Bravo, Quitter. Bravo.
Friday, February 27th, 2009No, I didn’t have a note card in hand, although I definitely thought about it. Instead, I walked through the door silently mouthing like a crazy person, “I need to quit the gym. I need to quit the gym. I. Need. To. Quit. The. Gym. ” In my mind, a debate was raging.
What if they offer to freeze my membership? What then? Should I do that? Would that be better than quitting out right? Maybe I haven’t been going because it’s been so cold outside and then I had The Cough and then another GD (can’t believe I gave up swearing for Lent) break up. And in a month (or two) it will get nicer out and I’ll have more energy to do stuff on school nights….maybe….NO. Quit the gym. It’s expensive. You’ve gone once this year. That’s $220 for 45 minutes on the elliptical. That is not fiscally responsible. You do not make enough money to be frivolous. You wouldn’t even spend that on a pair of shoes- and at least those would last longer than an hour workout! Quit the gym. Say it: QUIT…THE…GYM.
“Hi, welcome to [Beautiful, New, Shiny, Happiness-On-Earth Gym]. How may I help you today?”
Ugh. This is going to be harder than I thought. Their lighting is so tasteful, their apple soap so refreshing and clean, their leather couches so leathery, their equipment so new and fancy. Their TVs…
“You don’t get Bravo!” I sputtered.
“Excuse me?”
“I mean…I, uh…I need to….quit the gym?” Sheepishly, I looked down at my feet, shuffling them back and forth.
Over the next ten minutes, while I waited for “Ben” from Member Services, the debate raged on. I enjoyed the tasteful lighting and the leather couch’s leatheriness. And when “Ben” appeared and shook my hand and expressed his disappointment at my decision to end my membership, I actually apologized. I apologized. For what?
Now I have $110 more a month. Now I don’t have the guilt of wasting money on the idea of working out while in reality I’m gone 12 hours a day with work and my commute. Now I can watch Bravo in the comfort of my own home! Bravo!
I will miss that fancy foaming apple soap though.
Well how about finding what brand of soap that is and get one for yourself?:)
I still sneak into my college’s gym (i live 20 minutes away now) because of a gliche in the computer system they still consider me a student. It saves me that extra money that i would of had to cough up too! haha.