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So you won’t complain about this guy to higher management because you assume that higher management will back him up?
How will you know unless you actually complain to higher management? How much worse would it be for you if higher management backs him up? Surely they wouldn’t revoke your membership because you’d rather work out at the gym than bs with someone.
It’s not a battle worth fighting. I’ve asked him to stop (or otherwise told him that I am not up for talking) yet he continues. Others have probably complained, too. He clearly has some kind of mental issue and he deserves sympathy, rather than a demerit at work. With his 30 years of experience and what I understand is a tight community of employees, I see no chance of success, and I don’t want to get in a battle that I won’t clearly win.
If the gym manager has been there 30 years, and I’ve just one of hundreds or thousands of members and have been there just a few years, I figure that management would take his side, not mine. And in any event, the manager could trash talk me to other employees and I’d be marked as someone difficult (not just in the gym but in other parts of the building, such as the restaurants, which I like).
Perhaps if management knew about how he continuely bothers members with the constant talking maybe they could find another position for him within the company where he's not directly dealing with members.
Sounds like other members may have already complained or are thinking about doing so. This is a business and their bottom line is the dollars. If enough members leave because they feel harassed by this employee then management would do something.
I've heard it's something like for every one complaint there's eight that don't say anything.
Last edited by bellamax2; 11-02-2022 at 08:53 AM..
It’s not a battle worth fighting. I’ve asked him to stop (or otherwise told him that I am not up for talking) yet he continues. Others have probably complained, too. He clearly has some kind of mental issue and he deserves sympathy, rather than a demerit at work. With his 30 years of experience and what I understand is a tight community of employees, I see no chance of success, and I don’t want to get in a battle that I won’t clearly win.
If you have a legitimate complaint relative to any employee/business, why do you assume from the get-go it’s a battle you ‘won’t win’; for that matter, why do you view it as something to ‘win’ or ‘lose’ at all - particularly if he has some sort of mental issue. If you’re aware of such, the employer is too; in other words, all the more reason they would take your complaint seriously (and the more likely it’s happening to others as well). That he has been there for thirty years, however, suggests otherwise.
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Originally Posted by bellamax2
Perhaps if management knew about how he continuely bothers members with the constant talking maybe they could find another position for him within the company where he's not directly dealing with members.
Yep, it’s not rocket science - particularly if it’s known he continually bothers members. Naturally, businesses want legitimate feedback.
^Doesn't sound like that's going to happen, that's why this thread is so long. When a letter to management would be a good start.
Another member’s wife wrote a letter directly to the manager. He must have received it by now and if so he is clearly ignoring people’s requests to stop interrupting their workouts.
This thread has shown that the manager may be autistic. If not, he clearly has some mental issue. Employers can be wary of demoting or disciplining someone whose behavior is due to a mental or other health condition; they often try to accommodate the employee. I just figure that the only result of a letter to management would be that I’d then have to face an angry gym manager in the morning. He’s not going to stop interrupting people and there would be nobody to stop him from coming at me in the gym.
Not knowing the guy, he doesn't sound autistic, he sounds like an extraverted gym bro who's trying to "connect" with clients and check in with everyone. Some people literally cannot understand that people don't want to talk, because they do, and what they want is normal. You say this guy has worked there for decades--he probably feels like he's the mayor.
Another member’s wife wrote a letter directly to the manager. He must have received it by now and if so he is clearly ignoring people’s requests to stop interrupting their workouts.
This thread has shown that the manager may be autistic. If not, he clearly has some mental issue. Employers can be wary of demoting or disciplining someone whose behavior is due to a mental or other health condition; they often try to accommodate the employee. I just figure that the only result of a letter to management would be that I’d then have to face an angry gym manager in the morning. He’s not going to stop interrupting people and there would be nobody to stop him from coming at me in the gym.
Of course he's going to ignore a letter from a member's wife, that letter wouldn't be effective.
So it sounds like from your post nothing can or will be done. Guess there's nothing more to really say on this matter. All angles have been talked about.
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