"dirty" "money".. so to speak
Written: Mar 16 '04
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Pros: Location, some workout machines are clean (i'm pretty sure), good monthly price.
Cons: Dirty pool. REALLY DIRTY. showers too dirty to clean you. Crowded (sometimes). arrogant, in-your-face sales.
The Bottom Line: It is disgusting. Especially if you like swimming. The up front fee is phenominally expensive. Sales rep.s are arrogant and try too hard to sell. time to try out bally's.
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| dannmann2's Full Review: 24 Hour Fitness |
I heard about this place from a relative. I heard it was good. Hmmmm. I still managed to keep respect for my relative.
I went to a "24 Hour fitness sport": had tredmills, bikes, workout machines, free weights, (etc.), a basketball court and a swimming pool (plus hot tub, sauna, steam room).
My god, these people are worse than penny-pinching stingy... people. I'm only 16, so i needed a parent to sign off on my going. "can i just look around?" I asked. "No, you may slip and fall, then sue us." That is just plain silly.
So anyway, i got in, looked around, and played a little basketball. I then swam. Swimming is to be the main of my workout: I play water polo for my high school. This doesn't help my becoming a member.
Now the story gets juicy.....
I got done, so I talked to a sales rep about joining. He said that he has a really good deal, (about 750 up front then 3.89/ month for life). Anyway, he seemed nice, but I've never seen it more obvious that they are payed on commission. But I got my free 10 day pass, which I "got" from the website. My relative (remember, she was still there,) drove me home, and she said the sales rep was usually worse.
Ok, thats the story.
The straight out problems:
I go during off hours, so its not toooo busy. but yeah, the sound of treadmills fills the air.
I do like how state of art it is and the color-coding system (creative.) I dont mind this. the towel rule is good (because they won't clean the things themselves..)
Remember how i said i would swim mostly? I'll tell you about it!
After my 10 minute treadmill and bike warm up is done, i go to the locker room. I change into my swimsuit. It says on the wall "shower first" so i go to the shower room. BIG MISTAKE. It smelled so bad I literally started coughing. (I swear, its true, and horid.) And I have almost no sense of smell.
Well, I shower fast so as not to sufficate. then i go out to the pool area.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh. The sweet warmth and bliss of a hot tub.. or not! Yeah, I get in. Yeah, its hot. Yeah, it has bubbles. It is always more fun with bubbles. I go in there to stretch before the main of my workout.
wait. isn't the water supposed to be blue?
It is green.
I have a pool at my house. and i know it is supposed to be BLUE!
well, regaurdless. i go through with the algecide hot-tub. I'm done stretching. So i get out and go to the pool.
The pool is green too. probably has about twice as many green specs as the hot tub. but it is like 50 times the size, so it isn't very green
BUT IT IS STILL GREEN
(the greenness is not a good thing.)
Well, I swim. I go back to the deadly shower room for a quick rinse, thinking "i'm never goin in there again without sandals." Actually, regaurdless of footwear, I'm not gonna go in there.
So I decide to "let them know"
I talk to the general manager
(note. there are three locations in the area)
I tell him the pool is disgusting. he says that it is cleaned 5 times a day, the water is supposed to be green, others add extra chemicals to make it unnaturally blue (what?). its called algecide. natural or not, i dont care. i'm not goin to the ocean. I'm looking for a clean pool.
He says the County's dept. of health comes in once a month and checks it, they say their three pools (3 locations) are the cleanest.
-wow. my high school must be really special then. because we are checked every week!
In short, UGH.
I'm not going.
If you've gotten this far in the note, I appreciate you listening to my e-vent. but it is all true.
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