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Today I was at the gym, working out, and waiting for the arm bike, which was being used by a man in a wheelchair. This machine has a 15-minute time limit on it, and I waited my 15 minutes and he was still going. I walked by and saw that he had been on for 28 minutes. I busied myself on another machine, but finally I asked if he was almost done. He said no, that it is the only machine there he can use, and seemed offended I asked him about it. Should I have complained to management? Or should I have not said anything? He got off about 5 minutes later and I was able to use it.
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Name : Cherry, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : mixed race, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 18, City : Flushing, State : MI, Country : United States, Occupation : student, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class,Yes, you should have said something to management. Just because this person had a disability, that does not give him the right to not abide by the club standards and rules. At the least he could have asked you for a few more minutes, or should have realized that others would like to use the machine and should have taken a break himself. What do you think he would have done if you parked in a handicapped parking spot outside the club, and then you said to ‘Hi, that was the last spot available”? You would have a ticket, and he would be upset that you took his spot.
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Name : Patrick, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Baptist, Age : 41, City : n/a, State : CA, Country : United States, Education level : Technical School, Social class : Middle class,You were perfectly justified in saying something – he was being rude and inconsiderate. There was a limit on the machine and he exceeded it – if he doesn’t like it, he ought to complain to management. Maybe you should suggest to management that they either get more of the machines or put a sign in front of it alerting gym members to the time limit – or even have a sign-up sheet.
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Name : Jay20848, City : New York, State : NY, Country : United States,A more considerate person could have used this bike in 15 minute intervals allowing others to use it in between. It’s just lack of consideration. You did the right thing.
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Name : Vail24462, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : mutt, Religion : Atheist, Age : 40, City : Philly, State : PA, Country : United States, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Lower middle class,Maybe it was a little rude of him the way he responded to you, but if that is the only machine in the gym he could use then you should also be considerate of that. Maybe it isn’t ‘gym policy’, but it’s just common decency. Just be glad that you could go and use other machines while you were waiting.
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Name : A. Costello, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 22, City : Old Bridge, State : NJ, Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,Granted the man in question may have been being rude in his conduct, but in all honesty, why couldn’t you have gone to the treadmill, or the elliptical machine, or a recumbent bike, or an exercycle, or any of the other machines exclusive to the able-bodied individuals, that he would not have been able to use? Wheelchair users have a much harder time than upright individuals in getting a thorough cardiovascular workout using only their upper body, and so a 15 minute time-limit would not have been enough for him to achieve a proper level of exertion. And to the person who said that he must abide by the same rules and regs of the gym: do you think it’s fair to be forced to abide by the same time rules when the options available to the wheelchair user in question are a fraction of those available to everyone else? 10 minutes of running or leg-biking is easily equivalent to a half-hour on the arm-bike, in terms of cardio effects gained, and so to force the man off the only means of cardiovascular exercise that he could perform simply because you were impatient seems a little bit rude on your part, don’t you think?
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Name : Pete30370, Disability : Paralyzed, City : Madison, State : WI, Country : United States,Why would you begrudge someone with limited abilities their cardio? You have the option of using othe machines while he has no other option. What harm was done to you by using other machines while he got his workout? Jeez, some of you people are seriously self absorbed.
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Name : Jana McDonald, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Disability : SLE, Cardiomyopathy, AIH, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : inclusionism, Age : 40, City : Grapevine, State : TX, Country : United States, Occupation : inspector, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class,No matter your disability, you should respect commen curtisies when at all places with time limits. If you think just because you have a disability that makes you eligible to break rules established and are cleanly posted, then you my friend, have serious problems and are just taking advantage of your disability…
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Name : Mike, City : Pensacola, State : FL, Country : United States,
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