50 Bucks For My Gym Pass

at 8:44 PM

Mission Inn-Riverside, California

My uncle and I walked into 24 Hour Fitness and tried to get a free pass for me for a whole week. Well that didn't work too well. READ THE FINE PRINT.  Many gyms have free passes on their website. BUT here is the catch, only if you are a resident, because they want you to get the pass and  then shortly after join the gym.  However if you are an out-of-towner, then the daily pass is pretty steep, like ten dollars.  So I did some major negotiating, just like any traditional Iranian would do,and we are all pretty good at.  I basically told him, ' look, I will be working out everyday, just give me a weekly rate but 80 bucks is quite unreasonable.  He said, 'well I am all about rules and regulations',to which I said, ' life is about making exceptions and different decisions in different circumstances'.  The statement, I guess, made an impression on him and we agreed to 50 dollars for 8 days which in my opinion is not too bad.

I was further thrilled to find out that they have two step mills. Loved my workout.  Oh and by the way, the morning temperature this morning was 56 F. This evening I needed a jacket to step out.  Beautiful!