I would make this a “Thought of the day” post, but I don’t like having those posts appear back-to-back. So a few things:
- Dear guy who sits on the locker room benches naked, Please stop. Thanks.
- I admire the visibly out of shape people who go regularly.
- I saw a guy with two heavy duty crutches and a big plastic boot on his surely broken foot today. What’s your excuse for not going?
For the Sake of Science 
Shirley, some of the ‘visibly out of shape’ people just go to say they went.
I saw a guy this morning that I admired. He was probably in his mid-70s. He had apparently just arrived and was changing into his workout clothes. I had just spent 2 hours exercising and was changing out of my exercise clothes to go take a shower. I did notice that he seemed to move very slowly.
I got undressed, set my street clothes on the bench, relocked the locker and headed into the shower.
When I returned, this older gentleman was still slowly putting on his socks. It dawned on me that he had suffered from a stroke but he was still at the gym to exercise!
PS: Nate, don’t call Michael Shirley :)
I’m glad someone got my Airplane reference, I was worried all I was going to see for follow-up comments was:
“It’s spelled surely, dumbass.”
I read this site every day…sometimes it’s very thought provoking and rings my bells…othertimes like today, instead of ringing, it’s a dull thud with all this locker room talk. If you can’t be naked in a locker room, where can you be???
Paul, you missed the point. No one cares if someone is naked, but a naked ass sitting on the bench is 1. Disgusting, 2. Unsanitary. The guy can sit on his towel or put something on before he sits.
I walk naked to and from the shower room at the gym but I put on underwear and shorts/pants before I sit to put on socks and shoes.
I don’t think its the nakedness that he has an issue with.
I take it that there is a general refusal to get dressed.
I’m unaware of proper Locker Room Protocol so seldom I visit one….should be a sign not to sit bare ass on a bench..
Hahaha, I’m in the same boat, I’m too infirm most of the time to go to the gym at any rate.
I can’t speak for the author, but the unneeded nakedness is an annoyance for me. If you are holding a towel and headed to the shower, wrap it around you out of human decency.
But the characters I hate are the ones who fill up their water bottle at the water fountain when there’s a line behind them. They even installed a little goose neck sink next to the fountain for water bottles, and people still take over the fountain.
That poor goose…
While I would prefer not to see a bunch of dong upon entering the locker room, I can deal with it; at least it’s socially acceptable. But come on. No ass on the benches.