I have been going to Good Life in the Wintergarden for about seven or eight years and to Good Life Edward Street for the seven years before that.
Wintergarden used to be the premium, premier Good Life health club. But Oh my, how things have slipped.
I train there somewhere between two and four times a week, always first thing in the morning.
So, when I go there, I am usually the first one into the men's change rooms. And so it is always a surprise to find that a large number of the lockers are already locked, even though there is nobody in the gym. All it means is that gym management is too lazy to unlock them before opening.
OK, second issue: There are free weights strewn all over the gym. Which means management is too lazy to tidy up the place at the end of the day.
Third issue: Change room equipment is faulty and doesn't work. Which means that management is too lazy to get it repaired.
Fourth issue: Training equipment can stand labeled "I am being repaired" for days and weeks at a time. Which means that management is too lazy to get things repaired.
Fifth issue: Fans in the training area are broken or un-serviceable. Asking the receptionist to turn them on get the following response "This one is broken and I can't reach that one". Which means that management is too lazy to get things repaired and not competent enough to make sure that some one is able to turn the fans on.
Sixth issue: Mens change room frequently has pools of water lying around. And I mean when i arrive, even before a single person has had a shower. You cant change into training gear or out of training gear and into work gear in pools of water. How do they expect you to put on shoes an socks FFS?
And best of all - each of theses issues has been reported to the receptionist, and the response is a shrug of the shoulders and a comment that "yes, well the technician should be here today to repair the equipment". Which means that management is happy to leave the explaining to some receptionist, who has no influence at all on what goes on.
The whole place has a run down feeling, but obviously Good Life is ok with all of this as long as people keep on paying to train there. read more