To get annoyed by people that talk in the sauna

[Eliza9917]

I've just joined a gym that has a pool and sauna & steam rooms.

Last week I went in the steam room after a swim, was in there on my own, then two men came in and started talking fairly loudly, considering it is supposed to be a relaxing atmosphere.

After a while, I went in the sauna and they came in there too, still talking.

I didn't think much of it and thought it must just be these two rude people but each time I have been, there are always men talking rubbish in the sauna & steam.

AIBU to expect people to use these areas for relaxation/meditation/contemplation/whatever and if they really have to, to use their quite voices? It's hard to chill when people are talking nonsense like they are in their own front room.

I don't think there are any women only sessions.

Yabu

YABU

Just try to tune them out if you don't want to join in. As well as being relaxing, health clubs are also social places and people shouldn't have to sit in silence just because you would prefer it. Some people like to chat, others don't - each to their own.

Pools, saunas etc are not quiet zones unless the gym runs a specific meditation session (which I have never heard of). You'll just need to suck it up.

Part of meditation is to learn to block out external noise and centre so look at it as good practise.

You could always buy waterproof headphones and block them out that way as well :-).

Most people chat in saunas. I've been to women only ones too, they chat as well.

Why? Better than awkward silence!
I always find those kind of places a bit intimidating though to be fair.

Whenever i go in the steam room at the gym, there always seem to be men puffing and panting loudly, lost somewhere in the depths of the steam. It’s a bit odd and a bit off putting tbh.

I'm going to try to start going on my way home from work so I should be there by 5.15, so should be pretty quiet.

I still think it's rude though.

YABU.. why not try meditation classes .. I go and they are great .. so relaxing .. find your local Buddhist place

Yanbu

I find it really annoying too!

Doesn't have to be silent but not incessant loud chatter.

It is supposed to be a relaxing atmosphere.

YAB (mostly) U.

They aren't quiet zones, people are allowed to speak, but I do think it would be more courteous if people made a bit of an effort not to shout or talk unnecessarily loudly.

It's a gym not a church

YABU...I’m mostly in the sauna/steam room on spa days with friends. I’m not going to sit in silence when it’s a nice day out to catch up, although I don’t believe we’re ever ‘loud’.
It’s a social place for me, if you need places to meditate then public places where people go for nice days out probably isn’t the best choice.

YABU, silence is just plain awkward and weird.

YABU - I've never known saunas to be quiet zones as it can be relaxing to have a conversation with a friend too but of course those chatting should keep the volume down to be courteous to others using the sauna too.

I thought at first you meant talk to you - that would be overstepping the polite bounds ( trapped, underdressed etc) I don’t need think a quiet conversation or desultory chat is a problem as long as they kept it to a reasonable volume .

When I've been on spa days it's all hushed tones and beautiful music. I'm not saying not to talk at all, but just to keep it to a normal level. This place is a bit like that but without the hushed tones and some shouty people instead

I don't meditate, although there is a class here that does that, but I want to relax while I'm in there, which to most people means relative peace & quiet.

I know what you mean. One I used to go to seemed to be filled mostly with men talking at length about gas pipes, or something equally tedious. I'm sure they where doing it to get the women out of there (joke).
You'll find that there are little sauna cliques, the trick is to suss out time shouty blokes clique meet up and avoid them.

I didn't think they were meant to be quiet zones. My Scandinavian friend uses one here in England and moans about how quiet they are! She's used to them being loud and social places

YABU.
If you want to chill in quiet why don't you go to the library, if your local authority hasn't closed it of course.

YA probably BU but it would drive me nuts as well. The bigger the group, the louder they talk. I'd probably feel the need to leave.

That's the difference between a spa and a gym

I didn't think they were meant to be quiet zones. My Scandinavian friend uses one here in England and moans about how quiet they are! She's used to them being loud and social places

This

None of you have been to saunas in Germany or the Netherlands. Conversation in a German sauna is the 8th deadly sin, except a brief acknowledgment when entering.

Yadnbu and I’m surprised so many think you are

Nothing more relaxing than a snooze in the sauna after a nice swim. You’re not at David Lloyd are you that seems to be a magnet for men with voices like sonic booms who think the whole world wants to hear about their latest golf round

Bring back lie down sunbeds they were ace

We were in Finland last summer (where apparently, there are more saunas than people) and the evening sauna session was something of a social event, you were "supposed" to chat.