Little things you can't ignore

If there's a sign, I get you. If there's not... is this really a gym faux pas? What's the difference between talking to a workout partner who's there with you or a friend on the phone? (Not having set a foot in a gym since, well... FOREVER, I honestly don't know the protocol.)

 

A) because the rest of us are trying to focus, and B) because those signs are posted all through the workout area.

 

What's a Blockbuster?

 

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"There's a bathroom on the right."

 

So... and I'm not being a smartass here (again, I have NO experience)... is talking (even to one another) at the gym frowned upon?

I've heard friends talk about their gym as a great place to socialize.

 

Shaddup and go listen to your record player, whippersnapper! And get off my lawn!

 

I don't see a problem with people talking on a cell phone in coffee shop as long as they aren't shouting.
If they are shouting, my issue is with the shouting. Doesn't matter whether you're on the cell phone or talking face-to-face, let's keep the volume polite.

 

One of a few dozen bowl games that no longer exist.

 

Even worse: Someone talking on their phone at a movie theater.

Don't these fuckers ever see the PSA before the movie between the dozen previews and the "Go to buy popcorn and soda NOW!" commercials?

 

Tigers pbp guy: And now Cheslor Cuthbert

Gibby: <muffled chuckle>

Seconds of silence later ...

pbp guy: What are you laughing about over there?

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You just know Gibson couldn't stop giggling because Cheslor Cuthbuert is one of those names that makes guys like Kirk Gibson giggle. But it's just the timing and odd silence and interplay that makes it a fun moment for the viewer.

The next day, Brian Kenny had his own weird Cheslor Cuthbert tangent.

 

Nah. But the phone users tend to talk louder, and then they don't move away from the weights you're about to use. So they're in your ear, too, instead of moving to a more isolated spot.

 

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