I've never even seen a tip jar at a gym's front desk.

Just spelling this out for you if it wasn't obvious already, you're fucking weird bro, and I bet you lack the self awareness to understand that those people you see standing around are staring at you out of the corners of their eyes.

t. one of the functioning members of gym society

It's a meme, if I'm benching just the bar I'm not benching nothing.

Okay, but really.
I have a friend who works at the front desk at the gym and he told me about the time a really skinny Asian kid tried tipping him his first day he started going there.
Which one of you fucks fell for the meme?

Its not a meme, you don't count body weight when doing squats do you? Only newfags count the bar, its the same as counting your total body weight when squatting. All experienced lifters know not to count the bar.

why the fuck you do you stupíd fucking americans throw some dollars to anyone who provides any service you stupid retards

I hate you fucks who think just cause some autist on here shitposts about something you should actually be doing you all just assume its a meme and dont do it. I mean really its a couple of bucks a day if you can afford the membership you can afford to tip.

>be deadlifting on the platform outside the squat rack
>some guy in bright neon clothes and accessories comes up
>starts speaking in some kind of accent
>"mind if I use the rack?"
>say yes because there are two bars and I was almost done
>he moves the pins so that he's facing me
>starts squatting as I'm lifting
>this is super awkward
>when he finishes his set, he sits on the floor Indian style and looks at his phone

Wtf is wrong in america that you have to tip receptionists? Wtf is this. I pay 20 bucks a month and u tip them like 5 dollar per workout .Are ye fucking nuts?

>earlier today
>come into gym
>see punk lifting in my corner
>"you have 5 minutes"
>the look of fear tells me he knows
>finishes set and leaves spilling tokens
>use his tokens to get my plates

Worst part is he changed my settings.

>SMELLS LIKE SUMMER

Cringe that chicks socially retarded

>Wears flat sole sneakers, unable to afford lifting shoes

Listen, buddy

Yo bro. You're supposed to leave a tip on the front desk regardless whether someone is there or not.

Are you a dumb immigrant?

Why is this so fucking funny

>put 25s on each side of the calf-press
>do 20 reps full roam to feel a sick burn
>leave to do something else
>come back to find two 45s on each side of the calf-press
>wtf,jpg
>remove, put my 25s
>come back to the 45s
>this happen several times until I finally spot the culprit
>dude puts his 45s on
>does a 1 rep max calf-press doing a quarter rep
>leaves all proud and puffed up
>mfw

what the fuck Veeky Forums

and I see this happen all the time too. People who will use 45s on this machine and do shitty bouncy half-reps. They're the same people who wonder why their calves never grow.

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errbody in the thread gettin baited

>have a busy morning so I go to the gym in the afternoon
>just me and another guy in the gym
>he has music on his phone speakers even though the radio is on
>the radio is actually in the middle of the gym so you can actually change the radio station or turn it off if you want
>I claim the squat rack and start my sets
>he's going all over the place doing 1 set on each machine without resting between sets
>he starts going to the mirror between sets
>I guess those were warmup sets and he's starting to get tired now
>after a while he starts taking his shirt off everytime he goes to the mirror, and taking pics of himself
>this happens at least 5 times
>he leaves as I'm about to start my OHP sets
>go switch the weights
>somehow he managed to rack EVERY SINGLE WEIGHT WRONG IN THE PLATE RACK

>try the rowing machine
>i'm rowing along for 10 min
>in front of me is some shitty machine idk the name of
>its the one where you pull your arms Towards your chest and back out, 90 degrees
>the guy on there is just sitting and staring at me
>i row for 25 more min straight and the whole time
>the whole time he's still fucking sitting and staring at me with a big smile on his face
>he also clearly put 100 lbs more than he could 'lift' on that machine
>because he's struggling and it doesnt move at all
>he doesnt seem to realize that he could , idk, put less fuckin weight????
>i give him a weird look and go back to ignoring him and he leaves eventually

Wtf are these weirdos
>

>not getting fresh plates from the dispenser.

> go to gym for the sole-purpose of flexing on some dyels
> put some alpha weight on the row machine > cardio is for faggots anyways
> NO PAINZ, NO GAINZ
> remind myself that cardio is a good way to get my dick in the door with the cardio bunnies
> a lost dyel seems me and gives my a look like "OMG, I CAN"T BELIEVE THIS "MAN" HAS TRANSCENDED HUMANITY"
> have to leave cardio area because the pussy juice is becoming a slipping hazard
> tip receptionist on the way out.
> receptionist says she's saving the tips to take me on a date later that week
> I say "maybe I can fit it into my fuck backlog" and wink
> She swoons as I exit; high-fiving all my beta groupies.

KeK

>you have to pay people not to fuck with you
Sure sounds like an uplifting and community bonding experience.

>done with bench, time to put back 45s
>someone put a 25 in the 45 spot
>someone put a 45 on after that, too lazy to move the 25
>this is the case for both 45 spots
>spend extra precious time moving the 45s then the 25s then the 45s back then my 45s I was just lifting

Because we CARE about the staff, just like they CARE for us.

Jeez, is this so hard to understand?

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I don't have a tonne, but one that will always stick with me was:

>dude with no legs rolls up into the weight section in wheelchair
>gets off of chair next to the smith machine
>asks some guy to set smith bar to highest level
>proceeds to grab on, do multiple flips, and go up and over the bar several times

After about 10 minutes of that he went to then treadmills and just started walking on one of them with just his hands

Sure this happened.

>He thinks the staff give a shit about him
LEEHMAAAAAAAAO

Only in America it can be weird to dry yourself with a towel and not blowdry your entire body. And why should I tip someone when I'm already paying for using the gym?

This

It's kinda funny though

sure
remember to calculate the distance to the moon too since this has effects on gravity

It's just a few bucks extra each workout, if you want to be an incel autist you can still get a home gym. That way you only have to tip the delivery guy.

It's not a hassle at all

>Inb4 cheap European Jews say you don't have to tip

Get off my board

My gym is filled with beginners who count the bar to inflate their numbers. It's pathetic really and the staff laughs behind their backs.

They'll stop doing it when their numbers are less embarrasing I guess

>mfw 90% of this thread is people being trolled by the tipping receptionist meme

>you think you aren't being baited right now
LMAOOOOOOOO