Been hitting the gym 6x a week (PPL) with my SO to finish off our weight loss and get in better overall health. Today we had to go in a bit late during peak hours. Because we go to PF, we stick to exclusively dumbbell lifts. The area was packed and I needed some 25s. Lo and behold there is an empty ghost bench with 4 sets of weights sitting around it.

I wait for a couple minutes while my SO starts her sets and no one comes over. I decide to pick up the weights and knock out my reps and put them back down. As soon as I pick them up, Chad mc claim 4 machines runs over and jumps down his throat about them being his and that his phone was there. I try to explain that I'm gonna knock out a set real quick and put em down, but he continues to be a chode about it. SO i put the weights down and grab a barbell for my sets.

In retrospect I shold have done my reps in front of him and put the weights back down, but I'm so conflict adverse I was taken aback by the whole childish situation. He ran up to the front after this, so i figured he said some shit to the staff. After we were done with our workout I asked the staff about how to handle the situation considering the dude did this shit right under the "Rerack your weights after each use" sign.

I honestly wasn't expecting to have to deal with this sort of thing in the temple of iron... or rather rubber in PF's case. I may have bitched out, but I'll be more prepared to handle the situation next time.