One of our new benefits with Symantec is a $23 a month credit for joining a gym. The closest one to my apartment is a 24-hour fitness, so I figured I'd join. The $23 doesn't quite cover the costs, but I've been wanting to join a gym for a while.

I went in a week ago and discovered I had to fill out a form to even talk to someone about joining. I grumbled, but filled it out anyway. The guy who I talked to was annoying and pushy. I finally got him to give me prices, then I left. Since the whole deal closed on Monday, I went back in yesterday morning to pay the 'initiation fee' and such and join.

While I was there, they said they'd throw in a free session with a personal trainer. Well, okay, what the heck. We make an appointment for 9am this morning.

I got there at 8:45, and wandered around a bit looking at machines. I was waiting for her at the front desk at 9. I was still waiting there when she finally showed up at 9:15. Then she wants me to fill in another form. Well, okay, I don't mind giving them my name and address and such _again_, I guess. Then I got to the section about my goals.

"I'd rather skip this."
"But it's important to have goals!"
"My goal is to get here, 3 mornings a week, for the next 6 months."
"But you need to have specific goals!"

She dragged me, kicking and complaining, through the goals section. Things like how long have you been working out, how does it make you feel, what made you show up now (and she wasn't going to take, "Because my company is paying for it" as an answer).

I survived that part. Then she flips the form over. Height, weight, resting pulse, measurements, with lots of columns to update it. I gritted my teeth and let her take my pulse. I tried to tell her my weight - but, no, we had to go to the scale. Then she gets out the tape measure.

"I'd rather skip this."
"But it's confidential!"
"It doesn't matter. I'm not interested."
"But it's important!"
"You know, I didn't ask for this. I'm perfectly capable of setting, scheduling, and measuring my own goals."
"We can reschedule."
"No."

And I walked out.

Maybe I was too hard on her. Okay, most likely I was too hard on her. All I wanted was a quick tour and an introduction to a handful of machines, maybe a quick discussion of the classes they offer - not a discussion of my Feelings and my Goals.

*sigh* I am really terrible at this "being a human" thing.

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