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the jerk at the gym!
A little backstory on this...there's a squirrely guy who is there every morning and he goes full tilt during the whole time I'm there. He's kind of like Jim (see this post) on speed. Anyway...he always gets on a machine next to someone who is already working out, even though there are 6 other empty machines - he's done it to me a few times, I've seen him do it to others too. (I am a "personal space" exerciser, if possible)

So yesterday morning, I'm getting going on the elliptical machine and lo and behold, here comes Meathead (I haven't come up with a good nickname yet...it's a work in progress). He gets on the elliptical right next to mine - there are literally 5 more not being used. He gets on and starts his sprint then leans over and says "Is that all you got?" Excuse me?! It took every ounce of willpower I had not to push him off his machine. If I was paying him to be my personal trainer and be in my face, then fine...but I'm not - so back off buck-o!!!!!!! I was SO mad! I just turned my ipod up and didn't even give him the satisfaction of any reply. Because YEAH - that's all I got!

I laugh about it now. I was telling my co-workers the story when I got to work and they were dying and swear he's hitting on me. One of the guys said I should have said "And if you don't back off, my husband will kick your ass when he gets back from the UFC circuit". I did like the suggestion of making 2 "Out of Order" signs and putting them on the machines on either side of me and then taking them off when I'm done.