Gym etiquette...

My best friend and I were in the gym yesterday, getting back into our workout routine after a break of about 5 weeks. We were both happy to get back there, summer is coming, and we need to carry on working toward the goals that we had set last summer.
Toward the end of our workout, we were using machines in the weights room. My friend went to go get a paper towel to wipe down the machine after we had finished, and when she came back she said to me "wow, that guy behind us was really staring at your butt while you were using the machine".
I am not naive, and realise that people do 'glance' in the gym, but to be so blatantly obvious about it kind of irked me a little.
This is not the first time that this has happened either. It isn't as if we are walking around (as some girls do) wearing teeny tiny hot pants (I have seen bigger underwear), with our boobs hanging out asking for the wrong kind of attention. We are just there to try to lose weight and get fit. Don't get me wrong, if someone glanced at you and appreciated how you looked, then great, what a confidence boost! But to stare- not falling far short of drooling, come on...Isn't there a line that you shouldn't cross?

One guy walked past when I was with my husband one day, and did the same thing- butt starer!. I thought maybe he was stupid, but in reality, I think it is a total lack of respect.

This isn't the only thing that pisses me off there. The girls wearing shorts with half of their butts hanging out, or - as we have seen several times- girls wearing boys boxers running around the track! Can they not read the very obvious sign that faces you when you walk into the gym? It clearly states a dress code! And not the less is more dress code that they seem to adopt.

Also ,people.. When you leave pools of butt sweat all over a machine, please take the time and effort- all of 30 seconds of it- to walk over to the sanitation stations, and clean up after yourself. Is it really that difficult?

After all of that moaning, I have to say that I really do love going to the gym!
It definitely kept me sane when my husband was deployed for 6 months. I feel happier after I have worked out, and certainly I feel healthier for it.

The gym is also a place for 'Star spotting'. We have a few famous look-a-like guys. There is Donald Trump- whose combed over hair never moves when he is running around the track. Willie Nelson, who trains like a champ on the elliptical. Chuck Norris- a guy who walks around like he owns the gym.. (there is always one)...  Bill Gates- who actually is now a friend of ours.

The gym is supposed to be a place where you can feel comfortable working out, without being gawked at. Clean, comfortable, and a place where you can get on and do what you need to do. It is just a shame that sometimes it doesn't feel like that.