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Input: I go to Planet Fitness a few times a week.

The gym has a 30-minute circuit area. You work out at a station for a minute, take a thirty-second break to wipe up the station you used and move to the next one, and then repeat. In front of this area is a light that alternates between green (work out) and red (clean and move). Next to it is a sign with rules on using the area, which including doing the stations in numerical order.

Almost nobody follows these rules, especially during the post-work rush. People like to hog the circuit’s machines since the gym is small and the unrestricted machines elsewhere in the facility are often occupied. When people are at a station I have next, I politely ask if I can have it and they get off with, at worst, a bit of a huff.

Not today.

An old lady got on the leg press while I was two stations behind. When I caught up to her and it was my turn, I did my usual routine of gently asking if I could have the machine. She ignored me. I thought maybe she did not understand why I was asking, so I explained the rules. She ignored me again, so I explained again. This time, she told me, in a brusque tone and with a somewhat thick accent, that she was going to do one more set.

If she had *asked* if she could do another set (which most people who get to this point do), I would have been fine. However, her tone was exceptionally rude, so I said that I would get the staff. She continued ignoring me. I explained to a nearby worker that someone was not understanding how the area worked.

Before we could return, the lady jumped off the machine, rampaged over, and began swearing. The staff tried to explain the rules for the circuit, but she would not hear any of it. Some choice words included, verbatim, “I said I was gonna do one more fucking rep!”, “You’re not behaving like a fucking gentleman!”, and “Fuck you!”. Essentially, every sentence involved her dropping f-bombs like she was trying to carpet bomb a World War II city.

I remained silent the entire time she was going off. The staff went to grab the manager and the old lady moved to a different machine. I resumed working out while listening to her yell things like “Fuck you!” and “Some people just like fucking drama!” while turning to look back at me with a glare.

The manager came over. “There are so many other fucking machines! Why doesn’t he fucking use those?” and “He was so fucking rude!” The manager calmly explained the rules. The stations are supposed to be done in order. You cannot stay at a machine for more than a minute. She seemed uninterested in hearing any of it, but at least she quieted down.

I feel I may have been asshole-y for involving staff. I could have gone to a different station and just chalked up her rudeness to her lack of English proficiency or cultural differences but chose to act on my irritation. As a result, everyone’s day was shittier than if I had said nothing.

AITA?

kicking an Old Lady off a machine at the Gym