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Originally Posted by jitterBug mom  Well, first, I do sympathize with your friend, and I'm sure there are people who would do just fine on the track with a stroller .. but to me people with strollers can be like car drivers on cell phones, they get very unaware of where they are and get chatting and ram into you or just take up a lot of space. And strollers are often dirty (you are not supposed to wear outdoor shoes in most gyms either.) (I do use a stroller on occasion and think they have their place). Now, one stroller on a track might even be ok, but if they fully allowed it - I shudder to think of all the ginormous combo strollers that would take up the track that I was there to run on, you know? Just like it drives me crazy if I'm swimming laps at the gym and kids are spilling into the "lap zone" - it makes me break my concentration. It isn't always about coraling kids, but making sure there is safe, non-distracting space to exercise for people of different ages & abilities I guess. I love bringing my LO to the gym and to the pool, but I just wouldn't bring them to all the parts.
I don't know - now I'm wondering if I'm being a jerk about it, so I'm sorry if I seem overly critical. but that was just my gut reaction when I read your post.  |
I have several thoughts. First let me say that *in general* I can understand the rule of "if we let you then we have to let everyone" and I myself have often been "black and white and no shades of gray" on things. But on the other hand, I still don't understand why someone complained *in our particular case*. I think that they were probably just being a busybody *in this case* because it was only one stroller and we weren't in anyone's way, etc. It takes a lot to make me complain about something and if I am going to complain, you better be sure that it is about something that affected me personally, so for someone to complain about the stroller in this particular situation...I just don't get it.
My second thought is that the Y touts their "family Christian values" and to *me* this means that they should be willing to work with people when they have special needs. I didn't mention it before because it wasn't really relevant to my original post, but her dd is special needs. She can't put her in childcare, she will not ride in a sling, it is too hot for the baby (in part *because* of her special needs) to walk on the outside track...I just think that instead of listening to the person who complained and having a kick knee reaction, that they could have thought it through a bit more. It bothers me that the person who complains is usually the one who gets the satisfaction simply because they are the squeaky wheel.
They do have a sign posted that children are not allowed in the workout room (the room with the weights and treadmills, etc.) but the only mention about children when it comes to the track is that they must be with their parent.
Lol, sorry, I guess we got a little OT.
: I would have been bull mad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
