I don't want to be the locker room police, really I don't, but clearly somebody has to do it. I had hoped that my last set of instructions on the matter would have covered it, but apparently some of you need additional guidance. Here goes.
If you must lie naked on a locker room bench, you must lie as still as possible. You must not under any circumstances perform a series of single leg lifts. Nobody wants to see that honey, really.
Comments (34)
what the hell?
see, i'm the person that would actually say something, like "you're not that attractive. put clothes on." or i'd report them to management.
Posted by alektra | December 14, 2004 8:33 AM
That's like the guys that stand around naked talking and joking and slapping their buddies on the back. Dudes, no touching other guys, even good friends, while you are both naked in public.
Posted by Jon in Michigan | December 14, 2004 8:35 AM
ugh
that's nasty. WHY do people think it's ok..WHY? At the very least leave some shorts on!
Posted by Pamalamadingdong | December 14, 2004 8:42 AM
See? This is just another reason NOT to brave the gym.
Posted by samantha | December 14, 2004 8:42 AM
Seriously? Who ARE these people who do this? There's being naked in a locker room because you're toweling off from a shower and getting dressed, and then there's Those People.
This is why I joined Curves. No showers, no chance to see 50 other women naked at the same time.
Posted by Coleen | December 14, 2004 8:43 AM
Well, I'd like to see it....
Posted by melman | December 14, 2004 9:01 AM
Yeah...we don't wanna see that. LOL
Posted by Swt GA HunnyB | December 14, 2004 9:08 AM
Ew! Ew ew ew!!!!!! No! You simply CAN'T do that!!!!!!! And now you, Beth, have put an icky image in my head 1st thing in the morning! EW!!!!
Posted by Em | December 14, 2004 9:56 AM
i really hope you're exaggerating. please tell me you are.
Posted by laura | December 14, 2004 10:02 AM
Last night I saw a woman in the locker room doing naked TOE TOUCHES. Gah! The horror!
(By the way, hi Beth, I'm a big fan of your site!)
Posted by supine | December 14, 2004 10:12 AM
ewwww.
makes you want to never go to these peoples houses, i mean, if they do that stuff in relative public, who knows what they're doing in the privacy of their own living room... eek.
Posted by monique | December 14, 2004 10:49 AM
That is just so wrong; so very, very wrong!
Posted by Amber | December 14, 2004 11:21 AM
Please. I'm eating.
Posted by bmh | December 14, 2004 11:46 AM
OMG! Do people have no shame?
Posted by Krush | December 14, 2004 12:17 PM
Oh good God. That's just really not pretty. Wow.
Maybe you should start carrying a camera with you. Not actually to take pictures, mind you, but just so everyone who sees you has the knowledge that if you wanted to, you'd be prepared.
Posted by Beth | December 14, 2004 12:39 PM
That is so wrong on so many levels it just sends icckiness throughout my entire being. I hope they disinfected that bench afterward.
Posted by groovebunny | December 14, 2004 1:26 PM
Wha?
ACK
UGH
ICK
BLECH
Posted by Michele | December 14, 2004 1:43 PM
I'm with Beth. You should start carrying a camera. Send the pics to www.jefm.net
Posted by melman | December 14, 2004 2:23 PM
I guess it's up to me to ask the question here. Was she like Rosanne Arnold looking or Cindy Crawford looking. Cause I mean really that does make a diffrence in whether I would want to see it or not!
Posted by Jeff A | December 14, 2004 2:51 PM
Ew. And you go to the gym in the morning, too. I could not handle that early in the morning.
Posted by bad penguin | December 14, 2004 3:41 PM
you should print up some rules or something and post it all over the locker room. lol. or just leave them in piles where people would be curious enough to pick it up and read it. lol
you are not making me want to join a gym ;) lol. workout dvds are teh way to go :P
Posted by Manda | December 14, 2004 4:56 PM
That is just crazy! Doesn't your gym have a dress code, like you have to be dressed.
Posted by Jazzy | December 14, 2004 5:41 PM
Hold on a second... by any chance, was it Cindy Crawford? I could probably let it go if it was... I'm just saying....
Posted by bob | December 14, 2004 7:23 PM
Well...there went a perfectly good mouthful of wine all over the place...and with that visual stuck in my head..I'm thinging the bottle shall be mine by the end of the hour Cheers!
Posted by Jules | December 14, 2004 8:04 PM
seriously? i do not want a gym membership anymore. i'll do my cardio at home in my living room. *shudders*
Posted by tiffanie | December 14, 2004 9:04 PM
Eew, surely one does not have to lie naked on gym surface.
Posted by aussiemama | December 14, 2004 9:42 PM
What is wrong with some people! Really, how hard is it to dress BEFORE doing the leg lifts!!!
Posted by Amelia | December 15, 2004 1:47 AM
Why in the world would anyone do that? If we wanted to see that, we'd hit the strip clubs.
Posted by DeAnn | December 15, 2004 2:29 AM
I'm with DeAnn, we should hit the strip clubs.
Posted by melman | December 15, 2004 9:52 AM
Ewwww...Naked excercise not good. I don't think I'd even want to see Brad Pitt doing naked excercises.
What happened to the good old days when we were all ashamed of our bodies?
Posted by Wendy | December 15, 2004 12:01 PM
I think the people who do that kind of thing are the same people who don't read "GYM FAUX PAS" or "GYMS: COMMENSENSE" internet articles. Probably can't even find the "cup holder."
You should just walk by and tell her "Nice flaps, you're spilling juices all over a public bench! Use a towel or get clothes please."
Also, from a guys perspective, as others have said, depending on the woman we may just enjoy it too much.
If it's like the 80yr old "I can't wait to strip nude, have my balls dangling 12inches low(maybe they need dangle time @ 80), throwing one knee up on a bench, and just start talking typical small talk" then NO NO NO! PUT ON PANTS! Unless they hang down to your ankles... mad props to you buddy. :P Eh, i still dont need to see it.
-Johnboy
Posted by Johnboy | December 15, 2004 9:34 PM
ummm.... gross
Posted by donna | December 16, 2004 9:12 AM
EEEEEEU, I am crinkling my nose! THAT is the real reason why I don't go to the gym! Shudder
Posted by Gypsy | December 16, 2004 10:18 AM
Well, one of my New Year's resolutions was going to be to join the gym, but I'm suddenly re-thinking this. *dry heave* What are people thinking??
Posted by Mary | December 20, 2004 4:58 PM