I am not a fan of Merritt all together. I bartend in fells and when they shut restaurants down to just togo my finances were pretty tight. I was bringing home about $60 a week. Just enough to have gas to get to and from work and food in the fridge. Luckily my living situation was pretty good so I was allowed to slide on bills until I got back on my feet. I called Merritt to see if I could freeze my membership because I'm not making enough to pay their ridiculous ass monthly price. They told me yeah... for about $60 a month. I explained my situation and the obvious covid spike that kept me out of the gym for a bit anyway but they were like naw. I mean in my case I can't really fight with protocol. The person I spoke to was just doing their job and I do my best to not be a dick to customer service.. but it was the second round of the apocalypse! So my problem isn't with any person in particular. More like the whole business. Then when I finally got back to work I paid up when I owed but did t go much. I could cancel in September so on the 1st I went in and told them I wanted to cancel. They said I had to pay September before I could do that. I argued that they charged me for my first and last month when I signed up but again I'm not going to be a dick and fight protocol. I just sent an email letting them know my situation and closed the account my membership was linked to. Haven't heard from them since. But yeah fuck Merritt

He assumes because the dude was looking at him like he had a problem before he stepped foot in the place. I can't say for sure it's racism but unless this dude has had a bad experience in the past with OP then it's kind of easy to call that dude didn't want him in there from the get go just by looking at the cover of his book.