So, with moving, comes finding your way around, new eateries, and especially, a new gym. I Googled some places, and unfortunately, the 2 closest gyms are 15 minutes away. Not too bad. Yesterday, I called to set up an appointment at Vision Quest to check it out. I read all 21 reviews and they all, unfortunately, were horrible 1 or 2 stars. Instead of basing my judgement of what others said, I decided to check it out for myself. I arrived a little early, 11:20, and when I walked in, I was greeted like a sheep in a den of wolves. How terrible. Immediately, I was not comfortable with these gross sweaty guys smiling at me, and the scantily clad hoochies giving me the stank eye. I get to the front and Valley Girl 1 told me to fill out all kinds of forms, blah blah, and the person who was supposed to be showing me around and giving me more information would be with me in a minute. After standing there looking like an idiot and getting undressed with nasty dudes eyes, Brad finally shows up at 11:44. I am one for promptness and punctuality, not tardiness. He proceeds to say, "Can we postpone this, I have to get some water." My snotty self responded, "I didn't drive over here for people to be late." He gets up, and comes back after a few minutes. I should've just walked away, but I didn't. Shame on me. So, Brad starts going over the forms I have filled out which are simple, have you worked out before, when was the last time you worked out, etc etc. Keep in mind, yesterday when we spoke on the phone I gave him a quick lowdown of my situation and today when we met, it was like he never talked to me.
As a professional, you typically look someone in the eyes when you speak to them. Brad on the other hand, had quite the wandering eye for any tale that came through that door and couldn't hold interest in speaking with me. I was thoroughly annoyed at this point. He kept asking me if it was just me joining, and I had to repeatedly mention my protective 6'6" football player boyfriend. Brad asked me what my level of dedication was because I had not been to the gym in a while. Well, I told you yesterday, I was involved in a bad car accident and I haven't been able to work out. He proceeded to say that I needed to lose weight and I needed to get my body fat down. Seriously!? Every conversation was regarding my weight and goals and money. He took some measurements, and made comments about how personal trainers would be the only way I could shed about 15 pounds.
I'm in the military, again- ME. He said, "a girl like you" when referencing working out on base. Again, my snotty self replied with, "well I am in the military, not my boyfriend, and I handle myself very well. Obviously you haven't been to the base gym to see the people who work out there." How dare you presume to refer to me as "a girl like you". How can that be construed BRAD?
Now for the nitty gritty, the prices. We sit down, excuse me, I sit down and he leaves again. Thinking about it now, I should have just left because at this point, all I could think about was how much of a DOUCHER this guy was. He tells me how it's $29 with no enrollment, only right this second. But for military, he will give me $29 and a week of classes. Not counting Mr J's enrollment or the extra $10/mo for limited childcare. But also, he would give me a new offer for $13 for Mr J, but he would have limited access. This doesn't include all of the fees and contract obligations and the $30 maintenance fee due up front. I told him how I really didn't want to join now, I just wanted to come and see what it was about. I asked him for a pass to try it out and he said NO. He claimed that if he gave out passes, the company would go bankrupt. I laughed inside, like, uh, you are the reason why this place will collapse. If I wanted a pass, it would be $25 a piece for 2 weeks. Ok, well hey jerk off, instead of pleasing the customer, go gawk at the nasties on the cardio equipment and leave me alone. He then tried to sell me on all these "incentives" and "packages" which, by my standards, are not enough to get me to join. After hassling him, he finally gave me a one week pass and said I would have to call him, he wouldn't call me to see how the trial was going. Karma will get me, but I told him thanks for wasting my time. Now I know why those reviews said how horrible the customer service was. ICK. Double ICK!
He reminded me of the boss from the movie 'Office Space.' "Um, yyyeeaaaahh." He said that with almost EVERY sentence. "um yeaaaah, I can't do that."
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**Never would I EVER recommend going there!**After calling Mr J and ranting about how horribly vile this place was, I went to a different gym, Competitive Edge, to see what they were about. I walked in and the guy at the front, Mason, was so nice! He showed me around, no obligations, just for me to check the place out. Showed me the classes, childcare, and all the amenities. I immediately reverted back to the movie Dodgeball. Globogym vs Average Joe's.
I vote TEAM AVERAGE JOE's. After 15 minutes of debating back and forth to see what I should do, I walked back in and signed up. Mr J and I now have a new gym! Looking forward to it, WOOT WOOT.
To Do List:Watch Dodgeball.
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