To be annoyed at this woman at Zumba?

[midlifehope]

So I look forward to my hour of Zumba a week - it's a rare hour away from my very young children. Dp encourages me to go and looks after DCs.

So tonight I rushed home - got changed, got my water and got to the community hall in good time. I found a place to stand, middle line, where I could clearly see the instructor. The music started, lights went off (we have disco lights!) and I was getting into the flow and smiling away - the instructor was smiling back.
Then a woman blustered in late and flustered and plonked herself right in front of me, blocking my view completely of the teacher and the complicated coreography. I was squeezed by a wall, and another lady.

Aibu to think this woman was thoughtless. I was angry she undermined my enjoyment as I couldn't see what was going on and missed some of the moves!!! Grrrr

LOL at 'try yoga' - there's actually a sign at the studio I do yoga at that says (along with rules about being quiet etc), "if you arrive late, do not stand in front of someone already there"

V bad etiquette by the woman OP, I'd have asked her to move.

If she was late she should've subtly joined the class at the back. Cheeky cow.

Can the instructor make an announcement after every lesson that if you are late you join the back EVERY time

carabos wtaf?

"She thought she was better than she was." How do you know this?

I think you are being unfair to her tbh. Yes she got in your way. Nothing from what you've said makes it seem it was deliberate. Yes she may have been a bit thoughtless but you said yourself she was flustered.

I hate people who do that - come and plonk themselves right in front of you like that. You just don't - have a look about, see someone is there, stand to the front and over a bit. Easy.

Was there space at the back? If so YNBU as she should have gone there.

However sometimes people don't like to use the very front, and crowd towards the middle/back leaving only the space in front of the instructor available.

If the person is booked in to the class they have a right to be there and its the instructor's responsibility to ensure there is space for the right number of people.

A good instructor would say something like "there are 2 more people expected, so if you don't want them standing in front of you make sure there is space at the back near the door".

At all my classes everyone congregates at the back and middle. There is simply no room if you are late to join at the back. The classes are packed and the only spots are right at the front in front of people (they oversell the amount of spaces). So the last 5 people always have to go at the front (the teachers also shout 'here's a spot' and point right in front of them if they see you slinking in (i think it's your punishment).

Also the creche where some of us drop our dc only do hour slots which start exactly on the hour taht the classes start. So there is a queue outside the creche at 9.30 then we all pour in and have to go thru the health sheet (every time). and then run to the other side of the leisure centre for a 9.30 start. I have complained and asked if they can charge for an hour and 15 mins and then let us in at 9.20, but they say no. So all us mums walk in late and have to go straight to the front.

On my body pump days i get there at 9.15 and set up my spot and then take the dc to the creche, but sometimes people have moved me when i get back

It's like getting on a train early and snagging a lovely quiet spot, then as the train fills up people squash around you. You just can't expect to have a space all to yourself and a completely clear view. So YABU i think.

Does it not depend where the door is, I.e if you are one of the last to arrive you take the first available space so if the entry door is to the front and there is a space at the front you quickly go there. If however it is the case that the last to arrive should go to the back then why have those already there left space at the front?

not everyone will have a clear view of the instructor - my zumba instructor is on a platform and unless you are in the front row you wont get a clear view - plus with people moving all the time and sometimes the uncoordinated like me will move a different way

anyway i stand at the back and take my chances with a view, even tho ive been zumba for years im shit at the moves and would hate to think that someones critisising me somewhere cos i made a few mistakes

I don't know why you're so cross when you could have resolved it nicely

Urgh she sounds annoying you should of kicked her ....
By accident

Thanks for all of your replies. As a result I've had a bit of an epiphany that I have suppressed myself a bit too much in the past - to be 'naice' so from now on I'm going to say if something is 'off' so thanks again! ;)