I had a You Fitness shop yesterday. Guidelines and form look easy. Just take a tour of the facility and evaluate customer service. Allow 20-40 minutes. Guidelines specify that I can use a fake name and address (if asked). Guidelines specifically say that I don't need to give any personal information to the center. So I got there and they asked me to fill out some information. Name, okay ready with my fake name. E-mail address - no problem I have an email address that I use just for this kind of thing, phone number - WHAT??? I told them "I don't want to give you my phone number." They said "We have to get your phone number". I asked "Why"? They gave me some rigamarole about needing my phone number in case I have an accident and they need to call me. It was for "insurance purposes". I pointed out that I wasn't going to work out, I only wanted to take a tour. They said well if you were to trip over something and fall, the building could collapse and yada yada yada "INSURANCE!!!" LIABILITY!!!!" After a promise that they wouldn't call, I gave in and gave them my old phone number. Frankly if I'd been a real customer, I would either have wondered aloud about how safe their facility was if I had to worry about walking around. Better yet, I would have walked out the door and not looked back.
So has anybody else done these shops or even visited them on your own? Do they always ask for a phone number even if you're not doing anything? How would you react to this?
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