To have complained about a kids class🙈

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My little ladies go to a lovely excercise kids class, we pay 5 pounds for 30 mins... today the instructor arrived late at 10.40 & finished at 11, therefore the class was only 20 minutes.
When I got home l rang the gym to complain & now I feel terrible as the instructor is so nice & very good with the kids☹️

Sorry - I can't get past this

My little ladies

Ugh.

Well you basically got 2/3s of a class, I probably wouldn't have complained if it was a once off but would if it was ongoing. probably would have been better to say to the instructor too first off

If it's the only time it's happened and you are otherwise very happy with the service provided, it does seem a bit mean to tell tales after the event. Did the instructor apologise at the time?

No he never apologized for turning up late at the start of class & finished bang on time. Another parent went down to the reception desk at 10.35 to say there was no instructor there & he turned up a few minutes later... The class is only 30 minutes so he missed a third of it...

Don't feel bad. He's nice but you are paying and the kids missed out. End of story. Forget about it, you did the right thing.

Thanks yeah right ok, not looking forward to facing him next week ☹️

I’d have let it go if it was a one off. Everyone has those days where stuff just goes wrong but if it happened a second time I’d complain.

I always like to give people the benefit of the doubt unless it’s a serious first offence.

If it was a one off I think you were a little harsh, tbh.

Well I teach in a college so some of my students are paying (usually through loans but still). If I turned up so late they missed 3/4 of the lesson, I would be a bad teacher and of course I would expect them to be angry.

Time is money and all that.

Did he apologise or explain his lateness? If not, I think I would have said something to the gym too.

My driving instructor was often a few mins late but finished dead on then. Pissed me right off. You are not unreasonable.

No he never apologized but was talking to another fitness instructor who came up to fill in for him after another parent enquired at reception about his whereabouts.
I asked at reception if class was finished 10 mins later as he was late & she said yes class would finish at 11.10 but he finished at 11... I was pissed off as my dad's missed out & they love their little class, they look forward to it all week.

YANBU

I'm sorry I can't get past little ladies.

First world problems. You were U to complain. The whole exercise class for kids sounds absolutely ridiculous anyway and as for little ladies...ugh.

£5 for 30 minutes
Let them run round the park for free .

YABU for "little ladies". Grim! They're girls.

YANBU for complaining.

I'd let it go if it was a one off. Every week...? Then I'd complain

Couldn’t you have said something to him at the time? And little ladies is bleurgh