shane, any tips on telling people how to spot correctly? most of the time when i ask random people to spot me, they do half the work. i tell them less support, and they reduce their help by a fraction. bleh, totally lost my focus by then. the bigger the weights, the more force they put in!

Now I am doing supersets + dropsets, so I usually grab a lot of dumbbell and barbell for my own usage, of course the gym got less ppl at that time =P

that... understandable. 
ive seen this pt hog a whole range of dbs.... from 5lb - 20lb. i needed to use the 10s. =.= so had to wait.

another tak tahan moment.... this was at my old gym....
i was supersetting pecdec flyes with db flyes. i just completed my 2nd set. this fella was standing nearby watching me. the moment i got off the pec dec to the bench behind it where my dbs were.... this fella hopped onto it, did one set...... and then sat there for a good period of time yakking on his handphone. =.= and you'd think he'd get the gist that i was doing two exercises back to back after watching me do the 2 sets and would need BOTH stations.... bye bye superset.

that... understandable. 
ive seen this pt hog a whole range of dbs.... from 5lb - 20lb. i needed to use the 10s. =.= so had to wait.

another tak tahan moment.... this was at my old gym....
i was supersetting pecdec flyes with db flyes. i just completed my 2nd set. this fella was standing nearby watching me. the moment i got off the pec dec to the bench behind it where my dbs were.... this fella hopped onto it, did one set...... and then sat there for a good period of time yakking on his handphone. =.= and you'd think he'd get the gist that i was doing two exercises back to back after watching me do the 2 sets and would need BOTH stations.... bye bye superset.

same.i finished my db row immediately go for machine row,that was 1 fella waiting after i finished my set,he sat down ,and keep rowing like no tomorrow,then he rest and breathing on the rowing machine,bye bye my superset

I know right , especially for shoulder presses and benchpress. Lol, can't be helped. Thats the perks of having training partners. Or just ask the biggest guy in the gym. He "should" know how to spot properly. 

for me its weird individuals, they are:

1)this guy who brings his macbook pro into the free weights area

No 1 pissess me off no end.. i'm not your maid.. you don't have a maid following you around and cleanining after you.. put the weights back where it belongs.. on the racks.. Fitness first puts this poster right above the rack "Strong enough to carry the weight, Strong enough to put it back" unfortunately most people who go there are illiterate i think.. still leaving weights all over the place.. and as usually train without my spectacles.. i can never see where it is grr...

No 3 grates on me the most.. i think what you say has just said all...  just to add i work out at FF empire and the weights area is on a platform.. already they had to do some thing to the weights area a few weeks back.. i wish one day the platform will collapse when one of these idiots throw down their weights and we'll see what happens..

No 4 is basically like no 1. it shows no respect to you fellow gym goers... this is not your private gym assholes...

and the worse thing? all the the above being done by some of the PT working in the gym...

This reminds me of something. I have a friend who came to the gym once (literally just once), did some warm ups, stretching, etc. At first I thought he was serious and would start training. Instead, he sat down and took out a PSP from his bag, and stared playing. By the time I finished my workout, he was still there, still playing.     

shane, any tips on telling people how to spot correctly? most of the time when i ask random people to spot me, they do half the work. i tell them less support, and they reduce their help by a fraction. bleh, totally lost my focus by then. the bigger the weights, the more force they put in!

Err, when it comes to bench, I'll just tell them when I say spot only spot. .or else just stand behind. Its actually a risk doing that but it kinda works. Squats, I ask them to grab my hips (sounds homo but thats how to do it) when I say spot. You should be able to know actually when you are about to get crushed. Hope that helps

i've seen people doing that for squats, looks really uncomfortable + homo. I thought you can just drop it on the safety bars ?

i heard hanging around weight plates and db's makes you buffed 

for me its weird individuals, they are:

1)this guy who brings his macbook pro into the free weights area
2)this guy on his mp3 singing like he's in the shower
3)this over promoting PT trying to sell his service while backstabbing/degrading other PTs
4)this guy who chats up every girl in the gym
5)this guy who jumps in between your set to prove he's stronger than you
6)this aunty who wears 'close to nothing' at the gym

the 6 "KINGS & QUEENS " at my gym