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I go to the gym over lunch during the workweek. It's not as busy as after work, but still pretty crowded.

They only have two butterfly machines. The other day, one was taken by a group of four guys that were taking forever and the other had a sweatshirt draped over the back of the machine.

No one had used it in about ten minute when I was done with everything else. So I asked everyone close to it if they knew if anyone was using it. They all said they didn't.

I used it for about ten minutes and was about to do my last set when a guy came over and said, "Excuse me, this is my machine. I have all my stuff here."

I had seen him on the cable pull machine and asked if he was doing a circuit. He relied, "I'm doing a power set."

I said, " Ok, I'm on my last set and it's all yours."

That apparently pissed him off and he replied, "You can't just take someone's machine, that's bad gym etiquette. But judging by your physique, you have no idea what that means."

I replied, "It's bad gym etiquette to use more than one machine when it's busy. That's why the sign says 'one machine per workout.' It's been 20 minutes since anyone used it."

He then said, "I'm a body builder and saw one of the judges. I was just saying hi."

"Ok, so you're taking up multiple machines while standing around talking at one of the busiest times of the day and you want to talk about etiquette?"

He huffed and stormed off. I finished my last set. Which took less time than he spent arguing. As I was walking out, I saw him at the front desk complaining. The guy just shrugged his shoulders and laughed.

As I passed him, he said "Hope you have a nice day, asshole." I replied, "You too, munchkin." For context, I'm 6'1". He's maybe 5'3".