Some times you ask yourself how certain people are in business. Particularly the costumer-service…read morebased business. It was a Tuesday evening and I felt like trying out a new gym around the area. My plan was to pay the daily amount which usually is anywhere from $1-$7 around Miami. Meaning no contract, no established membership... just needs gym for today and that's all about that.
On my way to this location I was reading some reviews about prices. The reviews weren't exactly positive and had a lot to do with "there's the catch!" I have posted a photo of those prices so you can decide for yourself if this 10% of an LA Fitness sized gym is something you're looking to attend if you (unlike me because idgaf) are conscious about your body or working out next to other people. In any case, on my way there, I called the location about three times and each time it rang about 15 times. To my surprise I wasn't getting a response.
I finally pulled up to the "everyone for themselves/ first come-first serve" rear/parking they share with a furniture store and a couple of other businesses in the ever-changing local-business-like shopping plaza on the NW corner of SW 8th Street and 57th Avenue where they are located. There were about 30 parking spaces to share and all were taken. Luckily enough, a beefed-up "Cubanito" was heading out from him sweat-less sesh and I was able to go in and check out the place for myself. Keep in mind, I am Cuban... born and raised.
I finally walk in, and what do you know, another Cuban, then two, then three, then the head Cuban himself... the owner. He greets me in a way that felt like I had left my car at some Miami mechanic's shop for a oil-change and overstayed my welcome by not picking up my car in the discussed 15 minutes it would take him to do the job, but rather 20. In Spanish, i asked "Do you guys have a phone?" He quickly responds "Yes we do, and I answer it whenever I want," to which I responded "Clearly, because I've been calling the entire way over and no one came to answer it." I proceeded to ask about pricing, he responds by slamming a clipboard (the same in the photo) in front of me and not saying a single word. At this moment I didn't want to see his face again, so I just pulled up my iPhone and took a shot of the prices to read later. I told him, "I'm going to take a look around." I wanted to be fair about tearing him a new a**hole when writing this comment. He said "Be careful around there." I took it as 'A skinny guy like you shouldn't hang around these chunks of iron, you might get hurt.' I only took it this way because let's be honest, if you don't care about costumers, why would you care about liabilities?
I walked around the two rooms separated by a wall, every machine necessary seemed to be there, still the space was extremely cramped, and barely enough room to stretch... even breath. The tour took me 1 whole minute.
I left. This one star is for location.