Bigot complains about transgendered person, gets gym membership revoked

[Kidlicious]

The dispute in question is between two women... so I'm not quite sure what you are getting at.

A large majority of women disagree with you.

[Sava]

Go for it. All you'd have to do is remove your penis.

I'll call up Kid's ex-wife... see if she can tell me who did his procedure.

[pchang]

no need. just google Lorena Bobbit.

[Kidlicious]

I'll call up Kid's ex-wife... see if she can tell me who did his procedure.

Why do you **** all over your own thread? Think about the poor transgender persons.

[KrazyHorse]

I didn't realize that anybody actually worked out at planet fitness; I thought the point was that it was only open to people who had no intention of engaging in exercise...

[Sava]

Why do you **** all over your own thread? Think about the poor transgender persons.

i have no interest in activism

[Proteus_MST]

Actually, I also think that Planet Fitness´ actions sound a little bit harsh ... to revoke her membership for just complaining.

At least if she didn´t cause a scene when the transgendered person entered, but instead just silently went out of the locker room and complained at the information desk.

If she did (cause a scene) and with that embarassed the transgendered person (as well as herself) I can understand Planet Finess´ actions, however.

And finally ... considering how masculine some extreme bodybuilding (genetic) women look, how would she be able to tell a man from a woman?

[The Mad Monk]

"Planet Fitness" and "extreme bodybuilding" do not belong in the same sentence.

[KrazyHorse]

It's a great business model:

1) offer a product with no fixed cost and high marginal cost for a fixed price (no marginal price)
2) advertise to people who are unlikely to actually use the product
3) revoke the membership of those who actually use the product

[Pedotard]

I've heard Planet Fitness gives out free pizza sometimes. How does that fit into their business model?

[KrazyHorse]

Goes to (2) - who values free pizza?

[Jon Miller]

Goes to (2) - who values free pizza?

Graduate students.

I remember attending some sort of sales pitch by the makers of oscilloscopes. Most people in the audience were graduate students and not going to buy a 10k oscilloscope. We attended just to get the free pizza at the end. At the end, the professors arrived.

I realised I still had a lot to learn.

JM

[Hauldren Collider]

I find it really shocking what computer science seniors at CMU who already have jobs lined up that pay over $100,000 a year will attend just for free food. If I want a pizza I'll just buy one, that's what I earn money for jesus christ.

Also KH that's how all gyms work. It's why they make you pay for 12 months of membership and you can't pay by check, it has to be automatic debit.

[regexcellent]

Actually, I also think that Planet Fitness´ actions sound a little bit harsh ... to revoke her membership for just complaining.

At least if she didn´t cause a scene when the transgendered person entered, but instead just silently went out of the locker room and complained at the information desk.

If she did (cause a scene) and with that embarassed the transgendered person (as well as herself) I can understand Planet Finess´ actions, however.

And finally ... considering how masculine some extreme bodybuilding (genetic) women look, how would she be able to tell a man from a woman?

If bodybuilding women look masculine it's because they're using steroids and hormones. It's not actually possible for women to get super swole without them and even with them it's still really hard.

And re: OP, complaining about transsexuals using the womens' locker room is totally legitimate. For this purpose a man is someone with a Y chromosome, end of story.

Besides which, most MTF transsexuals just plain don't look like women. They look like men wearing women's clothing, and sometimes other **** like makeup and nail polish. Women are two standard deviations shorter than men in height, they have narrower shoulders, they have much smaller hands and feet even at the same height, and they have smaller larynxes. So if you see someone who looks like a man in the women's locker room, should you just accept it because he happens to be wearing women's clothing?

[Sava]

I'm glad DD isn't the only bigot and idiot to engage in transgendered denial