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FREE Gym Membership!!!

Anonymous032819 — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 19:42:37 GMT

The Atilis Gym is offering a free gym membership for those who don't get vaccinated.

I saw this story on my Facebook page, so it can be Googled.

Here's the thing though, say I get vaccinated, I go to this gym, and tell them that, "No, I'm not vaccinated.", and get the free gym membership. How in the heck are they going to know that I am? Since I'm "not vaccinated", I'm not going to have the card. Can't ask for my medical records. So, basically, they just have to take my word for it.

Or,

I sign up before I get vaccinated.

Either way, I get vaccinated (good for me) AND I get a free gym membership, also good for me.

And if I have thought of this, you just know that others have too.

Now to be 100% clear, this gym is nowhere near me, but if it were, hmmmmm......😄

I'm not a gym person, but still it would be tempting. Not saying that I would do it, just that it would be tempting.

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Porcelain — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 19:44:30 GMT

@Anonymous032819 wrote:
The Atilis Gym is offering a free gym membership for those who don't get vaccinated.

I saw this story on my Facebook page, so it can be Googled.

Here's the thing though, say I get vaccinated, I go to this gym, and tell them that, "No, I'm not vaccinated.", and get the free gym membership. How in the heck are they going to know that I am? Since I'm "not vaccinated", I' not going to have the card. Can't ask for my medical records. So, basically, they just have to take my word for it.

Or,

I sign up before I get vaccinated.

Either way, I get vaccinated (good for me) AND I get a free gym membership, also good for me.

And if I have thought of this, you just know that others have too.

Now to be 100% clear, this gym is nowhere near me, but if it were, hmmmmm......😄

Somehow I don't think they've thought this through. There's no NOT VACCINATED card they can check. lol

"What? That red spot on my arm? ...It's a mosquito bite! Yeah, that's it, mosquito bite. Let me at the ellipticals!"

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Anonymous032819 — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 19:56:32 GMT

I just saw that the gym offering the free membership is in New Jersey.

Make of that what you will.😄

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Mz iMac — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 20:00:35 GMT

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KingstonsMom — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 20:05:15 GMT

Yeah, like I want to be in a gym full of heavy breathing, sweaty, not vaccinated people working out......no thanks.

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millieshops — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 20:06:53 GMT

a gym for the unvaccinated is no place for me—but they are not in my area

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Anonymous032819 — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 20:12:01 GMT

@Mz iMac wrote:

Ahhh, but that's the thing, isn't it? Just how are they going to prove that someone hasn't gotten vaccinated?

They can't, can they?

And don't think that people won't take advantage of that, either, because some will.

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faeriemoon — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 20:28:30 GMT

Stupidest thing I ever heard.

Clearly owned and operated morons.

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Kachina624 — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 20:34:10 GMT

@Anonymous032819 I'm vaccinated but since it's not 100% effective, I wouldn't want to be that close to or use the equipment the unvaccinated are using. No thanks to a free membership.

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Love my grandkids — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 20:30:03 GMT

@Anonymous032819 Reminds me of a petri dish. Just sayin'.

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Bri369 — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 20:45:13 GMT

They also don't believe in masks or the shutdown. They've been sued for defying the shutdown. They have almost $500,000 in a GFM account for their legal fees.

There's a lot more to this story than just a free gym membership. This isn't your "typical" gym. This is a muscle man gym. They're "patriots." It wouldn't be any place I would patronize.

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Anonymous032819 — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 20:39:09 GMT

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that it would be safe to exercise there, I'm not.

My question is, just how do they plan on verifying that someone isn't vaccinated?

Because you just know that some people will take advantage of that loophole, regardless if they are vaccinated or not.

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ThinkingOutLoud — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 20:45:14 GMT

@Anonymous032819 wrote:
My question is, just how do they plan on verifying that someone isn't vaccinated?

Because you just know that some people will take advantage of that loophole, regardless if they are vaccinated or not.

Perhaps they also believe that most people are honest and value integrity and for those who take advantage, that's on them and karma stinks.

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faeriemoon — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 20:45:06 GMT

@Anonymous032819 wrote:
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that it would be safe to exercise there, I'm not.

My question is, just how do they plan on verifying that someone isn't vaccinated?

Because you just know that some people will take advantage of that loophole, regardless if they are vaccinated or not.

First of all, they can't verify. They know that. They know they will be giving away free memberships. However, a membership is generally a yearly fee that gyms charge, it is not the monthly fee. So it is a sales gimmick to run a promotion and make a statement at the same time. Gyms often waive their membership fee as a promotion.

Again; morons. Non-masking, non-vaccinating morons.

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Porcelain — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 20:45:21 GMT

Come for the Covid bug, stay for the shingles. And the Hepatitis A, B, and C!

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ThinkingOutLoud — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 20:48:05 GMT

@faeriemoon wrote:
@Anonymous032819 wrote:
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that it would be safe to exercise there, I'm not.

My question is, just how do they plan on verifying that someone isn't vaccinated?

Because you just know that some people will take advantage of that loophole, regardless if they are vaccinated or not.
First of all, they can't verify. They know that. They know they will be giving away free memberships. However, a membership is generally a yearly fee that gyms charge, it is not the monthly fee. So it is a sales gimmick to run a promotion and make a statement at the same time. Gyms often waive their membership fee as a promotion.

Again; morons. Non-masking, non-vaccinating morons.

I don't see how name calling is warranted.

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Porcelain — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 20:51:21 GMT

@ThinkingOutLoud wrote:
@faeriemoon wrote:
@Anonymous032819 wrote:
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that it would be safe to exercise there, I'm not.

My question is, just how do they plan on verifying that someone isn't vaccinated?

Because you just know that some people will take advantage of that loophole, regardless if they are vaccinated or not.
First of all, they can't verify. They know that. They know they will be giving away free memberships. However, a membership is generally a yearly fee that gyms charge, it is not the monthly fee. So it is a sales gimmick to run a promotion and make a statement at the same time. Gyms often waive their membership fee as a promotion.

Again; morons. Non-masking, non-vaccinating morons.
I don't see how name calling is warranted.

Those people aren't here, though. No one here is an avowed anti-masker or an anti-vaxxer. I have heard no one lay claim to those terms in this forum.

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faeriemoon — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 20:55:27 GMT

@ThinkingOutLoud wrote:
@faeriemoon wrote:
@Anonymous032819 wrote:
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that it would be safe to exercise there, I'm not.

My question is, just how do they plan on verifying that someone isn't vaccinated?

Because you just know that some people will take advantage of that loophole, regardless if they are vaccinated or not.
First of all, they can't verify. They know that. They know they will be giving away free memberships. However, a membership is generally a yearly fee that gyms charge, it is not the monthly fee. So it is a sales gimmick to run a promotion and make a statement at the same time. Gyms often waive their membership fee as a promotion.

Again; morons. Non-masking, non-vaccinating morons.
I don't see how name calling is warranted.

It's definitely warranted. And it isn't really name calling when it is an accurate description.

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agb80 — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 20:58:28 GMT

@Anonymous032819 After the 1st shot the arm hurts and probably one would not be able to do gym workouts....no mark on our arm after the first shot. After the 2nd shot arm will again hurt and at that time may leave a mark especially if one had the Moderna vaccine, My 2nd shot is in a couple weeks. I'll never forget seeing a body builder with huge muscles walk back into the pharmacy to cry to the pharmacist "my arm hurts," and that was for a flu shot. He was so babyish it didn't match the great big muscles he was carrying around ..which is why I remembered it. So, not easy to lie about plus gym owners know their members pretty much.

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Anonymous032819 — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 21:12:28 GMT

@agb80 wrote:
@Anonymous032819 After the 1st shot the arm hurts and probably one would not be able to do gym workouts....no mark on our arm after the first shot. After the 2nd shot arm will again hurt and at that time may leave a mark especially if one had the Moderna vaccine, My 2nd shot is in a couple weeks. I'll never forget seeing a body builder with huge muscles walk back into the pharmacy to cry to the pharmacist "my arm hurts," and that was for a flu shot. He was so babyish it didn't match the great big muscles he was carrying around ..which is why I remembered it. So, not easy to lie about plus gym owners know their members pretty much.

@agb80

Simple solution to that. Just don't go to the gym when your arm is sore. Problem solved.