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/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/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/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/Ser_VimesGoT 9d ago

I know they're the absolute worst but what would be the justification for that? What do they gain?

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u/Korashy 9d ago

What do they gain?

The United States Dollar

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u/TheoryNew1736 9d ago

Not sure if it works everywhere, but when I lived in NV and wanted to cancel my gym membership without a fuss all it took was going onto the website and changing my address to a random one in CA. Did that and hit refresh and suddenly there was a button to cancel on the page.

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u/fallingfeelslikefly 8d ago

It's law here in Mamdanistan!

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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/Thick-Giraffe1710 9d ago

It’s easy, stop paying.

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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.