And so: After work yesterday, there was a police car just outside my office (yeah, with police officers and all.....but they're not all that buff and burly tho!)....and they were arresting 3 youths, and it looked like they even hand cuffed them! OMG, so freakyyy....it freaks me out when there's like a crime scene right in front of my eyes, in real life (ok, maybe this wasn't such a big crime)...but still! *shudders* What I thought would be a normal workout at the gym last night after work, turned out to be otherwise. One of the personal trainer's trying to lure people into hiring him as their trainer (maybe he's out of clients for the month)...especially with Hari Raya (it's a celebration that Muslims celebrate....like how Christians celebrate Christmas) just around the corner. So, usually during this time of the year....they will be a little more energetic in earning more moolahs - even the councils are more strict in issuing parking tickets now! Anyway....here i was working out on one of the weights machine, resting in between my sets...and he approached me: Him: Hi, are you ok? You look a bit fainty.
Me: I'm ok, thanks. Looks harmless right? WRONG! Him: You don't run on the treadmill?
Me: I just did.
Him: How long?
Me: (wondering why is he being so nosy) 20 mins!
Him: SO short ah?? You should run for 1 hour!
Me: (thinking to myself, 'who are you to say this to me...you're not even my trainer and i will not hire such a self demeaning trainer ever!!') *gives a sheepish smile*
Him: So do you study or work?
Me: I'm working.
Him: What are you working as?
Me: I'm a copywriter.
Him: What?!
Me: (thinkking to myself 'uh-oh, not another person who doesn't know what a copywriter is!!') I'm a writer.
Him: Oh, really? Can you write an article about me? (while looking kinda suggestively at me at the same time...OMG)
Me: (thinking 'wah...suddenly so hamsup' - hamsup means horny) What's there to write about you?!
Him: I used to be a kickboxer before....now i'm a personal trainer.
Me: Rightttt. (thinking 'OMG so vain! I did not even ask you about your boring history!') And so i continue with my last set....and he still won't leave me alone!! Him: How long have you joined the gym?
Me: *puffing in between my sets* about 6 months (altho it was longer than that, if you're counting the 1 year in Brisbane)
Him: 6 months and you're just doing 10-15 kgs
Me: (by now he's really starting to infuriate me.....what kinda personal trainer says that to their potential clients anyway...and that's the normal weight that the average woman carries, excluding those super strong macho women!) *tries to ignore him*
Him: How many reps per set?
Me: 10
Him: 10 only?! Why are you doing only 10?!!!
Me: (really pissed off now) HOW AM I SUPPOSSED TO KNOW?!! *ok, maybe i didn't yell at him...but i did not care about my manners anymore by then*
Him: What?
Me: I said....how am i suppossed to know?! I think that must've put off his ego or smth being told off by a woman.....so he tried to change the subjects Him: You should spread your legs wider apart.
Me: (thinking 'OMG go away already! And stop staring at my legs, i know they're half flabs half muscles and not perfect!) *ignores him*
Him: Are you done with this machine?
Me: NO! *ignores him further* God!! I have been approached by so many personal trainers in Brisbane, both at the Toowong and Indooroopilly branches and not one of them have ever put me down in this way!!! I thought trainers are there to encourage but at the same time push their clients to reach their goals, and not put them off and intimidate them?! I've never seen the other trainers treating their clients in such an unprofessional manner as well....not here or in any other branches!! Baby told me that after he talked to me, he proceeded to torture this man who's working out....i think he's either in his late 40s or early to mid 50s...and he was doing 30kgs weights....and that idiot challenged him to do an 80 kgs. I was like...HELLO, you want to kill him is it? He's not exactly that young....and yet you're asking him to carry 80 kilos?!! Are you sure u're a qualified personal trainer?!! Looks like you're better off re-taking that course again!!! DOH....funny how some people never fail to amaze you here in this part of the world!!! Right....now that i've got that off my chest (a written a complaint form)....i feel much better. Sorry for the steam  Have a great weekend, everyone!!! | 