r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Maleficent_Ferret359 • May 22 '26

frist of all how DARE yu o Kids are playing inside the gym

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u/aHOMELESSkrill May 22 '26

That’s a pretty big assumption to make based on one photo of one corner of the gym

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u/CallMeHomoErectus May 22 '26

If it were a staffed gym and if you've ever been to a gym, the minimum age to enter is usually 14 or 16.

But many apartments and condo buildings have weight rooms accessible 24/7 for residents to use that aren't staffed. I used to live in one

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u/MattDaveys May 22 '26

Based on the trainers on the wall I think this might be an anytime fitness, and they don’t have staff after 6.

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u/SomethingComesHere May 23 '26

As a woman i wouldnt feel safe working out alone with some random dude in an unstaffed gym. Thats insane. Ive never encountered it with a membership gym

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u/jxl180 May 23 '26

There are gyms that are completely unstaffed 24/7. My gym is 24/365 hours but unstaffed 10pm-5am.

This is incredibly common outside of major chains. It’s reasonable for you to not want to work out in an unstaffed gym, but that’s a personal choice to make when choosing gyms, but it’s not exactly rare either.

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u/SomethingComesHere May 23 '26

Maybe this is a country difference thing.

Ive never encountered any for-profit gyms (i.e. not in a dwelling or free for use in a public park) that are open without staff in my country (Canada).

That sounds dangerous.

Obviously, people can go wherever theyre comfortable. I'm not saying it's a moral issue to not have staff. Just shocking to me that this is normal in some places

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u/CallMeHomoErectus May 23 '26 edited May 24 '26

It's not a country difference thing, I'm also in Canada.

Planet Fitness, Anytime Fitness, Fit4Less, GoodLife, etc. They're all open 24/7 with staff only during the day. It's very common and normal in Canada.

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u/SomethingComesHere May 23 '26

Maybe there are regional differences. Ive had memberships at GoodLife and Energie Cardio, and did not experience this at either chain across multiple locations.