So I go to a 24-hour gym. I go there early mornings after my paper route.
I was on a crosstrainer near the door, and I saw a new member trying to leave (at least, she was new for the 5am crowd). For the door, there's a static bar handle that doesn't actually do anything, and a panic bar below it that actually lets you out. The panic bar, admittedly, does blend in well with the way it is placed between the two window panes on the door.
So this poor gal couldn't leave the gym. She was pushing on the dummy handle and nothing was happening. She then took her key fob and tried to swipe in near the sensors that beep when someone goes through without a fob. I didn't want to embarrass her by speaking up and basically admitting that I noticed, but she was sinking fast. After about 40 seconds of going back and forth between the dummy bar and the sensors, she finally looked around desperately and made eye contact with me. I was able to talk her through it, though when I said "Below where you were pushing," she at first tried to push the sensors (which are actually beside the door).
I hope she wasn't too embarrassed (I've done the same things with those doors). She had that kind of lost-puppy look and seemed to be a bit intimidated by the gym. Hopefully she wasn't scared off.
In my head though, part of me was thinking "You're now trapped in the gym! Muahahaha! You cannot escape! You must suffer the treadmill forever!"
I was on a crosstrainer near the door, and I saw a new member trying to leave (at least, she was new for the 5am crowd). For the door, there's a static bar handle that doesn't actually do anything, and a panic bar below it that actually lets you out. The panic bar, admittedly, does blend in well with the way it is placed between the two window panes on the door.
So this poor gal couldn't leave the gym. She was pushing on the dummy handle and nothing was happening. She then took her key fob and tried to swipe in near the sensors that beep when someone goes through without a fob. I didn't want to embarrass her by speaking up and basically admitting that I noticed, but she was sinking fast. After about 40 seconds of going back and forth between the dummy bar and the sensors, she finally looked around desperately and made eye contact with me. I was able to talk her through it, though when I said "Below where you were pushing," she at first tried to push the sensors (which are actually beside the door).
I hope she wasn't too embarrassed (I've done the same things with those doors). She had that kind of lost-puppy look and seemed to be a bit intimidated by the gym. Hopefully she wasn't scared off.
In my head though, part of me was thinking "You're now trapped in the gym! Muahahaha! You cannot escape! You must suffer the treadmill forever!"
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