A double ended dildo of a pit thread

The BBQ Pit
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The first end:

There is a man at my gym who has been sniffing the cardio bike seat after I’ve used it. It happened at least 3 times. The first time I thought he was just looking at the seat closely. Second time he was definitely sniffing it, but I still second guessed myself. Third time I saw him in the gym and had my phone ready. I recorded him very obviously sniffing the seat after I had been on the bike for 30 minutes. So I complained to the staffer there, but their response came off like they didn’t really care nor did they believe he was sniffing the seat. I showed the recording but he just chided me on recording other gym members without their permission :rolleyes:

I eventually got in contact with the owner, showed what happened and asked if they could at least keep an eye on the guy. I didn’t want to confront the sniffer directly because he looked threatening. The owner was more sympathetic. He offered to refund that month of my membership, but said he couldn’t bar the guy from the gym even though I showed him the recording. I was unhappy about his response and ended up switching gyms.

What is aggravating is how many people either second guess what I said happened, or blame me for causing it. Either I wasn’t assertive enough to slap the guy for doing it the first time, or this OBVIOUSLY must be a coincidence/misunderstanding. Even when I showed people what he was doing, it was hard to convince them it was creepy to me. It may be a huge stretch to some, but if a person does something that makes me feel unsafe and uncomfortable, I feel justified in complaining about it to someone I feel has the authority to act.

This was no coincidence. He only sniffed the bike seat I would sit on. Nobody at this particular gym would do creepy seat sniffing behavior, not even sniffing their own seat. People would wipe down seats, and some would put a towel on the seat presumably to shield their butt from other gymembers buttsweat. But they wouldn’t sniff the seat, especially not after the same particular woman used it every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

And this brings me to the other end:

It really pisses me off how quick people are to downplay harassment toward women. While there are shameless gropers and catcallers, the most insidious pervs seem to unleash this slow burn sleaze. It is just barely subtle enough to make many women second guess themselves, or get little sympathy/closure from the matter. It often happens so often and so subtly that for myself and many women, I have to pick my battles . But that too makes me frustrated since I feel like it emboldens some pervs into knowing just what they can get away from.

Either through trolling or through incredibly fucked up attitudes, I observed people on the internet can be obnoxiously sympathetic to pervs. I made the mistake of mentioning this incident in a Subreddit and was disappointed to read replies that expressed outrage I would dare complain and record someone doing something that made me uncomfortable. My own comfort and safety takes a back bicycle seat at the gym, apparently.

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No, there isn’t.

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This is going to depend on where you live and what the laws are on recording without two party consent, but I’d let the owner know that the video was about to be a YouTube sensation with the gym name featured prominently in the description.

Granted, this could backfire with your membership being cancelled, but if that were the case, I’d damn sure follow through.

People have also accused me of being an asshole, but I can live with that too.

(Male, NOT sympathetic to pervs)

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Where’dja get that idea splatterpunk?

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I read it in Obvious Troll Is Obvious Weekly. Big front page feature. Can’t miss it.

There’s this informative sidebar where they explain how the exercise bike seat smells like peaches.

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Story doesn’t pass the sniff test.

Oooooohh!

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Both of ya’s funny! Tuxie’s shared and split. Still skeert? Shit.
And, dammit, I shouldn’t a said “split”.

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Is that like the paper towel tube test? :rolleyes: It’s like **Splatterpunk **was insistent to prove that second point. .

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If he were sniffing the seat with you still on it, that would be a crime. Once you relinquish the seat, however, it’s fair game. :eek:

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and icky pervy, too.

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Just wipe the seat when you’re done.

Problem solved! Next…

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Meh, needs more dildo.

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i like the idea of uploading the video of the guy on YouTube. Bonus points if you email a link to his employer.

Other idea: put some super glue on the seat afterwards so his face gets stuck IF he’s a close-sniffer.

Another idea: grab one of those 45lb plates and when he bends over to sniff the seat drop it on his head

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I subscribe to this magazine as well, but I usually get it in IMHO, where it comes in the form of new posters asking for relationship or family advice in bizarrely contrived-sounding situations.

I appreciate this poster starting it in the Pit (with an interestingly developed sense of SDMB terminology for a new member!) where we can call him or her a troll directly.

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Is it possible he could smell the seat from across the room and tracked the odor down?

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Well, I would say download it to YT and provide us with a link to extinguish all doubt but I’m pretty sure that ain’t gonna happen.

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Put the video on YouTube, that will help convince the skeptics.

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Better yet, spray it down with pepper. It’ll cure him, the way that jalapeno cheddar bagel cured one of my cats of trying to poach people food.

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Your food? Really, you think so? The cat is sardonically amused at your failure to grasp the true dynamics of the situation.

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Find some 80 year old guy and make a deal with him so he jumps on the bike right after you.