Gym etiquette? Your thoughts on this situation

[Anonymous]

Went to the gym with a friend. It wasn’t very busy, most machines were open. We selected weight machines right next to each other, we were going to alternate. My friend placed her duffel bag in front of the machine, close to where her feet would be if she was using it. She said the part of the machine she had to grab felt sticky, so she ran to grab a sanitizing wipe. Immediately a man came over and proceeded to grab her bag and move it. I quickly stopped him and said, excuse me but my friend is using that machine, that’s her bag, and she just ran to grab a wipe. He said, well can I get in set a she’s not even here. I told him to knock himself out. My friend returned while he was in the middle of his set, and then he left.

I’m curious who was wrong in this situation?

[Anonymous]

Weird that he touched the bag, weird that he still decided to work in between her set

[Anonymous]

The person with a bag out on the gym floor was in the wrong.

[Anonymous]

I would not touch another person's gym bag. He was kind of rude.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The person with a bag out on the gym floor was in the wrong.

It doesn’t sound like it was in the way. He was wrong.

[Anonymous]

I think it’s ok to work in between a set, but it sounds like he may have thought no one was using the machine and that the bag was yours. He should have asked you if it was ok if he moved it, however maybe he thought you were being rude by blocking the machine with your bag. Are there no lockers?

[Anonymous]

You aren’t supposed to bring bags on the gym floor. It’s a hazard.

[Anonymous]

Both are wrong.

[Anonymous]

Your friend should leave the bag in the locker room. She’s in the wrong here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your friend should leave the bag in the locker room. She’s in the wrong here.

We use different straps and things that we keep in the bag. Many people use bags at our gym for the same reason so this isn’t out of the ordinary.

[Anonymous]

Your friend is an idiot he’s a douchebag

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your friend should leave the bag in the locker room. She’s in the wrong here.

We use different straps and things that we keep in the bag. Many people use bags at our gym for the same reason so this isn’t out of the ordinary.

Nope. Bags are a hazard in the gym.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your friend is an idiot he’s a douchebag

disagree. He wanted to use a machine. The bag (which shouldn't have been there) was in the way. She was "marking" the machine as "hers" which is not gym etiquette

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your friend should leave the bag in the locker room. She’s in the wrong here.

We use different straps and things that we keep in the bag. Many people use bags at our gym for the same reason so this isn’t out of the ordinary.

I don’t get it either. Most people at my lift-heavy gym have bags they carry around, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your friend is an idiot he’s a douchebag

disagree. He wanted to use a machine. The bag (which shouldn't have been there) was in the way. She was "marking" the machine as "hers" which is not gym etiquette

This is basic gym knowledge. The old timers don’t like it. No young person is going to balk at this and knows the code. Also, don’t touch other people’s property first and foremost.