Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Cycling Videos

Things were going pretty great with the program for the most part (once in a while there was a problem but we all worked through it to come up with a solution). We even had the capability to use videos in cycling classes. Most of the morning members loved this and looked forward to seeing what interesting (or disturbing... haha) videos we would have. One member made the comment that she loved the videos and the morning instructors especially since she was getting out of bed early in the morning to get on a bike that went nowhere!

The videos were sometimes suggestive but they were all clean lyrics and no nudity - these videos were those shown on regular TV so I had no worries about them. Those instructors that used any videos they thought might be a little out of the ordinary would even go so far as to make a "warning" announcement. Of course, the videos were there if anyone wanted to watch them. Many of the members said the classes were so challenging that they missed most of the videos because they were looking down at the floor trying to keep up :)

However, someone did complain about a video. This female was not a paying member but took classes for free because of her relationship to a current employee. She did not issue her complaint to the particular instructor that used the video in question, nor did she complain to the coordinator. She went over everyone's head to the top. This was done on several occasions but as the message was passed back down the chain of command, no one knew exactly which video was a problem and therefore could not address the situation appropriately. In addition, this person had the option of not watching the video or not taking that instructor's class. No one was forcing her to take that class or watch that video... It is a free country isn't it?

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