........work it, work it..........

Gym induction session tonight......I should have known....council run Leisure Centre....I mean I work for the same Council....I should have known.

Stride confidently up to Reception:
Me: Hello I have an appointment for gym induction at 6.30, referred by BEATS.
Receptionist: Certainly Sir, up the stairs, turn left, end of the corridor knock on the Office door.
Me: Are you sure? It's an appointment for the gym.
R: Certainly sir, report to the BEATS office.

So up the stairs, turn left, along the corridor....office closed and in darkness.
So....along the corridor, down the stairs...back to reception.

Me: The office is closed...but my appointment is for gym induction.
R: Ah....you'll want the gym then.
Me: Should I pay first?
R: Oh yes. sorry forgot about that.

So we sort out the payment....standing order £19 per month for 9 months....1 years use of all leisure facilities.

Me: Thankyou
R: Turn left at the bottom of the stairs, along the corridor, that's the gym.

Arrive at the gym....find the desk.....wait for someone to speak to me.

Lady: Evening, what can we do for you?
Me: I have an appointment for 6.30.....gym induction.
L: Name?

So I give her my name.

L: No, no appointment for this evening, I think you'll find you should have been here last night.
Me: No, I originally booked for last night but then I realised I would be working until 8.30 so I phoned and changed it to this evening'
L : Well there's no entry in the diary for tonight, but here's the entry for yesterday, and as you can see it hasn't been crossed out and changed.
M: Yes I see....but what does it say on that Post-it note?
L: What note?
Me: That one stuck at the top of the page. ( I can clearly see what's written on it).
L: This one......(long pause)........ah, yes it's a note to move your appointment to tonight, but.........
Me: But nobody did it?
L : Yes, sorry about that.
Me: That's ok, can we start now?
L: Ah.....well.......that's a problem....your personal trainer has finished early because she thought she had no appointments tonight.
Me: So what do we do?
L;:Well..........I can give you 20 minutes............and then you could come back tomorrow and do the rest.
Me: How long is my programme?
L: 10 minutes treadmill. 10 minutes exercise bike, 10 minutes rowing machine, 10 minutes cross trainer, 10 minutes hand bike, 10 minutes back on the treadmill, 15 minutes weights upper body and 15 minutes weights legs....90 minutes.
Me: So you can do 20 minutes tonight and then 70 minutes tomorrow?
L: Yes.........or you could do the full programme tomorrow!?
Me: Yes I think that might be better, don't you?
L: O.k. see you tomorrow then.

Back home....30 minutes with the Boss and her brother Rob and his partner Sue, just back from Kos.............

and we start again with the gym tomorrow.

You couldn't make it up.

Das vidanya moy padruga.

p.s. If you get a phone call tomorrow evening around 8.30....and it's a heavy breather....don't panic....it's probably me after that session in the gym!