Our gym has a rule that if you're not on-time, your dance spot becomes open and goes to people dependent on their waitlist position.
There's a woman who jumps the waitlist line by waiting for class start and then takes a spot before the instructor has started working on the waitlist line.
She looks like she has a registered spot. But, no replacement spot for someone else. Nasty for those who respected the class rules.

oops I meant the lights are NOT in my eyes

To the person who "cannot fathom" you have no imagination or ability to empathize with others. I have retina problems and stand in the one spot where the disco style spotlights are in my eyes - otherwise I'd damage my eye further and not be able to see out of it during the class. Others might be shy and like hiding at the back versus not exercising at all. There could be many reasons. But the entitled just don't think of others

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Anonymous wrote:I witnessed a funny exchange like this once. I attend a small pilates class where some people get very attached to "their" reformer. One such woman arrived to find a young woman (who was new) setting up on "her" reformer and said all huffily "excuse me, you're in my spot." The new woman looked around all fake confused like "oh! How do you sign up for a specific reformer, I didn't see that in the app."

"You can't."

"You don't say!" [lies down on reformer and starts stretching]

The mistake that some seasoned gym attendees make is to equate young and/or new with kind. LOL.

But is the newer person supposed to assume the reformer "belongs" to someone? Are they just supposed to go from reformer to reformer until there's one that hasn't been claimed by some entitled member? If you're all paying the same fees which DON'T include specific claims to spots or equipment, stop whining. There is no "yours" or "mine." If someone is already using your favorite equipment or claimed your favorite spot, tough luck. Get there earlier. We're not talking about giving up a seat on the subway to an elderly person or a pregnant woman. We're talking about pettiness from entitled people who think something that isn't theirs is theirs. These are the same people who expect you to give up your seat on the plane after they booked, knowing they'd be separate from those with whom they're flying, but just expect other passengers to be inconvenienced.

You need to accidentally back into her a few times. Otherwise you'll accidentally smack her hard once, which will be worse.

Op, I know it is annoying. Dance classes always have primadonnas lacking spacial awareness, with me first mentality, invading other peoples space or blocking views. Your response is fine. Unless she has a bad eyesight or anything like that. She paid same amount you did and nothing entitles her to a particular spot.

My advice is to use your body language. Stand tall, stretch your arms, take big steps. Take up as much room as you need, don’t ever shrink away. After all you are in a dance class, project confidence.

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Anonymous wrote:Fights over spots in fitness classes have existed since time immemorial. I once refused to move for a persistent latecomer and she called me a b{tch. The gym I go to now has numbered spots on the floor and you reserve your spot in advance on the app. This is the correct solution. No fights now. Want a particular spot? Be ready when the res window opens.

That is super pathetic

NP. Which part

Which gym has numbered spots?

Lifetime. That's also how they keep classes at a comfortable level of full, otherwise Zumba classes would not have enough room to move. They also track instructor/class popularity that way.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fights over spots in fitness classes have existed since time immemorial. I once refused to move for a persistent latecomer and she called me a b{tch. The gym I go to now has numbered spots on the floor and you reserve your spot in advance on the app. This is the correct solution. No fights now. Want a particular spot? Be ready when the res window opens.

That is super pathetic

I'd say it's brilliant for the thunder dome these posters seem to choose to work out at. I didn't know this would be so prevalent and would hate to experience such entitlement.

My gym is like PPs. But the instructors don't have time for spats over spots. Latecomers would never be allowed to disrupt the class to try to claim spots. Losers who can't get there on time or book a spot don't get to make demands of others.

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Anonymous wrote:Fights over spots in fitness classes have existed since time immemorial. I once refused to move for a persistent latecomer and she called me a b{tch. The gym I go to now has numbered spots on the floor and you reserve your spot in advance on the app. This is the correct solution. No fights now. Want a particular spot? Be ready when the res window opens.

That is super pathetic

I'd say it's brilliant for the thunder dome these posters seem to choose to work out at. I didn't know this would be so prevalent and would hate to experience such entitlement.