Fitness first rants

[oldblue]

i am a member of fitness first just like many others, i have filed a complaint with some other members re fitness first in dti consumer welfare desk that is due for hearing and investigation, this rants may prove useful in dti investigation later on, it mite for current or former members to be at least vigilant about these things so that they mite not be encountering troubles later on... hope this helps, if in case u get into difficulties with the system of Fitness First.

madali lang pahuli FF, painan nyo na lang ng cellphone. ask somebody to return it sa counter then ask somebody to claim the next day with the same description.

sigurado i-deny yan kasi pinag-interesan na ng mga tao sa counter.

[midinite]

when i had to terminate my contract with FF, i just gave them a formal letter and they immediately terminated my contract naman. hindi na nila ako ginulo after.

Not the same for me. I terminated it with a letter, verbal and even text and they are insisting on charging me. one of them even signed that they received the letter and still are pestering me. I will have no recourse but to talk to my credit card person and have them reverse the charges, talk to DTI and if anyone is interested we can talk about how we shed more light on this to the unwary public. Problem is they are duping more people by the day.

[Kanut]

maybe we ought to call this thread:

MONEY first,then FITNESS...

[theveed]

Hmm, ako walang letter, I just told them my last billing is so and so date, they asked me to sign a form and that was that...

[cardo]

Hehe, ang di ko gusto sa FF/Slimmers, etc... daming tao na di nagwoworkout at machine hoggers...

hehehe same here, nakakainis talaga. although I'm not an FF/Slimmers member.

[ess]

At FF The Fort:
* those who hog an entire bench in the dressing room, filling every square inch of it with their bag, socks, wet towel, car keys, cellphones, etc. Those type of poeple also take forever to finish what their doing. Worse, they'll most likely send like 100 text messages while dressing up. Very inconsiderate.
* Okay lang sa akin if somebody hogs a machine, so long as that person USES the machine. But what frequently happens is they'll hog that machine, then when they're done, magpapadala muna ng sangkatutak na text messages before he leaves the machine. Very inconsiderate talaga.
* People who hog the drinking fountain. They fill up their glass, then drink it up, sometimes getting a re-fill while totally oblivious of the thirsty people waiting behind them. Ako, when my glass gets filled up, I leave the queue so that others can fill up. Also, when I need to drink more than 1 glass of water, I fall in line again. Sometimes, I feel like an idiot when I do that since those people don't show the same courtesy.

Normally, those people are 'kind' enough to oblige when you tell them you need to use the bench, machine, fountain. PERO, nakakainis pa rin since you'd have to exert some effort to remind them to be considerate of others.

Pahabol:
* Pag may free food sa FF The Fort, the place suddenly becomes packed with people...most of them not even in workout clothes... Basta libreng pagkain...

[Alpha_One]

At FF The Fort:
* those who hog an entire bench in the dressing room, filling every square inch of it with their bag, socks, wet towel, car keys, cellphones, etc. Those type of poeple also take forever to finish what their doing. Worse, they'll most likely send like 100 text messages while dressing up. Very inconsiderate.

...and people complain that their keys/wallet/phone/watch gets nicked!

Re free food: ouch, na-direct hit ako! (I've never been to a FF "free food" fest though) :hysterical:

[oldblue]

At FF The Fort:
* those who hog an entire bench in the dressing room, filling every square inch of it with their bag, socks, wet towel, car keys, cellphones, etc. Those type of poeple also take forever to finish what their doing. Worse, they'll most likely send like 100 text messages while dressing up. Very inconsiderate.
* Okay lang sa akin if somebody hogs a machine, so long as that person USES the machine. But what frequently happens is they'll hog that machine, then when they're done, magpapadala muna ng sangkatutak na text messages before he leaves the machine. Very inconsiderate talaga.
* People who hog the drinking fountain. They fill up their glass, then drink it up, sometimes getting a re-fill while totally oblivious of the thirsty people waiting behind them. Ako, when my glass gets filled up, I leave the queue so that others can fill up. Also, when I need to drink more than 1 glass of water, I fall in line again. Sometimes, I feel like an idiot when I do that since those people don't show the same courtesy.

Normally, those people are 'kind' enough to oblige when you tell them you need to use the bench, machine, fountain. PERO, nakakainis pa rin since you'd have to exert some effort to remind them to be considerate of others.

Pahabol:
* Pag may free food sa FF The Fort, the place suddenly becomes packed with people...most of them not even in workout clothes... Basta libreng pagkain...

tamang-tama sa description hehehe

what I hate about FF eh yun dyaryo. some members deliberately steal the daily newspaper, as in daily. i really dont know kung nagpo-porkilo sila sa bahay nila or something. pero sana naman be considerate of others na nagpapahinga after a workout, para may libangan sa lounge. dyaryo lang pinag-iinteresan pa.

regarding naman sa free softdrinks, I see a lot of members bringing workout containers tapos i-fifill-up nila to the max ng free softdrinks ala burger king noon may have it your way pa sila .. a word advice, dont drink a lot of carbonated water bago mag-workout. hindi talaga kayo makakatapos and even if you do, na lose nyo nga calories nyo, mas madami pa ibabalik ng softdrinks sa katawan nyo.

may reason kumbakit maliit lang ang baso ng FF for softdrinks, you should drink 1/3 to 1/2 of that glass lang pang power-up since sweets yan.

[ess]

...and people complain that their keys/wallet/phone/watch gets nicked!

Meron ngang isang guy na OC pa magtambak ng gamit niya sa bench eh.
Naka-hilera yung 2 cellphones, car keys, wallet, and watch niya as if mambebenta siya sa tiangge.

Re free food: ouch, na-direct hit ako! (I've never been to a FF "free food" fest though) :hysterical:

Neither have I. Grrr.... I only know there's a free food fest dahil sobrang daming tao doon sa lounge area tapos may mga empty plates with half eaten pasta or nacho chips. Unless manggulang ka, you won't be able to get any food. When the crowd disperses... WALA nang food.

[Bogeyman]

Fortunately I didn't have to experience all that. After taking just one look at Fitness First's 'busy' facilities (read: sobrang daming tao), me and the wife decided right then and there that it just isn't worth it.

Now we're both lifetime members sa Slimmers World.