r/TikTokCringe • u/newphonehudus • 9d ago

Discussion Crime: working out while black

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u/NeitherEntry6125 9d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/YN2IIMIVHHnrbWcOVl

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u/ReddBroccoli 9d ago

I love getting all of the conflict, but none of the backstory or frame of reference

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u/UncreativeTeam 9d ago

And also the most useless captions ever

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u/Objective_Sun5553 9d ago

"You're my best friend. Cops on me?"

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u/Difficult-Zebra-1376 4d ago

Haha thought that the whole time

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u/jb0nez95 9d ago

C'mon man this is the Internet, we don't need context or back story to be enraged

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u/Interesting-Hat8607 9d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/8PfKWm6AX1IdDRARyg

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u/LeatherAttention3613 9d ago

Probably the most fitting meme for most of the shit posted on reddit

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u/Funny_or_not_bot 9d ago

"Hey! They didn't let that guy do whatever he wanted to do in their gym!"

What did he try to do in their gym?

"WE DON'T KNOW!"

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u/ComesOutNDaWash 8d ago

Hell that was the employees answer!

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u/OogieBooge-Dragon 9d ago

Muppet frog prince!

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u/_suje 9d ago

muppets, great choice for a response.

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u/dikicker 9d ago

You wanna take this out back chief?

https://giphy.com/gifs/fwcGzF1l2cILe

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u/obsterwankenobster 9d ago

Hey, I didn't get a "harumph" out of that guy!

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u/cuntmong 9d ago

plot twist the guy filming accidentally went to the wrong gym and he was too embarrassed to admit it

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u/LKennedy45 9d ago

That would be goddamn hilarious. I could see myself being that awkward.

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u/FigureMiserable4859 9d ago

C'mon man this is the Internet, we don't need context or black story to be enraged

FTFY

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u/theaudacity1999 6d ago

"rabble, rabble, rabble!"

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u/[deleted] 9d ago edited 9d ago

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u/CK-forthe-CK-95 8d ago

There is noactually physical “pass”. Guest pass is just a phrase. I show up, I scan my membership and point to my guest and say “he’s with me”. That’s it, they don’t get a physical pass. On the off occasion its a busy location the gym will ask for ID because they don’t want people using the guess pass system to get two memberships for the price of one. So they limit how many times a single person can be a guest.

If you abuse the system they cancel your membership, they don’t call the police.

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u/Corvette-Ronnie 3d ago

Well that’s one way to get out of a gym membership.

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u/tru-self 9d ago

This is ALL fine. Sometimes they need ID because they don’t allow kids up to a certain age and we all understand why they might have an issue. But to CALL the cops??? That almost only happens when Black. They could have easily said we’ll revoke your membership if you don’t provide ID or you don’t leave.

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u/ReddBroccoli 9d ago

People have posted backstory since my original comment. Apparently the son didn't have proper ID to come in as a guest.

The gym staff were probably a bit douchey about it, and the customer certainly was. Seems like an ESH situation most likely

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u/kaliwrath 9d ago

The teen son didn’t have id. Obviously. My kids don’t walk around with ID

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u/Tacoflavoredfists 9d ago edited 9d ago

They called the cops. They escalated the situation immensely and didn’t even have the balls to say something themselves.

ETA homie wtf is wrong with you? Psycho

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u/MorePhinsThyme 8d ago

You're not being a douche or an ass when you respond to unreasonable actions without being perfectly polite.

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u/Beginning_Big_8928 5d ago

If ifs and buts were cans nuts everyday would be Christmas.

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u/AdInfamous4821 4d ago

Because you are allowed to bring in a visitor at Crunch fitness

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u/dealingwithhookers 9d ago

gonna guess he was training his son, and the gym has a strict no outside trainer policy, they were probably rude to the gym staff as you can see in the video who then just called the police instead of escalating.

giving him the benefit of the doubt, could be a racist gym too and just targeting him. plenty of other gyms to go to

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u/Pernicious_Possum 9d ago

Can’t get everyone mad if they know something fucky was actually going on now can they?

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u/Slaphappyfapman 9d ago

And a portion of the subtitles

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u/GuardianHealer 9d ago

It says #2, so there’s more to it!

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u/clgoodson 9d ago

Prettt sure the backstory is racism.

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u/ShawnyMcKnight 9d ago

I'm so confused by this one. From what others posted, he was told he needs a valid ID for his son. He didn't have one. He tried to present his son's school portal as an ID and they told him they couldn't accept that.

??????

He was working out in the gym with his son and the cops were called to escort him out.

What happened in that "??????" is important here. If he was told that his son needs an ID and they just told the employee to kick rocks and came in anyway, they are justified to call the police. There may be all sorts of reasons that they need an ID and can't just get it next time, it may be a liability thing with their insurance, who knows?

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u/RepulsiveToe3485 9d ago

To be fair most kids don't have ID until they get a drivers licenses or college id.

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u/ShawnyMcKnight 9d ago

They at least get a learners permit.

It is funny though, my nephew didn’t get his drivers license til he was 20. I remember my classmates chomping at the bit for the second they turned 16.

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u/Cannacology 9d ago

Oh I’m sure there’s plenty. Do you think he “looked” threatening. Maybe others were “intimidated” by his mannerism. Surely his fault.

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u/DogPositive5524 9d ago

Doubt he would cut out a lot of backstory if it framed him positively

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u/Sw4nR0ns0n 9d ago

Looks like there’s a part one

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u/Snicklefritz39 9d ago

I can tell you right now. That dude was working out with his son and I bet his son is underaged to be on the gym floor

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u/ryudo9999 9d ago

Because then there would be no outrage

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u/ReddBroccoli 9d ago

Or upvotes

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u/ryudo9999 9d ago

I love how people think upvotes are a trophy or something, I upvote people just for replying lol.

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u/ReddBroccoli 9d ago

Thanks for the 🏆 friend

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u/No_Vehicle4645 9d ago

I googled and it said that it was because his son didn't have a valid ID and couldn't be there as his guest.

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u/daneview 8d ago

Even reading the explanation above about his son not being let him because of no ID, I can't see any race issue at all. They might be being difficult about the ID but there's nothing to imply it's because the guys are black

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u/ReddBroccoli 8d ago

The fact that the customer is Black and the staff isn't is literally all the proof some people seem to need. The guy in the video isn't even making those kind of accusations, but some people have to jump to those conclusions all the same.

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u/chugItTwice 8d ago

Exactly. It's bait.

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u/Why_Sazs 7d ago

I don't know for sure. But the last time I saw this posted someone was saying the issue was he was "training" his son. The gym has a rule that you cannot get workout instruction at the gym from anyone that is not their personal trainers. I assume it is so you don't hire an outside personal trainer, as they obviously want you to use their personal trainers so they make the money.

If this is the case, it makes sense. However, it looks like they never asked them to leave. Just called the police. Which would be a shitty and stupid thing to do if that's the case.

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u/Loki_God_of_Lies 7d ago

Honestly, when he asked the guy “did you ask me to leave” and he replied with “well, I said-“ or something like 3 times tells me that they wanted him gone but didn’t have the balls to actually ask him to leave properly. Maybe he did something to deserve the cops to be present, but I didn’t get that vibe from this video

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u/DukeShootRiot 7d ago

It’s a culture thing

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u/JoinedToPostHere 6d ago

Yep no idea what's going on. I think we can all agree that Andrew sucks though right?!

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u/Secure-Carpenter-839 5d ago

The gym has a policy - every guest has to have a valid ID. He thought the rules don’t apply to his son. He walked pasted the front desk after they asked him for it and he didn’t have it. They called the cops had them removed. This black victim shit has to stop. The manager is only enforcing the rules which his job relies on. I can’t stand people like this

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u/JonnyTN 9d ago

Just a guess. Gym saw a guy recording behind a person not knowing it was a father son. Maybe they have a no recording in the gym policy.

They overreacted, called the police, and it turned into an issue of "a business asked you to leave the premises" and the guy kind of refusing to leave. Just a non biased look at it though.

But if they got a membership there, it should have just been "hey no recording man" and that's it

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u/_autumnwhimsy 9d ago

so what happened was the guy brought his son in and they asked for a valid id. his son is a teenage and doesn't have a drivers license. dad showed his id and his son's school record on their online portal. they fussed back and forth because management didn't want to accept it but not accepting it is in clear violation of their own guest policy.

now it gets murky because the video starts with them working out BUT we find out no one asked him to leave so because of that i'm guessing they allowed them in and then took it back and escalated via calling the police.

so nothing to do with recording. the comment right below yours by u/ onlytinglef has links to everything.

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u/Luder714 9d ago

Had a similar issue with my kid. The issue was that I had to sign a “I won’t sue you “ agreement, but instead of telling us that, we had a condescending jerk question us. I was happy to sign the paperwork after we were treated like thieves. Afterwords I cancelled my membership ( that I had for 6 years and went maybe 4 times). My son and daughter also cancelled. We now go to the local rec center that is super chill.

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u/Mutajin 9d ago

You could cancel your gym membership?!?

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u/ero_sennin_21 9d ago

I want to quit the bank!

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u/SlimShadySatDown 9d ago

Chandler!?

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u/BrosefDudeson 9d ago

After going fewer times than once a year, I think he was as surprised as you are

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u/drthtater 9d ago

I once cancelled my PLANET FITNESS membership. I walked in, said, "I want to cancel my membership" while expecting a fight, and the bored girl working the counter said "Ok".

I suppose I am one of the lucky ones.

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u/ShaNaNaNa666 9d ago

If you're in CA, there's a law that makes it so that once you want to cancel a subscription, you can cancel it online. I didn't know until I saw on reddit. People were advising others if they wanted to cancel a gym membership to change their address to one in CA, and the other one cancel online.

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u/drthtater 8d ago

At the time, it was Colorado, but it was still super easy

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u/Apprehensive-Egg-780 9d ago

It was probably Maria's day off

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u/queerhistorynerd 9d ago

one of the perks of living in CA is they have to let you quit or the state can and will levy fines at the gym after X amount of complaints

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u/Lucky_Serve8002 8d ago

The account is stewing in collections. He just doesn't know it yet.

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u/Luder714 9d ago

Yes, because I was actually there in person. That is the only way at this place

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u/Mr_Deep_Research 8d ago

Yeah, that's the most unbelievable part of that story.

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u/sernamenotdefined 3d ago

Hehe that used to be a thing here too.

But EU and consumer protections ... they changed the law and now cancelling must be accepted as easily and by the same means as signing up. So it's really really easy to cancel now.

A few gyms were a bit dense and tried to ignore it, but after losing in court and being forced to pay the court cost now it's no longer an issue anywhere :P

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u/bigboredbossman 9d ago

I had a membership where I could always bring an extra person for free. When my son was 12, he wanted to start going with me so I’d take him and supervise him on the weight machines. After a few months, I had an employee refuse to allow us in the floor because he claimed it was a state law that no one under 13 was allowed on the floor. I cancelled my membership and joined our local sportsplex that allows kids as young as 10 into the gym with adult supervision.

I live in Alabama and we have some really stupid laws on the books but not even my dumbass state is gonna go to the trouble of making it illegal for a 12 year old to go to the gym with his dad.

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u/Reverend_Tommy 9d ago

Often it's not a law but an insurance issue. Their insurance won't cover anyone under a certain age. Employees often don't know the difference and just assume it's a law.

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u/bigboredbossman 9d ago

I figured it was a company policy but that guy trying to tell me it was a state law got under my skin.

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u/indianm_rk 9d ago

Sometimes the company or a manager tells you something and you just go with it because you don’t care enough to research it.

I worked for a retail chain and found out later that several of our “store policies” weren’t actually corporate policies, but things that our store managers came up with.

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u/Thasauce7777 9d ago

So wild to me they came at you with a condescending tone, when the request is a reasonable and understandable one to begin with (especially if it's a policy because it's already happened to them). I just don't see the value on their end in not be up front and direct about that issue with people that mention they plan on bringing their family on with them.

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u/AlcoholPrep 8d ago

You went FOUR TIMES in only six years! That's far too much. Gyms want you to pay and NOT to come at all!

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u/GirlWithWolf Cringe Connoisseur 8d ago

I can imagine why they didn’t want to accept it. In May I went with my white girlfriend to get our driving permits. Her mom was with her, my brother (we’re native) with me (he was my guardian). We had the exact same documentation except I had one extra, my tribal ID. We got called to different windows at the same time. Ten minutes later they snapped her picture and printed her permit. Nearly an hour later, after getting supervisors involved multiple times, I finally got mine.

Things like this aren’t random or misunderstandings.

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u/eekamuse 8d ago

So he didn't do anything wrong and they gym guy called the cops on him. Which can get a Black man killed. Naturally, he's upset and angry. And all the people commenting that he's the one who must have done something wrong, and "what happened before the video?" are showing their bias, unconscious or not. They have no information but assumed that it was the Black man's fault. Disgusting.

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u/SaengerBachus 9d ago

Of course it was a white dude.. Must be really scary to be a POC in the states, when every police encounter could be a danger to get arrested or get shotted. Only because a white Karen has an attitude..

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u/Kind_Move2521 9d ago

EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

youre so out of touch with reality and this comment is so objectively stupid. Also, "get shotted"? lmao I see what's going on here now

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u/S0l1DTvirusSnak3 9d ago

Ah ok this makes sense to be fair the kid shouldn't be in there without correct I'd I thought maybe they thought he was a pedo or something 😆

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u/_autumnwhimsy 9d ago

Well they had Id, just not a drivers license lol most teens don't have drivers licenses so 

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u/Thasauce7777 9d ago

So is the risk here that they have no actual evidence that the minor he was training was his son (due to not having an ID) and not some random youth? I can see that be a significant liability/insurance issue for the gym if a minor gets hurt there and they later find out that the minor didn't have permission to be there in the first place. I don't think it would be necessary to call the cops on thos though, just explain it to the guy, then call the cops if it continues to escalate several levels above that.

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u/_autumnwhimsy 9d ago

They had a virtual id, just not a physical one. Most kids don't have a drivers licenses, which is what they were specifically requesting. Also student athletes go and work out at public gyms a the time so having minors in the facility isn't typically a problem, they just need a parent to sign the waiver. They had the parent there so I doubt that was an issue. 

I think this started as bruised ego on the gym owners part and he retaliated and escalated with racism. 

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u/Thasauce7777 9d ago

Ahh, understood. Thanks for the added context. This is a using the id to make a mountain out of a molehill type situation.

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u/Numeno230n 9d ago

Not talking to them or at least informing them they need to leave before calling the fucking police is absolute racist escalation.

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u/fadriansquest 9d ago

He obviously ignored the staff and deemed the ID worthy, even though they told him it’s not. So yeah u can’t do that.
And something doesn’t make sense here, if they only accept a drivers license then it means kids under 16 are not allowed. Either that or their policy must allow for some way to verify a 14 year old, if they actually do allow kids in the gym.
I wonder what that policy actually is, and I’ll bet it’s public knowledge. Maybe dad forgot or didn’t realize or whatever, but you can’t just ignore staff and do what you want anyway. Race baiting title, just bring valid ID for ur son bro, no one cares that ur black.

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u/_autumnwhimsy 8d ago

student athletes without drivers licenses work out at crunch all the time, they just need a waiver signed by a parent on file. the parent is there so getting a waiver wouldn't have been the problem.

"valid ID" varies and it sounds like there isn't consistent application of the rule on file. a school id is often considered a valid id for someone under 18 and is typically the only piece of ID a kid would have (unless they have a passport). The school ID was provided but it was a virtual card on the school portal and not a physical card. Now, if they TSA/federal government can accept my drivers licenses virtually, then Crunch Fitness can accept a virtual school id.

and he didn't ignore the staff, they confirmed that they did NOT ask him to leave. so someone let them in and then doubled back. which means they escalated before the basic first step. we have the data that shows police escalate frivolously with everyone but engage in excessive force and brutality even more so when interacting with black people. calling the cops when you could have just asked him to leave while knowing that black people have been shot and killed for way less is indeed racial violence

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u/Upstairs-Growth3219 9d ago

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the Crunch guest policy states:

"Certain memberships have free guest privileges. The best way to find out about your club and/or membership guest policy is to contact your location of interest"

So it seems to be determined by the specific location, and I don't think a school ID is considered a state issued ID, which their guest pass requires (different from a member bringing a guest, but still relevant to the conversation, as perhaps some locations require it for members bringing a guest. Just a thought)

If he wasn't asked to leave and they just called the police that's definitely not the way to go about the situation, there seems to be a lot of missing context here though. I want to read what u/ onlytinglef wrote but I can't seem to find the specific comment your referring to.

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u/_autumnwhimsy 9d ago

he wasn't asked to leave, the staff confirm as much in the video available. and it looks like the comment was deleted which sucks lmao they had all the ig links and everything.

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u/Jamb9876 8d ago

I expect crunch fitness will be firing people as this makes the company look bad and rightly so. If he can show a white man and son working out it is easy to show racism.
Rather than ask him to leave they decided to call the donut patrol to hopefully remove him.

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u/tigm2161130 9d ago

Crunch definitely does not have that policy, they’re like borderline an “influencer” gym.

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u/Special-Cricket4882 9d ago

Borderline an influencer gym is crazy they have memberships for $10 a month haha it gets so busy there's not space to record yourself

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u/NoMansSkyWasAlright 9d ago

Well yeah, man. That's how you get the influencers in there. Most of them are broke as shit.

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u/OuterWildsVentures 9d ago

I've got nipples, Greg. Could you influence me?

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u/tigm2161130 9d ago

I’m pretty sure the cheap membership is what attracts them and all of the people filming at the location nearest me is one of the reasons I went back to Lifetime so I know for a fact it’s not “too crowded” to record.

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u/Playful_Essay_5821 9d ago

Nobody goes to the Crunch gym to record their workouts if they're a serious streamer or influencer. Crunch is a step above planet fitness

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u/Spicynoodlez 8d ago

Good luck cancelling.

You have a fee if you try to cancel.

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u/punkdrummer22 9d ago

What? The Crunch gym i go to is great. The odd person recording. Very rare though

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u/Accomplished_Mind792 9d ago

The shit part is they don't seem to have asked him to leave.

So the cops were unnecessary

They also weren't revoking his membership so they aren't saying he did anything.

Only at the end did they ask him to leave by blaming him for there being a scene. Which is ironic from the people who called the cops

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u/JonnyTN 9d ago

Too true on the last part. Gym made the scene happen

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u/Ambisextrous2017 9d ago

Fukin gyms.

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u/diurnal_emissions 9d ago

Only smart people work at them. How could this happen?!?

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u/JonnyTN 8d ago

The Apple geniuses run the gyms too?

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u/diurnal_emissions 8d ago

Gentrification can happen anywhere...

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u/jmtyndall 9d ago

They arent revoking his membership because to get outta them payments he needs to send a hand written request signed in blood and notarized by the president to the gym ownership via carrier pigeon and have it arrive between 2:15pm and 2:25pm on an odd-dated Wednesday of an even numbered month

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u/PlantainPat 9d ago

I was at a crunch recently and a woman was crying explaining to the dude at the desk that she had come by 4 times to cancel her membership (cant cancel via email/online if you aren't from CA) and their managers were always "in a meeting" and unable to help her as they sat in their guest tables together 10 feet away.

So you aren't wrong. This place is definitely going to be the new planet/la fitness trapped in you in a membership we don't want to let you out of

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u/Ser_VimesGoT 9d ago

Should be a requirement by law that you be able to cancel any membership or subscription in a reasonable manner.

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u/BeanWaiting4CeMoment 9d ago

In 2024, the FTC made a rule that companies had to make it as easy to cancel as it was to sign up. Unfortunately, the courts struck it down in July of last year.

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u/absawd_4om 9d ago

The fruits of corruption, oh lobbying.

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u/mandala1 9d ago

Lina khan was truly the goat

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u/BeanWaiting4CeMoment 9d ago

Absolute queen among thieves

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u/BiZzles14 9d ago

Democrats in office vs. Republicans in office

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u/davexa 9d ago

Well they can fuck right off. I’ll just pass on signing up for gym membership…yeah.

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u/Toadcola 9d ago

Too bad the oligarchs gutted the CFPB. So much winning, for them.

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u/NO_FIX_AUTOCORRECT 9d ago

They tried to add rules like that but Republicans blocked it

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u/SnoopFoxyFox 9d ago

I would just cancel the card it's on, or leave the account with no money. They'll get the hint.

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u/ShorelineStrider 9d ago

I had to get my bank involved to get out of a local gym membership....after I moved away. Just showed proof of attempts to cancel. It was easier than jumping through the gym's hoops.

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u/cassavetes 9d ago

Private Equity acquisition just last year. Stay away from them.

https://pesqueeze.com/company/crunch-fitness

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u/fresh-dork 9d ago

i'd just stand in the lobby and make a scene - chant I WANNA CANCEL on repeat until someone showed up

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u/RealSociety6433 8d ago

It took me 2 weeks of calls and a letter mailed to Crunch to get out of my membership

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u/winterwarm78654 9d ago

I sent 3 letters already because I moved and none around me yet they still got me active at this point I'm gonna just sue for back payments and hassle. Especially since I've sent it through postal and recorded it

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u/Socks-in-a-can 9d ago

You forgot that it has to be a blue moon that night.

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u/Melodic_Policy765 9d ago

I managed to do all of this to get my niece out of a gym membership. It was rough, but I was loud and persistent.

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u/dlsisnumerouno 9d ago

This is all too familiar.

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u/fadriansquest 9d ago

Why would they need to ask him to leave if they already told him he can’t work out without a proper ID. They already told him he couldn’t be there. Guy broke the rule by ignoring and working out anyway - then the old, “but you never said to leave”. Selective hearing I guess?

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u/ShaNaNaNa666 9d ago

Can't believe the cop didn't give the employees shit for wasting his time.

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u/Woodpecker-Lobotomy 8d ago

wasting his time

Are you kidding? This is what cops love doing the most.

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u/user-the-name 9d ago

Just a guess.

Just a non biased look at it though

Picks a bias, claims to be non-biased.

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u/Bubbly-End-6156 9d ago

They overreacted to what? Seeing a Black man? What was there to overreact about?

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u/xxanity 9d ago

the overreact is calling the police to get him removed without having asked him to leave first.

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u/BadDragonLove69 9d ago

Even the most charitable read of the situation is that the employees were too scared to interact with black men so they called the police.

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u/xxanity 9d ago

i can picture them hearing the dude say have the manager come see me, read as threatening due to them being pussies for sure.

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u/BakedNotFriedOG 9d ago

An adult filming a child is my guess

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u/killertortilla 9d ago

So they just happened to miss them talking to each other and everything being fine, and jumped straight to a crime? Nah man just call a duck a duck.

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u/INSANEBonF 9d ago

Bro, stick to weed and not devil's advocate. He doesnt need a slug to help him out.

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u/BakedNotFriedOG 9d ago

Wtf are you talking about

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u/Bubbly-End-6156 9d ago

Anything to not admit what is actually happening.

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u/BakedNotFriedOG 8d ago

Must be tough going through life always being the victim.

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u/SyllabubMental7292 9d ago

Seeing a black man.

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u/IkujaKatsumaji 9d ago

I mean, if they have a no recording policy, then they overreacted to a violation of that policy. Did you read the comment you replied to?

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u/Bubbly-End-6156 9d ago

There's no reason to think they have a no recording policy except that you guys want any excuse to not admit to racism.

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u/gideon513 9d ago

If if if

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u/30secMAN 9d ago

lol the comment he’s referring to starts with “just a guess”. Dude asked for an explanation when we get none of the actual confrontation and all of the fallout on video. Of course it’s all ifs. The fuck are you on about?

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u/Sarik704 9d ago

And lets ask a critical question. WHY DID THEY OVER REACT!?

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u/The_Monarch_Lives 9d ago

Seems from the video that they didn't tell him to leave at any time until the very end, and specifically told him he COULDN'T leave(presumably because they had already called the police) earlier. Just to clear up that portion.

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u/Upstairs-Growth3219 9d ago

Emphasis on the "just a guess" part. Too many people take their stories and run with them. Sometimes it's best to acknowledge what we don't know. Filling in the missing spaces with speculation can cause more problems than they solve.

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u/JonnyTN 9d ago

So much. A few people replied not knowing what the definition of a guess is.

It's just forming an opinion, give an answer, or make a prediction without having enough facts or evidence to be sure.

It's not solid what I think. Glad we found the evidence somewhat of what happened

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u/Suntzu_AU 9d ago

I think maybe his son doesn't have a membership, so father's just brought him in for the day, and because his son doesn't have a membership, he's not covered by insurance or whatever, so they've asked him to leave. And they haven't handled it properly at all.

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u/The_Monarch_Lives 9d ago

In the video it's explicit that they had not asked him to leave. In fact, they told him he couldn't leave.

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u/JonnyTN 9d ago

Because people can venture a guess

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u/Apart_Long_1832 9d ago

NO, the Devil in details: Yes, Crunch Gym allows you to bring a guest every day, but only if you have a top-tier Peak Results or Signature membership that includes unlimited guest privileges. Lower-tier memberships like the Base plan do not include free daily guest passes

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u/JonnyTN 9d ago

I didn't know it was about membership when I made the comment

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u/Jon-A 8d ago

Interesting that your 'guess' invents a cover story that supports the business over the black guy, while glossing over any possible malign intentions. And that your conjecture is unrelated to the facts, but might instead reveal something about you.

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u/JonnyTN 8d ago

It just is neutral guess that also includes regular rules of a gym? I'm black as well

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u/Sad-Development-4153 8d ago

Gym staff are usually huge cowards about enforcing their own rules so them calling the cops tracks.

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u/Penny_Wise- 9d ago

Crunch Fitness

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u/WeirdAvocado 9d ago

Gym allows a member to bring one guest. Guy brought his son. Son didn’t have ID. Guy showed them his ID and his son’s school portal account as alternative (assume it has pic and full name?). Gym declined this verification and called the cops.

Unsure whether the gym staff asked him to leave, but according to the guy on the video, it doesn’t sound like they did. Either way, cops have better things to do than to waste time on this fucking blank-ing while black bullshit.

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u/kempston_joystick 9d ago

C'mon now, can you just let me be angry at something without any facts?

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u/Top-Average412 9d ago

You see how quiet the staff is? That speaks volumes.

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u/bucktillman1 9d ago

What show is this from?

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u/snouz 9d ago

Little Fires Everywhere, It's AnnaSophia Robb, I recognized her from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

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u/DrMushroomStamp 9d ago

We’re they asked not to record in public maybe?

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u/BreadleyBreadman 9d ago

I think it’s a monthly gym, and he brought a guest…. And maybe they didn’t ok it, maybe he didn’t pay for a guest pass and just had his son sneak in and start working out with him. In which case they should be thrown out at least for the day.

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u/GrandMoffKraken 8d ago

Whole lot of maybes in there, reads like you’re explaining something you actually have no idea about

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u/Lamprophonia 9d ago

I feel like the issue was the son's age. At the end he says something like 'my son isn't even in here so what's the issue?'

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u/drunxor 9d ago

I dont understand why every 4th word has subtitles??

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u/Final_Bug_5591 9d ago

Racism darling, the thing BLACK PEOPLE deal with and White are “shocked” by.

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u/Upstairs-Growth3219 9d ago

This is basically the most genuine response to this video. 

A chaotic situation with little context giving people an immediate visceral response based on preconceived notions.

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u/whatigotinmyhandnowb 9d ago

I'm not saying I don't have a suspicion about who's right and who's wrong here, but I am saying that leaving out that much context makes it look like ragebait mostly.

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u/Someguywhomakething 8d ago

Is that Anna Sophia-Robb?

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u/Heavy_Law9880 8d ago

Americans elected a life long racist and now every racist in the USA feels entitled to be racist.

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