I'm very much about customer loyalty, especially when the guy works on commission. Matt is my gym rep who gave me the tour when I first joined and answers all my questions about gym payments and such. I actually haven't been as often as I promised, especially since I made a big do about being really committed--or so I told Matt when he gave me my tour. So he was pretty surprised when I said that I wanted to renew my membership.
When he sat me down to discuss the two options I had, I was completely clueless. The plan I was on now was a three month commitment, but Matt explained two commitments where one was for two years and the other was for eighteen months (this is basically two years). I panicked. I didn't know which one to take! But Matt was very understanding when I asked him what the differences of each one was. Though, I think he was taken aback when I explained I can't commit to anything that long.
This somehow segued into a bombastic story about how I decided to get an iPhone a few weeks ago. I then had to return it because I couldn't commit to the two-year contract of having a data plan. I didn't know where I was going to be in two years! I could be homeless or without a job! I'm just about to graduate! It's a definite I'd be broke by then. Matt was understanding about all of that (yes, I said those things aloud) and even asked what phone I ended up with (it's some pantech thing by the way). So I decided on the eighteen month commitment.
When it came to pay, Matt was telling me about the other commitment and how I'd have to pay in a few payments rather than monthly. I told him how I probably wouldn't be able to because of textbooks coming up. Matt, bless him, showed a little concern and suggested I buy textbooks online. I told him how I would, but I put that off for such a long time, that I panic and have to buy them at the bookstore before a test. He laughed and asked if I like working under pressure and stress, and I had to admit that I don't. I just create them.
I guess the moral of the story is that I am now part of a gym? Or maybe the moral of the story is that I should keep my mouth shut?
