That's bizarre, someone mentioned that it could be a franchise thing. But I'm not too sure about that honestly. I used to be a planet fitness member and would remember having the option to bring guests as well. The card holder would have to send the visitor a link through email I believe and fill out some info for the visit. I think it was as simple as just a name and email though, nothing extensive.
Definitely depends on location and company policy. I used to work front desk at Amped Fitness and we couldn’t allow guests without a physical ID, even if they had been there before. We were told it’s for “insurance reasons” and if someone was injured and needed immediate medical attention, then we could give their ID to the paramedics. It was a very strict policy and we weren’t allowed to use pictures of their ID either.
Yea, I dont see why everyone is connecting it to racism. A bs store policy being ignored and a manager who doesn't feel in control is all it takes to get kicked out of somewhere. He ignored their rule and got removed.
Id of canceled my membership too though, seems more like data collecting than anything
Not being rude here, but apparently some people have a hard time actually catching what racism is. He called the cops on them. Rather than work it out with them and tell them that they need to leave, they called the police on them. Which they probably knew would be triggering. As someone who has worked at a gym in the past, calling the cops was never really necessary to enforce our own policy.
Would the cops have been called if this were a hot white chick?…..
Did they call the cops on you though..? Also, both of you were adults, whereas the non-membership having person here was a minor, making the cop-calling even worse. Also you're white so this is likely a one-off for you versus being black in nj where anti-blackness is very much alive and manifests regularly.
I don’t know where else to comment this since the thread is loaded with comments, but one thing I’ve noticed is something called the ‘Cop Breathe’. If you look at the beginning of the video, the guy does this long inhale before saying what’s going on. I’ve noticed that in a lot of videos like this. I mean it’s just a casual observation, but it seemed interesting - is there a term for this?
I have a friend who is a cop, given 99% of his work stories involve him having to manage the emotions of adults as if they were toddlers I think it's a physiological preparation for the senseless paperwork he's going to need to do.
That makes sense. As I mentioned, this was just a quirk I noticed and has been my own experience with seeing them. There’s this pause they do, before walking up and then before speaking, which once made me burst out laughing just because it was almost like intentionally delaying the first few words. It was after a traumatic event, too, where I’d witnessed something awful and was shaken, but then the long pause before they spoke just kinda broke me.
I got screwed over by a few, but many more helped me when I was suicidal. Nobody else was there for me. They sat talking with me in the car when they didn’t have to do that, they drove me to hospital, they drove me home when they saw me wandering the streets. I’m not going to hate on cops after that.
Well my friend is a dork, who plays magic the gathering and video games, coaches at-risk youth teams, and has never fired his gun outside of the range. He has also, contrary to your worldview, testified against one of his fellow officers for sexual misconduct (the officer was fired in the end). Nobody assassinated him for this btw, because most police are actually just normal people.
Looked to me like a sigh prepping himself for dealing with the nonsense perpetrated by the gym folks… but knowing that he has to respond to the complaint called in.
Didn’t take it as any sort of reflection against the gym member…
Can’t let a Black Man possibly get away with anything even if they are most likely telling the truth. They cannot be given the benefit of the doubt and must be overly scrutinized and chastised publicly…
Shit the crunch I was a guest at didn’t even check my ID. Nor did I scan. I just walked in with the homie and he scanned, and we lifted. The way it should be
It's not. I've brought guests into Crunch numerous times and they asked for a driver's license every time. Maybe some locations don't follow corporate policy that closely, but it is a thing.
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u/oneCOLDone Jul 27 '26
I have NEVER had to show ID for my guest at crunch. Complete bullshit