Previous blog - Money Grabbers - April 2007

Money grabbers come in many different forms. Yes believe me they do. For example, that St Michael's Gym near Presentation College in San Fernando is one of them.


Because i've always have an on and off battle with my weight, I've had cause from time to time to avail myself of their services.
My relationship with them started about roughly five years ago and to my chagrin, to get to the crux of what this blog is about, nothing has changed. Well not for the better at least.

The price of membership for the month went up from $175 to $200. Now I know many of you, especially those living in the West end of Trinidad, might be saying "but thats cheap". Yeah but not for my pocket.

Anyway, the price increase is one thing, but has the overall physical value of the facility improved ? No !!!
Aesthetically, the place is as dreary as a psychologist's office ( not that i've been to any) which makes it quite uninteresting to work out. Then its the equipment. Some are either not working at all while others have a tendency to stop working while you are using them

The gym's management posted a sign about two years ago that they were experiencing a voltage problem and they were waiting on T&TEC to rectify the problem. Now I know we have our beef with public utilities in this country, but T&TEC has become probably one of the most efficient among them. My belief is that the gym's internal wiring has become so damn old that it is unable to sustain the load placed on it by the equipment.

So why do I still go there you may ask. Well its like the most reasonably priced one in South. And believe me, I would move to another if I can afford it and afford to put up with the hoity toity bitches that frequent those gyms to pose their asses off and display their matching gym wear.

So until then, I guess St Michaels will continue to get my money until better could be done. Pointless blog maybe, but at least I got it off my chest....LOL.
Ciao
April 20 3:57 PM

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