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2004/07/09, 06:35 PM
it's called CLEANING UP AFTER OTHER PEOPLE'S LAZINESS!
ok so last night at the gym, this is like 1 a.m. mind you, i go in to do a back/shoulders/abs workout when i get off work. well i finish my back workout, go to do some lateral db raises, and when i get to the db rack, 75% of them are scattered around the rack, benches, and other places that they SHOULDN'T BE. not to mention the ones that are on the rack are grossly out of order (i.e. 55s in the 20s spot.)
so being the o.c.d. organizational freak that i am, i start re-racking dumbbells. the range of displaced weights was somewhere between 15 and 130lbs. that's right. so for 15 minutes straight i picked up these dumbbells and put them in the correct places on the rack. let me tell you, i'm glad i didn't do deadlifts last night because this was like solid deadlifts over and over again. after that, needless to say i was too tired to do shoulders so i did calves instead.
now this is my complaint, can people not read 1) the sign that says "please rack your weights," or 2) the numbers on the rack that say "20s go here"? one theory i have is that these juiced up apes that are just in there to impress themselves get these 130s to do some excercise, during which they will certainly use bad form, and at the end of it they just can't lift the weight to put it back. so what happens then? the 22-year-old o.c.d. chick who comes to workout at 1 a.m. does it for them.
enough of my venting, i just really hate lazy people who leave their sh*t lying around for other people to pick up. after my little endeavor though i was offered a job as a personal trainer by a guy who watches me work out every now and again and witnessed my little dumbbell project. that, i must say, was rewarding. then again, so was the workout i got from doing it.
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i wish you ill, ice-t.
margarine is a liar who announces, \"i am butter!\"
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2004/07/09, 08:47 PM
Sorry Howdie, I am guilty of leaving weights scattered around. On Monday when I jacked my back up, I left my weights were they lie and limped out of the gym. I swear, I will make up for it.
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2004/07/09, 11:16 PM
hec, i think i can forgive you this one time. i am confident that you would not have left your weights lying around if you had been healthy enough to return them to their rightful locations.
one thing i left out of my story - i set a 100lb db on my hand while re-racking it and i think i broke my left index finger. it is bruised, swollen and cut and i can't bend it all the way without wanting to shed tears. oh well. it could be worse.
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i wish you ill, ice-t.
margarine is a liar who announces, \"i am butter!\"
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2004/07/11, 05:32 PM
Sounds like an injury I got a few years ago playing football. Finger went to double the size, a lovely shade of purple and I couldn't bend it either. Eventually went to docs who told me it didn't look broken. After an x-ray she had to eat her words. Unfortunately there's not much they can do. Basically taped up and left to its own devices. Hope it doesn't hurt too much!
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2004/07/11, 05:47 PM
Howdie, I would have definitely done the exact same thing! Even at home my dumbbells are in perfect order.
Reminds me, I went to a garage sale and I know there isn't any order at these things but man I cannot stand it when people unfold clothes to look at them and then not fold them back up! By the time I left I had refolded the entire table of shirts. I should have gotten the one I bought for free, no? :laugh: I do this no matter where I go. Think I worked retail one too many years.........
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Damselfly
Whoever said that sunshine brings happiness never danced in the rain. \\"unknown\\"
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2004/07/11, 07:23 PM
Ouch, Howdie, that hurts!!! It does seem as if there are people whose eyesight limits their ability to read anything that has to do with cleaning up after themselves! I am sure others appreciated your efforts.
So, are you taking the job?!
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Veda
MISERY IS OPTIONAL
***When you are up to your ears in trouble, try using the part that is not submerged.
***The difference between a dream and a goal is a plan.
HAVE A GREAT DAY!
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2004/07/13, 06:59 PM
hahaha, i love my job too much to leave it. i get offered other jobs all the time though. last month i was offered a modeling contract if i would quit my job and i turned down l.a. to work at my newspaper. i love words that much. i could probably handle training others on the side, but i don't know if i could give it the effort it would require to do a supreme job. until then i will just exert the effort that other people don't have to pick up dumbbells after their lazy arses.
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i wish you ill, ice-t.
margarine is a liar who announces, \"i am butter!\"
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2004/07/13, 07:21 PM
Howdie can you tidy up after me thanks in advance.
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I am that
which must be feared, worshipped and adored. The world is mine
now and forever.No one holds command over me. No man. No god. I am ANIMAL! and that is enough.
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2004/07/13, 07:22 PM
mike, your sissy dumbbells are no problem for me. i'm happy to clean up after you:laugh::laugh:
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i wish you ill, ice-t.
margarine is a liar who announces, \"i am butter!\"
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2004/07/13, 09:00 PM
Howdie, My neighbor tops all in o.c.d.
I watched her take apart her firewood pile and sweep each piece of wood before restacking it. She washes the tires on her car (after spending 3 hours washing and vacuuming the car inside and outside), she even takes the tires off once a month to scrub them extra clean...
i have never seen someone clean as much as she does. She even climbs into the bed of her hubby's truck with a spray bottle and papaer towels to clean the truckbed....
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\"Achieving worthwhile goals requires a consistent investment of time and effort on your part....The rewards you receive will be in direct proportion to the consistent effort you put forth.\"
Brian Johnston, The Power of The Champions
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2004/07/13, 09:02 PM
ok yes, she wins the o.c.d. contest. i only like to clean things that do not belong to me. my house is a paradoxical mess.
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i wish you ill, ice-t.
margarine is a liar who announces, \"i am butter!\"
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