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Old 10-19-2011, 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Lou and Carolyn C. View Post
My husband is a paying member of "Gold's Gym", he enjoys the "Spinning Classes", well his first or second time in class he got there early and choice a cycle and had it all adjusted to his liking, when another participate came up to him and said "I'm sorry sir but I had that cycle/bike reserved", well unbeknownst to him there is a clipboard at the front desk where a person(s) can reserve a bike/cycle, I'm sure this is all legal and proper, however it's just another way of encouraging the "entitlement" attitude of this world we live in, whatever happen to "first come, first served". He came home and told me about it and was kind of joking about it, but I could tell he felt like he had done something wrong and committed a crime against this person, like he trespassed on "their property", oh well, "just another country heard from".
Was it actually a "reserved" list or just a sign in sheet for the next available when all were busy? That's done here during peak times and the people just use something else until that particular piece of equipment is available.
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