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So, I don't really know who out in the corporate world of Bally's is really out there to listen to my rant, so i figured, I might as well share my experience with all the members here, and maybe, just maybe dissuade someone from going there.
My old training partner and I lost contact over many years ago due to a misunderstanding. Recently he shows up my house one day I was not there and speaks to my wife about how he wants to reconnect and we should train again.
We decide to meet at bally's where he trains, and he gets me a 7 day pass. He tells me the GM is his buddy and we should be fine to train, bs, and catch up.
I walk in, and sit in the lobby as he wasn't there yet. A girl looks over with a half of smile and leaves me alone until he is walking up, mind you that she doesn't know he is coming to the door, just timing. She asks if I need help, and I responded no I was meeting someone and he was here. He hands me the guest pass, and before I even say hello, Mister tough guy Gm walks out and says, yes you need help. She'll do it for you. She takes my licence, and directs me to a kiosk computer to register. The touch screen on the computer is really less then adequate, so I am having trouble logging in. I ask ALPHA male to help. He tells me to wait and he will be with me when he is free???
While this is going on the girl asks me if I am going to join today
I said "Do I have to answer that now"?
She says "yes"
I then asked "How do I know if I am going to join, I haven't even gone up the stairs or into the locker room to change my shoes. How do I know if I want to sign up right now?"
Her response was "You should know before you walk in the door, whether or not you are going to join."
This kind of talk went back and forth because I could not even get a tour, and had to come up with the credit card to walk in.
The Gm then chimes in that if I don't like it I can leave his club, followed by the girl saying she has the authority to have me leave as well.
He says he heard the whole thing and I was impeding her form doing her job.
I apologized emphatically that it was not my intent to disrupt her work day, and would be happy to continue with whatever they had in store for a potential new member.
All the while I am thinking, shit I at least want to get in here for a little while, so I can train and reconnect with my friend, so I had no attitude at all, fearing this training session wasn't going to happen.
The girl I guess trying to show her authority, after I apologized like 4 times, says get out my club.
I then asked for my licence back, and responded that maybe I would talk to someone above her and let them know how I was treated and that I could not use my seven day pass for seven minutes, because I couldn't even get past the door.
She replied "Go have good time"
I called the corporate office in the car on the way out, just to see if I could let someone know about what just happened, and it didn't get any better.
The regional guy said he was mad that this situation happened, and he was there all day yesterday, and wished it had happened then. He went on to say
"THAT CLUB IS ONE OF MY DEMOGRAPHICALLY CHALLENGED CLUBS AND IT IS STAFFED BY PEOPLE FROM THE UNFORTUNATE DEMOGRAPHIC"
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I can read between the lines to understand what that meant, but I was on the phone with him. I don't know how he was able to see what ethnicity I was, or what city I lived in since I told him nothing of the sort, and if he wanted to go to the club level, since they go the info from my driver's licence, he could get it there.
I don't really know what I experienced there, b/c after some thinking about it, I don't really know what it was. I have come up with all the classifications for this type of treatment, but I don't want to jump to any conclusions, so I am leaving alone for what it was.
I hope that someone will read this and maybe think twice before giving a company like this any of there hard earned money. There are gyms all over the place, and I am sure there is one better then Bally's. Mine is.
It doesn't do me any good with the training with my buddy, as that experience was taken away that day, but i think we can go somewhere else without this trash.
Sorry for the long post. A Lot to say
-c
My old training partner and I lost contact over many years ago due to a misunderstanding. Recently he shows up my house one day I was not there and speaks to my wife about how he wants to reconnect and we should train again.
We decide to meet at bally's where he trains, and he gets me a 7 day pass. He tells me the GM is his buddy and we should be fine to train, bs, and catch up.
I walk in, and sit in the lobby as he wasn't there yet. A girl looks over with a half of smile and leaves me alone until he is walking up, mind you that she doesn't know he is coming to the door, just timing. She asks if I need help, and I responded no I was meeting someone and he was here. He hands me the guest pass, and before I even say hello, Mister tough guy Gm walks out and says, yes you need help. She'll do it for you. She takes my licence, and directs me to a kiosk computer to register. The touch screen on the computer is really less then adequate, so I am having trouble logging in. I ask ALPHA male to help. He tells me to wait and he will be with me when he is free???
While this is going on the girl asks me if I am going to join today
I said "Do I have to answer that now"?
She says "yes"
I then asked "How do I know if I am going to join, I haven't even gone up the stairs or into the locker room to change my shoes. How do I know if I want to sign up right now?"
Her response was "You should know before you walk in the door, whether or not you are going to join."
This kind of talk went back and forth because I could not even get a tour, and had to come up with the credit card to walk in.
The Gm then chimes in that if I don't like it I can leave his club, followed by the girl saying she has the authority to have me leave as well.
He says he heard the whole thing and I was impeding her form doing her job.
I apologized emphatically that it was not my intent to disrupt her work day, and would be happy to continue with whatever they had in store for a potential new member.
All the while I am thinking, shit I at least want to get in here for a little while, so I can train and reconnect with my friend, so I had no attitude at all, fearing this training session wasn't going to happen.
The girl I guess trying to show her authority, after I apologized like 4 times, says get out my club.
I then asked for my licence back, and responded that maybe I would talk to someone above her and let them know how I was treated and that I could not use my seven day pass for seven minutes, because I couldn't even get past the door.
She replied "Go have good time"
I called the corporate office in the car on the way out, just to see if I could let someone know about what just happened, and it didn't get any better.
The regional guy said he was mad that this situation happened, and he was there all day yesterday, and wished it had happened then. He went on to say
"THAT CLUB IS ONE OF MY DEMOGRAPHICALLY CHALLENGED CLUBS AND IT IS STAFFED BY PEOPLE FROM THE UNFORTUNATE DEMOGRAPHIC"
I can read between the lines to understand what that meant, but I was on the phone with him. I don't know how he was able to see what ethnicity I was, or what city I lived in since I told him nothing of the sort, and if he wanted to go to the club level, since they go the info from my driver's licence, he could get it there.
I don't really know what I experienced there, b/c after some thinking about it, I don't really know what it was. I have come up with all the classifications for this type of treatment, but I don't want to jump to any conclusions, so I am leaving alone for what it was.
I hope that someone will read this and maybe think twice before giving a company like this any of there hard earned money. There are gyms all over the place, and I am sure there is one better then Bally's. Mine is.
It doesn't do me any good with the training with my buddy, as that experience was taken away that day, but i think we can go somewhere else without this trash.
Sorry for the long post. A Lot to say
-c