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Was I being a jerk?

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Sluggo

Lifer
I'm at the gym tonight doing my stuff. I got off a flat bench and went to exchange my dumbbells for some different ones. When I got back there is some douche standing there chatting up some chick with his foot up on my bench. My stuff was tucked under the bench, so its obvious it was in use.

I set down my weights at the foot of the bench, the guy looks at me and takes his sweet time getting off the bench and moving out of the way. Now Mr. Douche's foot print was there mixed with my smelly man sweat on the bench. I look at the spot and look at him and the following converstion takes place:

Me: You going to clean that for me?
Douche: Huh?
Me: You going to clean this bench for me?
Douche: Why?
Me: You had your foot on it, its dirty.
Douche: ( dripping heavy sarcasm dickhead attitude) Well I didnt mean to get your bench all dirty, let me clean that all up for you.
Me: Well if I wanted to work out in all the crap on the floor, I would have done that.
Douche: (as he is wiping down the bench, same shitty attitude) I didnt mean to ruin your whole day here.
Me: Didnt ruin my day ...buddy
Douche: That clean enough?
Me, Yeah, absolutely outstanding.

And then we stand there for about a minute doing the whole stare down thing, and he walks off to the water fountain. For a few minutes I thought maybe I was being a dickhead, then I thought...Nah, screw that guy.

 
Originally posted by: joshsquall
Damn, you pulled out the "buddy." He must have shit his pants when you said that.
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He should have come back with a "chief". That would have really knocked it up a notch; bam!
 
Unless you're doing step ups, I never understood why people need to put their shoes on the benches. Are they trying to pose by emphasizing their legs? That being said, both of your guys were being douches but since he was wrong first, OP wins imo.
 
Originally posted by: Brainonska511
Originally posted by: joshsquall
Damn, you pulled out the "buddy." He must have shit his pants when you said that.
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He should have come back with a "chief". That would have really knocked it up a notch; bam!
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I could easily go from there with "shooter" or some such nonsense.

To be honest I never liked the guy even before tonight, just one of the guys who has displayed some questionable gym etiquette in the past.

I love gym drama, its almost as good as a soap opera.
 
Originally posted by: Sluggo
Me: You going to clean that for me?
Douche: Huh?
Me: You going to clean this bench for me?
Douche: Why?
Me: You had your foot on it, its dirty.
Douche: ( dripping heavy sarcasm dickhead attitude) Well I didnt mean to get your bench all dirty, let me clean that all up for you.
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The conversation should have ended with a "Thank you." I thought all you wanted was the bench clean, not a chance to be a jerk too.
 
Sounds like there were two douches in that story. You were a bit overly combative over a little thing.
 
Yes you were being a dick, instead of a half-second motion to wipe off the bench you decided to be confrontational with some dude who was just trying to flash some sack while chatting with a pretty lady.
 
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