A guy showed up to the No Gi class I take wearing Vibrams (the five finger shoes), he got on the mat and tried to join in the class. The instructor yelled at him to taked those fucking things off the mat.
What a dink. I wear those things and I would never try to wear them on the mats lol.
Anyways today I got to the gym and these two kids (16 or 17) were in the only rack. They were 1/4 squatting 265 with the pad on. Whatever. So I ask them how long and they say "5 sets". So I go right to my bench pressing. I do two bar sets, three warm ups, and three work sets with generous rest times. It takes around 20 min altogether.
I circle back to the squat rack and the two kids are still in there. They are yapping about basketball shoes. I begin my bodyweight warm ups, do some goblet squats etc. They are now yapping about how their heights. 10 min goes by and they have just yapped, not a single rep, so I'm getting pissed off. Finally the kid unracks it, wobbles backward, does a 1/8 squat, then struggles to re rack it.
I go over there and ask if he is done and he says "two more sets". I just snapped. I started yelling. I said something like " i've watched you two yap for 10 minutes, this isn't a social club, you have to actually do your work out so shut up and start lifting the weights". The one kid says "just let me do one more set". I say "do it, but hurry the fuck up". He does his set quickly and they slink away with their tail between their legs.
I felt like an asshole afterwards, but that's too bad. If they want results they need to get in, do the work, and get out. I was probably doing them a favor in the long run.