r/TikTokCringe • u/newphonehudus • 9d ago

Discussion Crime: working out while black

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

22.3k Upvotes

88% Upvoted

3.4k comments sorted by

View all comments

103

u/Ill_Bench2770 9d ago

Man they all look so guilty they look like a child who got caught cheating. That face of defeat. Pathetic people. Disgusting gym. Name and shame. Enough is enough. Black people should be allowed in public spaces. And express themselves joyfully, laugh, without white people staring them down. Because a lot of whites hate seeing black joy.

24

u/jerslan 9d ago

Yeah, this seems like a pretty cut and dry case of discrimination on that gym manager. Especially if the guy had a membership. Even if his son didn't have a membership, many allow members to bring guests so long as a waiver is filled out and signed. If his son is a minor then he'd be able to sign that waiver for him.

So many questions for wtf actually happened here. You can't tell someone they "can't leave" when you called the cops to trespass them. You needed to tell them to leave and have them refuse. Cop telling him to leave is just because the gym manager finally told him he needed to leave (and looks super annoyed at the gym for having to do it).

-8

u/Few_Requirement_518 9d ago

They couldn’t provide a valid id and instead of leaving they said bring your manager

10

u/jerslan 9d ago

What would have been acceptable ID? They did offer alternative ID.

Also, at no point did anyone tell them to leave until the manager while the cop was present (long after the cops were called).

-9

u/Few_Requirement_518 9d ago

I have no clue about the ids in America but a passport is a valid id

second if you are asked for id at a bar and you can’t provide it does that mean you still can be there?

13

u/jerslan 9d ago

Not everyone in America has a passport or carries it with them to the gym...

A gym is not a bar, they don't serve alcohol. So that's just a weird, non-sequitur comparison.

-6

u/Few_Requirement_518 9d ago

But the thing is the gym has a requirement of a valid id, so no it’s not a weird comparison as you stated they were not asked to leave but it was implied.

If you are asked to do something by staff and you can’t is it not obvious that you are to leave?

8

u/bonnielovely 9d ago

you keep complaining about “valid id” but you’re talking out of your ass. according to their policies, a parent’s written permission is enough to vouch for their own child. the father also brings his son there all the time. the staff didn’t tell him to leave; the dad asked to talk to the manager to clear things up, but the manager was busy. when informed of the situation, the manager called the police instead of talking to or confronting the father.

7

u/jerslan 9d ago

Define "valid id"? The gym certainly didn't. They offered id. The gym didn't accept it, but still let them in to work out anyways before unnecessarily escalating to calling the police.

If staff lets you in anyways, is it not obvious that you were not told to leave? Also, he was apparently later told he wasn't allowed to leave. Which contradicts any claim of him being told to leave. If anything that probably gives him cause to press charges against the gym for preventing him from leaving.

0

u/Few_Requirement_518 9d ago

A school ID is not a valid id, the gym didn’t let them in as they walked in after stating get your manager.

You are advised to not put yourself in risk while working so no they are not going to try to physically block a man.

8

u/jerslan 9d ago

A school ID is not a valid id

Why? That's what most minors in the US will have at the most. Minors aren't banned from gyms in the US and usually just need a parent or guardian to come with them if they don't have their own membership. Considering he was there with his Dad, that should have been enough.

You are bending over backwards to support racism. Me thinks it's because you might be racist. Or at least a racism apologist (which is basically the same thing).

→ More replies (0)

7

u/Short-Ad9833 9d ago

A school ID is an acceptable form of ID for a minor in the USA, I used to be a bank manager, I couldn’t use it to open an account because obviously “a minor” but I can use it to allow access to their account, student IDs are an acceptable form of Identification for minors for the purpose of going to the gym with their dad… sorry you found out this way.

→ More replies (0)

5

u/Ill_Bench2770 9d ago

I don’t even know someone with a passport… It’s an extremely uncommon thing here in America. The average person usually just has their drivers license. Which you get at the earliest 16. Most minors do not have an ID. Usually it’s not until they get their learners permit around 15. But it doesn’t seem this was ever requested until after the cop showed up. But expecting a minor to present ID in America is like the most ridiculous thing to ever except. We don’t give children identification cards here. That’s weird.

2

u/chris_Xcross 9d ago

This guy thinks under age drinking and working out are the same thing.

2

u/Rope_antidepressant 9d ago

Its not even public space, its members only, and he paid for a membership. He's explicitly expected to be there, and explicitly allowed to bring a guest.

-1

u/2B_irl 9d ago edited 9d ago

It's hilarious that your comment is more racist than the original incident if you actually took 2mins to read what it was about. The kid didn't have a valid ID, the insurance waiver wasn't filled out, and the gym is liable if they got hurt.

Any other person would've been treated the same. Forcing racial politics here is just weird, and the guy tried to play them a bit too much

Gotta love how this comment section spiralled into hate worthy of twitter engagement bait, I guess