Hey
everyone! How’s your
Saturday so far? Mine’s a little gloomy because it’s raining outside and my
dear husband is at work which makes me home alone right now. Good thing, I’m great
at entertaining myself whenever I’m alone which is why I very rarely get bored.
Hahaha.
So today’s
blog is about my very recent trip to the Gym. Yep! After years of wondering how
it really feels like to work out in a gym, I finally had the taste of it and it’s…
quite fun, although I have to say that a certain event pissed me off a little. Hahaha.
If ever you’re wondering, nope, it’s not really my first trip to a gym. My
first was like 5 years ago, back in my homeland and it’s at Fitness First. I
tagged along with my friend who actually signed up for a membership at that
time.
As for my
recent trip to the gym, I did not sign up for their membership. You'll learn later why. Also, I
wanted to really think about it because I don’t want my monthly fee to go to
waste. If you’re confused, let me enlighten you. Working out has never been my
thing, although I wanted it to be. So before signing up for a gym membership, I
wanted to be able to really assess the gravity of my desire to work out first. If I’m going to pay
for a monthly fee, I want to make sure that I can commit to going to the gym at
least twice a month or else, it wouldn’t be worth it.
So here’s
how our trip went down. Last Thursday - 31st October, our friends who are also my husband’s
officemates invited us to work out with them at True Fitness - Suntec. They’re
all members of the said gym because that’s one of their company’s perks. I’m the only one
in the bunch who doesn’t have a membership card. Good thing, I can sign up for
a free trial. It says on their site that I’d be contacted shortly by one of
their reps regarding my free trial registration. Daisy from their Chevron
Office called me up in a few minutes and arranged the appointment. She's pretty nice and polite over the phone, but she was very straightforward as she immediately asked me if I have a credit card, which I guess was, of course, for the membership. Hmmmm. Anyway, she said she needed to meet me there so she
can discuss their membership plans to me, which is very much understandable. I
know that it’s really how things work. So I had no issues with that whatsoever.
So I went
for their “so called” free trial with no obligations and there we were, making our entrance to their gym at around 3:30-ish. Daisy was there and ushered
us to a room with round tables and chairs. We sat there for a while and
listened to her as she explained how much their memberships (one club and all-club) are. I made
it clear from the very beginning that I’d see for myself first if I would want
to sign up right there and then after I’ve seen and explored the gym. She
smiled but I don’t think she really understood me. You’ll know why later.
So she
toured me inside and by inside, I mean the Female Area which consists of the
lockers, toilets, shower, steam room and changing area. And that’s basically
it.
After changing
into our workout attires, the husband and I explored the gym by hopping from one
workout machine to another. We’re like kids playing in a big playground or no,
maybe butterflies in a huge garden. #LOL.
I think almost two
hours have gone by, and we’re done. I know that Daisy will talk to me again
right after but I didn’t expect her attitude. She looked at me and sent me the
signal to come with her back to the room where she first brought us when we
entered. The way she did that was like I’m her employee and I should go to her
office because she’s going to scold me. But I let that go easily. I thought, “No
biggie. After all, I think she’s nice.”
But that’s
just what I thought. She started again with the membership, so I told her
straight away that it’s not that I don’t want to sign up with them, it’s just
that I didn’t want to sign up at that very moment. I wanted to be able to go home
and think about my experience and from there decide if I will sign up or not. I
didn’t want to be rushed into making a decision on the spot. I thought that was
pretty elaborate, don’t you think? She definitely didn’t think so because that’s
where the conversation started to heat up. She continued to sell their
membership despite my clear answer and I understand that she’s probably just
doing her job but the way she’s doing it was starting to get me really annoyed
at that point. She persistently asked me why I didn’t want to sign up despite
my explanation earlier. So I also mentioned about my interest in checking out
other gyms because that’s my right as a customer, then she started comparing
theirs to the gym I mentioned. I mean c’mon! Was that even necessary?! I even
mentioned that if I were to sign up for a membership it is most probably going
to be with them because my hubby is already a member there, so why on earth
should she still insist that I do it on that day? Why oh why?!!! She kept telling me that the price of the membership might change the following month and even
mentioned that it’s the last day to enter the raffle draw to win a car. Wh-what?! What’s
that supposed to do with me signing up? Didn’t she get that I was not
interested in any of those? That all I really wanted at that time was for her to let me go so I can make my decision out of genuine interest and not because I was
pressured? She even called her manager to step in. My goodness!! Her manager
was actually nice by the way. A soft-spoken guy who explained everything and
though he obviously also wanted to pitch a sale, I didn’t feel like he’s forcing
the membership to my face, but Daisy? She totally changed how I look at True
Fitness in an instant! I was like 80% convinced to sign up before she even talked to me, I
just really wanted to do it on my schedule and not on theirs, but because of
her insensitive, incessant sales talk, I don’t
feel like signing up for them anymore. Is this what their NO OBLIGATIONS mantra really mean? That yes, you can sign up for a free trial but you MUST sign up for their membership ON THAT SAME DAY? WHAT?!!!
Too bad because I really liked all the workout
equipment I found inside their gym but it’s just their sales and customer
service that completely turned me off. How I wish, she was not that pushy. I could
have signed up the next day if she didn’t talk to me like that. Sigh.
On the brighter side, we ate at The Manhattan Fish Market after working out (talk about diet, hahaha!) and the food was truly delish!
I seriously fell in love with their Sweet Alabama drink – tasted like heaven!
And to end a not so good day at the gym, we watched THOR: The Dark World at Golden Village -->>my favorite movie house here in Singapore simply because I love their nachos, hahaha, but seriously I really do! And that’s it, folks!
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Readers, if you’re from Singapore, do you have
a good GYM recommendation? And did you
happen to also experience something like this from True Fitness? I’m anxious to
know…
