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David Lloyd causing problems with cheap 14 day trial

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Springtime43 · 21/04/2024 17:35

Has anyone else experienced this at their branch of David Lloyd? Over the past few days I began to wonder about a few ‘unusual’ new faces, particularly one lady in a fitness class who didn’t smell too great. I heard a couple of other members talking, they thought ‘she’s here on some sort of scholarship’? But David Lloyd need to be careful, if they want to charge high fees this isn’t great for the customer experience.? Thank god it’s only temporary.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13331809/Benidorm-Fury-David-Lloyd-lures-undesirables-make-clubs-look-like-leisure-centres.html#:~:text=It%20trades%20on%20its%20squeaky,premises%2C%20it%20was%20reported%20yesterday.

It's like Benidorm! Fury as upmarket David Lloyd lures 'undesirables'

Members of David Lloyd clubs are up in arms after the chain began to admit 'undesirables' on cheap temporary memberships who act like 'it's Benidorm' inside the premises, it was reported yesterday.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13331809/Benidorm-Fury-David-Lloyd-lures-undesirables-make-clubs-look-like-leisure-centres.html#:~:text=It%20trades%20on%20its%20squeaky,premises%2C%20it%20was%20reported%20yesterday.

OP posts:
BIWI · 21/04/2024 17:37

Nope.

SevenSeasOfRhye · 21/04/2024 17:39

Nasty common people at the gym - how dreadful 😂

Kalevala · 21/04/2024 17:39

What's wrong with council run leisure centres? Surely you deal with bad behaviour and rule breaking the same no matter what someone has paid?

Hotpinkangel19 · 21/04/2024 17:39

How awful 😂

Cluborange666 · 21/04/2024 17:40

I’m here for the comments.

MogHog · 21/04/2024 17:42

Imagine letting Povvos in the gym 😮😂

MrsTerryPratchett · 21/04/2024 17:42

Money can't buy you grammar.

HopeLost · 21/04/2024 17:43

@Springtime43 are you serious? Hyacinth Bucket is alive and well

Nonewclothes2024 · 21/04/2024 17:46

HopeLost · 21/04/2024 17:43

@Springtime43 are you serious? Hyacinth Bucket is alive and well

Hoping sarcasm Confused

Purpel · 21/04/2024 17:48
keeping up appearances 90s GIF

🍿

cardibach · 21/04/2024 17:49

Nonewclothes2024 · 21/04/2024 17:46

Hoping sarcasm Confused

Why would it be sarcasm? Don’t get your reasoning.

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neverknowinglyunreasonable · 21/04/2024 17:55

This is why I get annoyed at Waitrose doing offers. It brings in the wrong kind of people.

CormorantStrikesBack · 21/04/2024 18:00

I’ve been a member at DL for years and I’ll tell you something the worst behaved and rudest members including some of the locker thieves are long standing members.

The stuff which goes on during non taster weeks is stuff like people shitting in the showers, leaving the changing rooms dirty and wet, letting their kids run round and round the members lounge screaming their heads off (private school uniform kids seemingly being the worst), been exceptionally rude to the staff and stealing out the lockers. So I’m fed up with the high and mighty attitude from members.

i do get annoyed with the special deals but only because it makes it harder to use gym equipment or get booked in classes. I’ve specifically avoided the gym today because I knew it would be heaving and that rankles a bit when I’m paying so much. If it was once a year I could cope but it seems like it’s every other month 🙈

Elephantswillnever · 21/04/2024 18:02

I belong to a council leisure centre. Honestly people are nice and normal!

Turmerictolly · 21/04/2024 18:06

neverknowinglyunreasonable · 21/04/2024 17:55

This is why I get annoyed at Waitrose doing offers. It brings in the wrong kind of people.

🤣

CormorantStrikesBack · 21/04/2024 18:09

neverknowinglyunreasonable · 21/04/2024 17:55

This is why I get annoyed at Waitrose doing offers. It brings in the wrong kind of people.

Someone once in seriousness said to me that Sainsbury’s exists to keep the plebs out of Waitrose.

I looked at him very snootily and told him Waitrose exists to keep the plebs out of Booths 😂

RandomMess · 21/04/2024 18:14

@CormorantStrikesBack

😂😂😂😂😂

FinallySpringSprung · 21/04/2024 18:15

ive heard people commenting at mine that it’s much busier atm, but I’m a new member so just assumed it was always like that.

I will say I’ve been surprised by the vibe if you go too late in the evening. Lads in their 20s doing flips into the pool. So based on these news reports is it wrong to hope they’re part of the 2 for £20 ?!?

CormorantStrikesBack · 21/04/2024 18:25

Sadly ime there’s a huge number of lads in their 20s swaggering round the place all the time. Dd used to work there and I did ask her how these lads all afford it. Apparently either their parents pay or they’re self employed doing bit coin trading and making a fortune and driving Teslas. I chose the wrong career I reckon 😆

MaggieFS · 21/04/2024 18:27

neverknowinglyunreasonable · 21/04/2024 17:55

This is why I get annoyed at Waitrose doing offers. It brings in the wrong kind of people.

😂😂😂

TurquoiseDress · 21/04/2024 18:28

Here for the comments!!

GrinGrinGrinGrin

fatknees · 21/04/2024 18:34

Oh yes this is happening where I'm a member. Big groups of loud tattooed young men hogging the hot tub. I'm fat and old, I just go and sit right in the middle of them and have a lovely chat.

Pennyplant19 · 21/04/2024 18:36

Elephantswillnever · 21/04/2024 18:02

I belong to a council leisure centre. Honestly people are nice and normal!

Same!

JustGettingStarted · 21/04/2024 18:40

In my experience, the more middle class clientele tend to be among the rudest. The most polite are at the hardcore strength/bodybuilding gyms in industrial estates and old mills.