<i>I guess what I was trying to say is if you were in the middle of a set and someone asked you for help I would be more understanding to the person being asked if they were annoyed about being bothered.</i><p>Fair enough. There is an etiquette to things at the gym as well, and it may take a while to pick up on some of that stuff.  Which is, I guess, the same as the Internet in some ways.