Tuesday, November 29, 2005

Deactivating Toxic VOCs in the Weight Room

Dear YMCA:

I realize it might work out best for your daytime maintenance guy's schedule if he can paint the weight room walls during the middle of the day, during the lunchtime rush, but perhaps it would be best to wait until the facility is closed? Or even do the painting during a less crowded, non-rush hour time?

I put up with the cast of lovable losers who frequent your place because I fit right in. I don't complain about working out in silence because your music system has been "broken" for months. But, honestly, I don't love inhaling volatile organic compounds during sets. Personally, I'd rather feel the burn in my muscles than in my nostrils and throat. YMCA, for poisoning your members: You have been Deactivated.