tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781383461061929571.post5690191156813082200..comments2024-03-14T09:08:19.035-04:00Comments on OR in an OB World: Resolutions, Seasonality and Transient EffectsPaul A. Rubinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05801891157261357482noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781383461061929571.post-82046925615859546402012-01-04T14:48:04.518-05:002012-01-04T14:48:04.518-05:00I think that at some places (such as gas stations)...I think that at some places (such as gas stations) that's probably true, and at other places (stores during holiday sales?) crowds may actually attract more people (must be real bargains there!). At the Y, most of the non-"resolvers" as what I would call lifers; we're committed to working out regularly (because, as one locker room wit puts it, we fear what will happen to us if we don't work out more than we fear the workouts). Going someplace else to work out would be both expensive and, probably, pointless (they'll have "resolvers" too). So we just suck it up and put up with the parking hassles.<br /><br />It's not all bad, either. Some of the "resolvers" are pretty cute (while they last), and cute women in Spandex is the whole reason I took up aerobics.Paul A. Rubinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05801891157261357482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781383461061929571.post-28066596194319025112012-01-04T14:40:10.985-05:002012-01-04T14:40:10.985-05:00Isn't it the case that people are turned away ...Isn't it the case that people are turned away by the crowd?pihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00954503509976411806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781383461061929571.post-63093713534372746722012-01-04T14:37:18.600-05:002012-01-04T14:37:18.600-05:00@Bo: Too funny! I can see that working perfectly.@Bo: Too funny! I can see that working perfectly.Paul A. Rubinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05801891157261357482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781383461061929571.post-49787760121878992302012-01-04T14:31:42.108-05:002012-01-04T14:31:42.108-05:00@Paul regarding the hard "weight lifters"...@Paul regarding the hard "weight lifters", I once was member of a gym, that didn't want those kind of types, because it was meant as a place for all types adn for people recovering from injuries etc. They did something really clever : removed all the mirrors ... done deal those guys never came again :-)Bo Jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10533779186894174073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781383461061929571.post-24616223618583233442012-01-03T16:57:38.137-05:002012-01-03T16:57:38.137-05:00Too true! On busy days, it can be hard to get on ...Too true! On busy days, it can be hard to get on the popular machines as it is. I think that's why weight lifters like to grunt so loudly and drop the weights -- it scares off the less committed, and so reduces the demand for the equipment.Paul A. Rubinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05801891157261357482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781383461061929571.post-21615330412743339352012-01-03T15:29:35.481-05:002012-01-03T15:29:35.481-05:00that is in fact the business model behind gyms: if...that is in fact the business model behind gyms: if all members actually went to the gym, there wouldn't be enough equipment available!Carinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781383461061929571.post-26258067783854589862012-01-01T14:08:26.274-05:002012-01-01T14:08:26.274-05:00The number here is perhaps a bit lower but still h...The number here is perhaps a bit lower but still high. Some of it is memberships given as gifts by well-intentioned but overly optimistic relatives. Some of it is the early drop-off of resolvers. I think of it as generous people subsidizing the cost of my membership. :-)Paul A. Rubinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05801891157261357482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781383461061929571.post-41429302315389533392012-01-01T12:58:20.377-05:002012-01-01T12:58:20.377-05:00I just heard in the news that less than 50% of the...I just heard in the news that less than 50% of the Danes being a member of a fitness center actually use it...so they just pay :-)Bo Jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10533779186894174073noreply@blogger.com