People who come in late to classes - so rude and selfish

[Anonymous]

If you cannot get to class on time (or early, if it requires equipment) then take a later class, or plan your day/morning/alarm clock better. That class time is clearly not for you.

I cannot understand people who are this selfish, but I know they're the same people who are late to everything else, because they have main character syndrome.

[Anonymous]

I have the same pet peeve. I love studios that lock the doors when class starts

[Anonymous]

???? How does this affect you at all?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:???? How does this affect you at all?

Are you serious? It's one thing if the class is empty and you set up in the back. But if it's remotely full, it's so rude and so selfish to try and squeeze yourself in, or walk around with equipment trying to set up after a class has started.

Meet the start time, or take another class.

[Anonymous]

I hope you're not married to someone with ADHD!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hope you're not married to someone with ADHD!

Stop infantilizing those of us with ADHD. Adults can keep track of time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hope you're not married to someone with ADHD!

Not anymore!

[Anonymous]

Maybe they got stuck in traffic. Geez.

[Anonymous]

It’s the people who are chronically late who are a problem. I used to take a class with a woman who was late every single time. We’d have to move mats around to make room for her. I remember watching her stare down someone who wouldn’t stop jump roping so that she could get by.
People like her are rude and selfish.

[Anonymous]

It’s rude to make people move but otherwise why does anyone care? It’s just an exercise class. Isn’t it better for all of us if more people exercise? I wouldn’t want to discourage anyone from exercising. It’s like the old women who give the evil eye to families who come to mass a few minutes late — they’re making an effort and obviously having some issues with getting there. Why discourage people from doing something that might put them in a better place for ltjeir life? It’s a good thing to be al little forgiving — it’s probably as good for your health as exercise!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope you're not married to someone with ADHD!

Stop infantilizing those of us with ADHD. Adults can keep track of time.

Yes, especially with phones on us 24/7. It’s not a good excuse anymore.

—woman with ADHD

[Anonymous]

I have a hard time imagining a room set-up or gym/yoga session in which being late would matter.

I think you're accusing the wrong people, OP. The culprits are the organizers for over-enrolling the class such that the last people to arrive don't have space to move about without disturbing you.

I've been doing yoga and aqua fitness for years, in several different locations and government or private facilities. People are late because they have work or traffic or other things going on. It's never a problem because there's enough room to accommodate them, and they slip in without making a fuss.

[Anonymous]

The Pure Barre studio I go to locks the door just before the class starts. It quickly solved the issue of people arriving late and disrupting everyone.

[Anonymous]

At my old gym I attended a very full yoga class. Something like 15 minutes into the class with vinyasas already happening an older lady who was chronically late attempted to get me to interrupt my practice and scoot over and make room for her where there really wasn't any. I refused and she called me the b-word rather loudly.

Fast forward a few years--I'm now at a new gym. Said lady has joined as well. Guess what? She still shows up late to classes. At least at this gym spots are marked on the floor so where you set up is fixed.

The issue is absolutely the people, not the gym. How about people new to spinning that show up 10 minutes into class and then expect the instructor to show them how to set up?

To answer some of the questions--in yoga it's annoying when latecomers make a bunch of noise, or when the spin instructor has stop instruction to pay attention to the newbie or in a crowded lifting class and people are dodging around you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At my old gym I attended a very full yoga class. Something like 15 minutes into the class with vinyasas already happening an older lady who was chronically late attempted to get me to interrupt my practice and scoot over and make room for her where there really wasn't any. I refused and she called me the b-word rather loudly.

Fast forward a few years--I'm now at a new gym. Said lady has joined as well. Guess what? She still shows up late to classes. At least at this gym spots are marked on the floor so where you set up is fixed.

The issue is absolutely the people, not the gym. How about people new to spinning that show up 10 minutes into class and then expect the instructor to show them how to set up?

To answer some of the questions--in yoga it's annoying when latecomers make a bunch of noise, or when the spin instructor has stop instruction to pay attention to the newbie or in a crowded lifting class and people are dodging around you.

Right, but if the other woman can use a designated spot at the new gym and doesn't interrupt your practice... it means the old gym was the issue, for being too greedy with enrollment.

What I mean is that there will always be latecomers. Either you go hardcore and lock the door, which I think alienates customers unnecessarily and is also probably against fire code - I wouldn't feel comfortable in a locked room! Or you have a business such that you can have fewer people in a larger space, and you ask that latecomers be as discreet as possible.