Entitled gym-goer refuses resident's polite request to lower her loud phone calls during training, then returns to the gym acting even more disruptive on purpose: 'Her conversations usually last the entire time she’s in the gym'

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Emma Saven
Aug 28, 2025 5:00 PM EDT

Public spaces = respectable volumes…for most people at least. Are people truly that unaware of the volume their voices reach when in a passionate conversation? There are certainly specific times and places where these hour-long, fiery conversations are appropriate, and your residential gym just isn't one of them…

This woman is left feeling indecisive, following a few consecutive interactions with a woman in her building who just happens to attend their residential gym at the same time as her every day. A mutual regular wouldn't necessarily be a problem, normally it could be an opportunity to make new friends in the building…but this entitled woman is the expectation! Instead of weights and sit-ups to fill the hour, she thinks it's the perfect time to scream on the phone at an unacceptable volume, interrupting everyone's 1-15 counts and disrupting any possible thought process they were capable of! 

How does one deal with an individual who thinks that everyone around them is invisible and that she is living Anna Hathaway's new life in the latest 2025 drama?… No, babe, you are not the main character…in fact, you're the character nobody else can stand!

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  • She decided to finally make a stand and confront the woman for her disruptive behavior…However, her response left her to wonder if she should have said anything in the first place…Because if someone is just going to ignore your polite requests, maybe it's better to leave it up to security to help find her mute button? 

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    AITA for asking a woman at my residential gym to stop talking loudly on the phone during her workout?

    I live in an apartment building that has a small residents-only fitness center. Recently, one of the new residents started coming
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    in almost every time I'm there. She spends 45 minutes or more talking very loudly on the phone while walking on the treadmill or sitting on the bench.
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    She wears headphones, so she doesn't realize she's basically shouting. Her conversations usually last the entire time she's
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    in the gym. On top of that, she sometimes laughs out loud or drops machine handles so they slam down with a loud crash. It
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    makes it really hard for anyone else to focus. Most of the other residents are too shy to say anything, so I
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    decided to politely ask her if she could finish her call after her workout. She completely ignored me and kept talking. The next
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    time she came back, she behaved even more disruptively. It feels like she didn't like my comment and is now acting out on purpose.
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    The administration doesn't monitor the gym at all, since it's just part of the building, so there are no staff members around to enforce basic etiquette.
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    I feel like I was polite and reasonable, since phone calls at full volume in a small shared space are disruptive.
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    So, AITA for asking her to stop talking loudly on the phone in our small residential gym?
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    Secret-Sample1683 NTA. Fight fire with fire. If there is overhead music playing, find out where it originates from. Then turn up the volume so it drowns her out. If there isn't one, bring your own bluetooth speakers and crank it loud.
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    Woman doing weights at the gym
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    Both-Mud-4362 NTA next time she is in the gym always conveniently use the machine next to her and blast some obnoxious work out music.
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    Before you do that though explain to anyone else who uses the gym at a similar time that you are going to do this and if she asks to say you all agreed that music would help you concentrate and drown out the inconsiderate noise she makes.
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    Nice_Ice_Cream NTA! I have an air horn app on my phone for this very situation!
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    yomifrackle NTA. Some people have never been told no in their life and it shows. She s cks. I'd hang out on the treadmill beside her and stare at her while she chatted until she felt annoyed enough. If you're commanding my attention you've got it girl!
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    GardeniaFrangipani These people are everywhere. You could also join in the conversation, very loudly.
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    completedett NTA Play loud music or watch something loudly whilst she is on the phone.
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    Edgar_Brown You are all overhearing the conversations, start talking (loudly) with other residents. about her conversations. Make up stories about what the person on the other side is saying. Make sure to fill in details in embarrassingly specific and hilarious ways. Get others to laugh AT her, she might get the hint.
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    RoyallyOakie NTA...she knows she's being disruptive and still does it. She lacks public manners.
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    Individual_Mud_2530 NTA. document these interactions any way you can... CYA!!! get a group chat with the other residents going regarding her behavior and contact management.
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    Able Magician_148 NTA I feel like when you're at the gym you shouldn't really be on the phone. If you are, you should stop off the equipment and go talk somewhere else.
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    Plus Ad 9181 NTA. She absolutely doesn't need to be in the gym to sit or walk while she's shouting on the phone. She can literally do that anywhere. You just met a main character . I'd blast metal music into her phonecall. Or start joining in on the conversation.
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