I go to the gym on a daily basis and don’t wear anything fancy — workout pants and a T-shirt. But there are a lot of women who wear athletic gear like tank tops, as do the men. It’s generally assumed that if your skin touches the machines and the benches, you clean them off to keep things sanitary.
I bring this up because Sarah Villafañe was working out at a student gym at the College of Charleston when, according to her Facebook post, a gym employee approached her and told her she’d need to change her shirt. Villafañe said that she didn’t have another shirt, and resumed her workout. That’s when the manager came over and told her that if she didn’t change, she’d have to leave the gym.
Everyone knows that you wear your worst, oldest clothes to the gym. Either that or some workout gear that was specifically designed for exercise. In any event, the gym is not a black tie affair, for sure.
George Costanza@CostanzaQuotesMy father wears his sneakers in the pool! Sneakers!
Gyms are not really known for having strict dress codes. Unless wearing sneakers in the pool counts as a dress code violation.
What could cause a manager to tell a customer they have to leave? She must have been wearing something extremely offensive, right?
You’ve probably already guessed it by now, but the “offense” she committed was an extremely typical piece of gym clothing. So why was SHE singled out for this?
It’s a pretty crazy story. But you’ll be relieved to know that Sarah fought back. Keep clicking to find out what went down.
via: Facebook
No one would be surprised to learn that this is an issue that many have faced all while just trying to fit in a workout.
They’re none too happy, as you’ll quickly see, but their outrage goes in the completely opposite direction from what you might expect.
