A woman who started going to a new gym has claimed she was repeatedly ignored by other members – including a personal trainer – before being criticised for speaking up about it.
Mel Reeve said she joined a fitness class at a Sydney gym hoping to meet new people and feel part of a ‘community’, but instead found herself feeling isolated from the start.
‘I was genuinely trying to connect and open up to people but every day people ignored me and acted like I didn’t exist,’ she said.
She claimed that even when she made an effort to introduce herself, the response
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