Deleted Post

You guys might remember that I had issues with a particular fitness center last year. I wrote a post about it. Evidently, they found my post and wrote a long dissertation about the incident saying I wasn't being fair writing about it on my web site. (ah-hum)

I was more than fair. I stuck to the facts and only talked about my own personal issue, not the issues of my friends. I didn't do any name calling (except for the billing agency who I referred to as sleazy). The owner of the gym posted my post to his website. I have no idea what happened over there, but I do know that someone posted the link to my site then complained when he removed it.

Anyway, I have no idea when all the posting and name calling and using bad grammar (hi pot, i'm kettle) took place, but I only found out about it today.

I deleted the post.

Mostly, because the post had run its time. When you searched for this gym's name, then my blog popped up. I really didn't want my blog to be associated with the gym (mostly because I am not a gym blog) and frankly, I just don't care about the issue anymore.

BUT BOY DOES IT FEEL GOOD, to know that the little guy can still have a say. I felt really pushed around by that gym.

Hopefully, the takeaway lesson for everyone is figure out exactly what is in the contract. On my end, that means knowing what "extend my membership" means. On their end, I hope if they extend someone's membership, they tell that person that they are agreeing to be billed for X months and think, even if only for a second, "would I want this on the internet?"