'I forced myself to keep going out of spite': Entitled woman kicks athlete's water bottle while waiting to use sled weights, athlete gets petty revenge

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Mar 5, 2023 2:00 PM EST

Are gyms the newest breeding ground for entitled behavior? I won't lie, when I first saw this thread, which was posted to Reddit's r/pettyrevenge subreddit, I assumed that the original poster was one of those people who hog a machine and spend upwards of ten minutes "resting in between sets" at a machine while scrolling through dating apps and social media.

 

However, that doesn't seem to be the case here. In this story, the Redditor was taking only a minute in between sets and used their water bottle to mark their territory. Cue the entitled woman, who literally kicked the Redditor's hydroflask and attempted to take their sled weight. This led to the original poster's desire for some exercise-fueled petty revenge. Keep scrolling below to see exactly what they did next and how the woman responded. For more stories like this, check out this Redditor's revenge on their stepmother!

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    Product - "You can't use water bottle to reserve gym machine"
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    Font - "You can't use water bottle to reserve gym machine" okay bet *posted on another sub and was told this might be a better fit. I have been going to this gym for about six months now and I always try to avoid going past 7 PM because the vibes are off. However, yesterday, I had no choice but to go around 8 PM.
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    Font - To my surprise, the gym was almost empty, maybe because it was Friday. Anyways, I took advantage of the empty gym to do five sets of sled pushes. I don't like doing them when the gym is crowded because people walk through the track all the time and that annoys me.
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    Font - I started doing my 40-meter sled pushes, and after every round, I'd put my water bottle on top of the weights while I sat on the floor next to it to rest. The water bottle being there and me being maybe 2-3 feet away is enough to let other people know that the sled is currently in use. However, even if you're not sure, seeing the bottle should at least prompt you to look around and see who it belongs to.
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    Font - I was sitting on the floor resting before my last set when a woman walked to the sled and KICKED my water bottle (a hydro flask). I took my headphones off, and the conversation went like this:
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    Font - Me: "Hi, excuse me! That's my water bottle, I'm using the sled at the moment!" (As friendly as I could be) Her: "You're not using it, are you? You're sitting on the floor." Me: "I'm in between sets, which is why my bottle is there so people know it's in use." Her: "Well, you can't use a water bottle to reserve a machine that you're clearly not using."
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    Font - At this point, I got up and stood between her and the sled. Me: "As I said, I was resting between sets. I've not finished my sets yet. But by all means, feel free to wait until I'm finished."
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    Font - I then started pushing the sled one way and then back. When I got to the start position again, she started walking towards the sled, thinking I was going to walk away. Oh, baby no. Here is where the MC started.
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    Font - I sat on the sled weights while resting because, as she said, I couldn't use my water bottle to show people it was in use, so I was just going to use my body. She got really angry and said: Her: "What are you doing?" Me: "Resting between sets. I know now I can't reserve the machine with a water bottle, so I'm just going to sit here while I rest."
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    Font - Her: "This is unbelievable. How many sets do you have left?" Me: "I don't know, a few more." I put my headphones back in and started another set. She was still waiting. So I did another set. She was still there. I did another.
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    Font - At this point, my legs felt like jelly, and I could barely finish my sets, but she was still waiting for the sled. It had been like 15 minutes, and I forced myself to keep going out of spite. She looked so angry and was trying to talk to me, but I had my headphones in and blasting music, ignoring her.
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    Font - I ended up doing 12 extra sets until she walked away. I started unloading my weights from the sled when a group of three gym bros asked if I was done. I said yes and that it was all theirs.
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    Font - As I walked away towards the changing room, she saw me and walked towards the sled track just to find the three gym bros loading it. I could see the disappointment in her face when she saw them.
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    Font - The best part is that if she had been a decent human being, I would've been done in a minute and she could've had the sled all to herself, because I only had one set left originally.
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    Font - Edit: the bottle was a Hydroflask, not a single use plastic one. And I was on a timed 60 second rest between sets, not camped at machine!
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    Font - StangF150 5 days ago +3. Tell the truth OP, you did NOT walk out of there "Like A Boss" but with legs of spite jello!! LoL 3.0k Reply Share
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    Font - itsedibitch OP +4. 5 days ago Being completely honest, I wasn't sure I was gonna make it down the gym stairs 2.1k Reply Share
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    Font - CallipygianP "Nice quads, bro. What's your secret?" "Spite." 4 • 5 days ago 511 Reply Share
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    Font - Marrsvolta 5 days ago +3. That girl is secretly hired by the gym to piss people off enough to get them to put more reps in, you were tricked 2.3k Reply Share
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    Font - Wild Billl33t 5 days ago. edited 5 days ago +3. Man, people need to learn how to just ask to work in. Like jeez. 9/10 times, the answer is an enthusiastic, "Yeah, sure!" 1/10 times it's "nah, I don't think we can set that up effectively, but I'll be done in about 3-5 minutes." 550 Reply Share
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    Font - octaviaandowen 5 days ago True definition of cutting off your nose to spite your face, and I'm here for it.
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    Organism - CoderJoe1 +4. 5 days ago She just had to bottle up her frustration. 777 Reply Share
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