Posted by Anonymous
I am a member at LA Fitness in Denton, TX. They have the worst customer service ever and no one is doing anything about it!!! There's a trainer there named Larry M. who has continued to harass me during every visit. I was told I couldn't use the training section or any of the equipment in that section. The first encounter he yelled and cursed at me and called me disrespectful names. The VICE PRESIDENT of the company was in that day and didn't do anything about it. He just sent him home early!!! The VP told me the only time I'm allowed to use the equipment is if no one is using it. I have a messed up shoulder so I can only use lower weight dumbbells that you can't typically find in the weight room. I grabbed the weight and walked away for a second to re-rack the heavier weight. Larry just came and grabbed the weight as I was about to lift it. I told him I wasn't done using it and since there was a second set of same weight in the training section it was okay for me to use. It wasn't even being used in the first place! As I addressed him, he ignored me and continued to walk. I tapped his shoulder to let him know I wasn't done and he looked over at me and started yelling at me and insulting me in front of all the gym clients. He stares me down or lingers where I'm working out to see if I'm close to the training section. It's shocking to me that him yelling at me is completely normal at this gym. He was very disrespectful and unprofessional. He never targets any other clients at the gym who try to use the gym equipment or workout in the "training" section. I asked the girl at the front desk to call the manager in charge and Larry came to bother me and made a big scene again by yelling. I spoke to the operations manager, super kind and professional guy, and he said he would take care of it. I called corporate and they said they would fix it but corporate didn't sound convincing. What kind of service are you running? A company who can't stand behind their company values! A company that is okay with unprofessionalism! A company who isn't concerned about their clients safety! A company who hires prejudice staff! A company who doesn't care about their clients! A company with terrible customer service! A company who doesn't care about equality! Make this right, LA Fitness!