It will be a week tomorrow that we left the “gym from heck”. Thursday morning I finally spoke with one of our friends from the gym. After being away for only two days the drama continues. Here are only a few of the things that happened in those two days. Again, I can’t tell you what an incredible relief it is to be away from that place.
1. One of the moms slapped another mom hard across the face, after sticking her finger in her chest and face and telling her she’s just like all the rest of the bleep bleep bleep parents in this place. One of the coaches saw the slap and ran across the gym yelling for her to leave and never come back. In the meantime the one who was slapped was sitting in the office crying and the head coach came in and told her that nothing like this happened in the gym until she came.
2. Various parents were taking sides on the issue of what to do about the situation, with comments such as “She and her daughter should both be banned from the gym, no telling when she might come back with a handgun.” There was a parents meeting and I’m told that the outcome of the meeting is that parents are no longer welcome to stay and watch their daughter’s work out. They can only stay in the gym for a maximum of thirty minutes.
3. Another mom who was in charge of coordinating the purchase of leotards for an upcoming meet was accused of appropriating ten free leotards given to the gym to sell as a for her own daughter.
4. One of Aimee’s friends stepped on something sharp in the gym while she was running for conditioning. No one saw what it was or where it came from but she was bleeding all over the gym. She ended up needing stitches in her heel and will be unable to compete in running and jumping events at the meet in Vegas. Her mom wasn’t there at the time this happened but all she was told from the gym was that she owed three dollars for the tape they used to tape up her foot so it wouldn’t bleed all over the floor.
All this happened in only two days. Did I say how happy I am not to have to go there anymore?
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OMG -- I just found these posts of yours, Karie. I'm shocked... but happy that you've given up the daily commute out there -- especially when you have really good options close to home.
The microcycles began last week and Megan's in gym from 9 to 2 -- so I'm available during those hours for coffee again...
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