BUSYWORKER
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I used to have a trainer at 24 Hour Fitness (Irvine branch, CA). She's a really young trainer named Jennifer Berge. I was one of those people that always took actions before thinking through the decisions. I bought some sessions for my own health. I didn't bother checking this trainer's schedule before the sessions started. After we started training, I noticed that she changed her schedule every week. That made it difficult for me to set up appointments with her. She apparently did not do weekends, either. She might have been a college student that needed to take classes at a college late at night, too. Because of this, my request for late hours didn't work with her.
I was so tired of trying different times with her that I decided to get a refund. However, the lady at the desk told me that I could not get any refunds at all.
So I needed to force myself to work with this young girl's schedule. It was a horrible experience.
I really don't know what the hell was wrong with me. I was just almost like BRAIN DEAD. It never occurred to me that I could have just told the trainer or even just the manager to switch me to a trainer that is available on weekends!
I was always busy on weekdays. The late hours on weekdays that worked for me never worked for my trainer (she seemed to have late night classes as well).
So, logically, Saturdays or Sundays would be better for me. Unfortunately, she's not available during those times, either.
I guess part of me was afraid to create an awkward situation, so I never truly thought about switching to another trainer (fearing that I might end up with someone even more unprofessional).
She's already left the gym for a long time (I heard that she's going back to San Diego), but I am still MAD at MYSELF for not getting enough courage to speak to her or the manager to switch to another trainer!
Miss Berge changed her schedule during weekdays all the time; besides, she's not even available on Saturdays or Sundays (which would have worked best for me).
I did pay for the sessions, so I honestly felt that I had LEGITIMATE excuse to switch to another trainer. Honest, I was so freaking SICK of my requests being denied! For God's sakes, I was paying about $68 per session! And I was the one that had to work with her changing schedule (almost every week)! She was so unprofessional!
I don't think I will ever have the courage to get another trainer!
-->IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT CAN OFFER ME SOME SUGGESTIONS? SHOULD I GO AHEAD AND TRY ANOTHER GYM TRAINER?
IS THERE ANY WAY FOR ME TO GET OVER THIS TROUBLING PAST AND MOVE ON TO GET A BETTER GYM WORKOUT EXPERIENCE?
I just really felt (and still do) that I spent so much money and ended up CAUSING MYSELF SO MUCH MORE STRESS! That's really ironic, because my original intension of getting a personal trainer was to exercise more and feel better about myself!
I was so tired of trying different times with her that I decided to get a refund. However, the lady at the desk told me that I could not get any refunds at all.
So I needed to force myself to work with this young girl's schedule. It was a horrible experience.
I really don't know what the hell was wrong with me. I was just almost like BRAIN DEAD. It never occurred to me that I could have just told the trainer or even just the manager to switch me to a trainer that is available on weekends!
I was always busy on weekdays. The late hours on weekdays that worked for me never worked for my trainer (she seemed to have late night classes as well).
So, logically, Saturdays or Sundays would be better for me. Unfortunately, she's not available during those times, either.
I guess part of me was afraid to create an awkward situation, so I never truly thought about switching to another trainer (fearing that I might end up with someone even more unprofessional).
She's already left the gym for a long time (I heard that she's going back to San Diego), but I am still MAD at MYSELF for not getting enough courage to speak to her or the manager to switch to another trainer!
Miss Berge changed her schedule during weekdays all the time; besides, she's not even available on Saturdays or Sundays (which would have worked best for me).
I did pay for the sessions, so I honestly felt that I had LEGITIMATE excuse to switch to another trainer. Honest, I was so freaking SICK of my requests being denied! For God's sakes, I was paying about $68 per session! And I was the one that had to work with her changing schedule (almost every week)! She was so unprofessional!
I don't think I will ever have the courage to get another trainer!
-->IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT CAN OFFER ME SOME SUGGESTIONS? SHOULD I GO AHEAD AND TRY ANOTHER GYM TRAINER?
IS THERE ANY WAY FOR ME TO GET OVER THIS TROUBLING PAST AND MOVE ON TO GET A BETTER GYM WORKOUT EXPERIENCE?
I just really felt (and still do) that I spent so much money and ended up CAUSING MYSELF SO MUCH MORE STRESS! That's really ironic, because my original intension of getting a personal trainer was to exercise more and feel better about myself!