Locker Room Etiquette

2009 January 27
Posted by Teenie
Come on. Be a sport. I have spent the better part of the last month in a gym–part of which is in a locker room changing my clothes. There are a few rules–or no brainers. Here are a few that I feel are at the top.

1. Don’t walk around in just a towel for any length of time.
2. Deoderant is NOT optional.
3. Shirts must fit and cover ALL skin.
4. There are 150 lockers. Please do not choose the one right above mine.
5. If you choose the locker RIGHT above mine, please remember that I am 5′ and you are 6′. I do not need to see your breasts that close up. Leave your shirt on if you are going to reach above my head to get into YOUR locker–ABOVE mine WHILE I am standing next to my locker.
6. It is NOT necessary to put your leg on the bench in your swimsuit and stretch IN the locker room.
7. Shaving is a priority if you are wearing a sleeveless shirt. 
8. I REALLY don’t want to hear that you are at the gym so your boyfriend will think you have a hot ass. Please keep these to yourself or whisper.
9. Please wear clean gym clothes.
10. Walking around the locker room naked is not OK. EVEN if you are the skinniest gymbitch there is. Please. Put some clothes on. Please.

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  1. 2009 January 27

    I think your rules should be posted in every locker room across America.

  2. 2009 January 27

    Girl locker room rules are sooooo different from boys!!!
    Of course after he is done with wrestling practice he showers with his underware on!!! :)

  3. 2009 January 27

    okay yeah, i so totally agree with you on that - there needs to be some sort of courtesy! I say, post that up next time youa re there and run like the wind!

  4. 2009 January 28
    Anonymous Permalink

    Amusing entry, but unless these rules are posted by the gym or what ever place you are in, you may just have
    to get over it, live with it, or find a different place. I’ve been in plenty a gym & YWCA in all of my days, and I have never seen any rules against any of these acts you seem to find so insulting.
    How many of those lockers are on permanent rent? True, it is a bit rude for anyone over 5 feet (you poor little thing!) to lean over you and subject you to the boob view, but sweetie, this IS a locker room. Shirts that fit & provide complete coverage, no walking around in a towel, no walking around nude, shaving required? Although I am a “shaver”,some women do not and it is their right to decide to shave or not. If the nudity, wearing of shirts that show skin, walking around in a a towel, etc, offends your delicate self so much, Hon, you should consider a home gym. You need to get over your delicate self.
    Not anonymous, Ame I. in West TN USA

  5. 2009 January 28
    Anonymous Permalink

    Sarhi,
    Key words: “your rules”. Only the owner/management of the gym has any right to post rules.

  6. 2009 February 11

    Wow. I’m sorry you got such rude comments. This is why I don’t go to a gym. Too many uncouth and rude people.

  7. 2009 May 16

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