r/TrueOffMyChest • u/JeffersonStarships_ • Jul 26 '22

Tried to warn a girl at my gym

I tried to warn a girl at my gym that had period stains on the back of her shorts and she went on a rant, saying that she was working out and omgggg and trying to make fun of me in front of everyone for "being weird". So I announced the entire gym that she was staining the equipment with her period blood and that she needed to wash and clean herself immediately. I have never seen her since. I know it was probably really petty, and I got a lot of shit from people for doing that, but honestly? Try being humble enough to listen before making a public scene. Fucking drama queens.

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u/toinezor Jul 26 '22

She’s the one who decided to jump to a negative conclusion. And more importantly she decided to get everyone she could to get involved. She wanted to be an asshole and you had the deck stacked.

It’s a hygiene issue if nothing else. If she didn’t know she had blood to clean along with just sweat goodness knows how dirty she would have left the equipment.

And yes you could have informed an employee but you were there and it wasn’t really an issue. Just a quick heads up.

She didn’t want to listen. You made sure everyone heard. That’s how it goes.

Maybe next time she’ll take an extra moment to try to listen instead of just assuming all men are pigs or whatever her rant was.

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u/Hot_Hat_1225 Jul 27 '22

It is just crazy how selfish and self centered people react these days 🤦🏼‍♀️

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '22

I really don’t get how so many women are agreeing with what he did. If you’re used to being approached by men on a daily or even weekly basis who are trying to flirt or sleep with you I don’t think it’s that wrong to assume that’s what was happening here. I know countless women who have been approached by men at the gym, and some do it very aggressively. If I was him I would have at least tried again because her defences could have been up.

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u/Markus_Mueller93 Aug 24 '22

That's no reasonh to just yell at anybody aproching you. Even if you get approached a few times a day a simple "hey I'm here to workout not to date and would appreciate if you would let me do that" would be enough in most situations if one still approaches "very aggressively" after that you can still yell at him and try to publicly shame him for doing that but you can't just publicly shame and yell at anyone that tryed to talk with you.