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-   -   Some people never learn (https://britishexpats.com/forum/sand-pit-116/some-people-never-learn-806081/)

Patsy Stoned Aug 18th 2013 12:48 pm
Re: Some people never learn
 
I am not sure that they should have used this word! MESMERIC

mesmeric - attracting and holding interest as if by a spell; "read the bedtime story in a hypnotic voice"; "she had a warm mesmeric charm"; "the sheer force of his presence was mesmerizing"; "a spellbinding description of life in ancient Rome"
mesmerizing, spellbinding, hypnotic
attractive - pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm; "a remarkably attractive young man"; "an attractive personality"; "attractive cloth

http://thesaurus.com/browse/mesmeric

scrubbedexpat141 Aug 18th 2013 12:55 pm
Re: Some people never learn
 
Originally Posted by Patsy Stoned (Post 10856584)
I am not sure that they should have used this word! MESMERIC

mesmeric - attracting and holding interest as if by a spell; "read the bedtime story in a hypnotic voice"; "she had a warm mesmeric charm"; "the sheer force of his presence was mesmerizing"; "a spellbinding description of life in ancient Rome"
mesmerizing, spellbinding, hypnotic
attractive - pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm; "a remarkably attractive young man"; "an attractive personality"; "attractive cloth

http://thesaurus.com/browse/mesmeric
On the plus side, it's still an apology.

I wonder if it'll save them from prosecution / persecution?

Patsy Stoned Aug 18th 2013 1:16 pm
Re: Some people never learn
 
Originally Posted by Scamp (Post 10856599)
On the plus side, it's still an apology.

I wonder if it'll save them from prosecution / persecution?
It is so not an apology..... This is how a statement and apology goes.... "I am so sorry for my totally crass advert, it was stupid and totally inappropriate..I humbly apologise and offer everybody a free weeks work out in my gym."

LaLaLayla Aug 18th 2013 1:26 pm
Re: Some people never learn
 
Originally Posted by Patsy Stoned (Post 10856584)
I am not sure that they should have used this word! MESMERIC
Yes, I have been trying to work out what word he meant to use.

We don't want you to come to CF, Pats - you're too fit and you'd show us all up :D

Bahtatboy Aug 18th 2013 1:30 pm
Re: Some people never learn
 
Originally Posted by LaLaLayla (Post 10856631)
Yes, I have been trying to work out what word he meant to use.
Why bother? With very, very few exceptions (yes you, Patsy dearie) the fitness industry and its buff acolytes are universally illiterate, or so it seems.

scrubbedexpat141 Aug 18th 2013 1:32 pm
Re: Some people never learn
 
Originally Posted by Patsy Stoned (Post 10856620)
It is so not an apology..... This is how a statement and apology goes.... "I am so sorry for my totally crass advert, it was stupid and totally inappropriate..I humbly apologise and offer everybody a free weeks work out in my gym."
I'm in a good mood, post holiday anti-blues you could call it, so I'm trying to see the positives in things.

It was an attempt, so they get credit for that.

Let's not forget Patsy, they're only gym monkeys...the spoken word might not be a strong point, it smacks of Shift F7 (I think that's thesaurus in Word?).

Patsy Stoned Aug 18th 2013 1:33 pm
Re: Some people never learn
 
Originally Posted by LaLaLayla (Post 10856631)
Yes, I have been trying to work out what word he meant to use.

We don't want you to come to CF, Pats - you're too fit and you'd show us all up :D
OMG!! I am truly gob smacked darling....are you part of CF? Using the word "we" :eek:

Patsy Stoned Aug 18th 2013 1:45 pm
Re: Some people never learn
 
Originally Posted by LaLaLayla (Post 10856631)
Yes, I have been trying to work out what word he meant to use.

We don't want you to come to CF, Pats - you're too fit and you'd show us all up :D
Originally Posted by Bahtatboy (Post 10856633)
Why bother? With very, very few exceptions (yes you, Patsy dearie) the fitness industry and its buff acolytes are universally illiterate, or so it seems.
Originally Posted by Scamp (Post 10856637)
I'm in a good mood, post holiday anti-blues you could call it, so I'm trying to see the positives in things.

It was an attempt, so they get credit for that.

Let's not forget Patsy, they're only gym monkeys...the spoken word might not be a strong point, it smacks of Shift F7 (I think that's thesaurus in Word?).
Here is my problem... It is important for me to understand that all of the people who come to me... want to talk about ...their body image, their aims/goals etc.....I never train anybody unless we have a face to face consultation. I have to understand what they want and know that what I do is going to help them.

jam25mack Aug 18th 2013 1:57 pm
Re: Some people never learn
 
Originally Posted by Patsy Stoned (Post 10856656)
Here is my problem... It is important for me to understand that all of the people who come to me... want to talk about ...their body image, their aims/goals etc.....I never train anybody unless we have a face to face consultation. I have to understand what they want and know that what I do is going to help them.
Isn't that kinda obvious.....?:confused:

Patsy Stoned Aug 18th 2013 2:28 pm
Re: Some people never learn
 
Originally Posted by jam25mack (Post 10856674)
Isn't that kinda obvious.....?:confused:
Well no..actually as I have said over and over, it doesn't seem to be obvious..... I have lots of people who come to me and are amazed that I insist on a face to face consultation before I agree to train them. Apparently there are lots of trainers/gyms who don't actually give a damn about how/what people feel..... feet on treadmills spring to mind.

LaLaLayla Aug 18th 2013 3:03 pm
Re: Some people never learn
 
Originally Posted by Patsy Stoned (Post 10856727)
Well no..actually as I have said over and over, it doesn't seem to be obvious..... I have lots of people who come to me and are amazed that I insist on a face to face consultation before I agree to train them. Apparently there are lots of trainers/gyms who don't actually give a damn about how/what people feel..... feet on treadmills spring to mind.
Yep. I could write a thesis on bad gym/trainer experiences in the UAE.

Patsy Stoned Aug 18th 2013 3:35 pm
Re: Some people never learn
 
Originally Posted by LaLaLayla (Post 10856777)
Yep. I could write a thesis on bad gym/trainer experiences in the UAE.
You need to come and have a chat with me darling ..... let me show you what I do..how I do it...then you could write about professional, ethical, conscientious personal trainers :-D

LaLaLayla Aug 18th 2013 3:43 pm
Re: Some people never learn
 
Originally Posted by Patsy Stoned (Post 10856810)
You need to come and have a chat with me darling ..... let me show you what I do..how I do it...then you could write about professional, ethical, conscientious personal trainers :-D
I absolutely don't doubt it :)

Patsy Stoned Aug 20th 2013 5:46 am
Re: Some people never learn
 
Originally Posted by LaLaLayla (Post 10856821)
I absolutely don't doubt it :)
:wub::wub:


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