n On a rainy day, I walked to the Fitness and Recreation Center to get a workout in before class with my roommate. As I opened up my wallet, I realized I had left my Boston University Terrier Card in my gym bag, which I didn’t bring. In a moment of desperation (and I guess, straight-up disrespect for the law), I nodded to my roommate to pass back his ID.
The technologically advanced computers figured out something fishy was going on, and I was asked to approach the counter.
While I knew about the rule changes blah blah, I was still shocked to hear that both my roommate and I had been banned from FitRec for a week and we were charged $50.
This reminds me of an earlier event this semester when I went to FitRec alone and forgot my BU ID. I approached a girl who lived on my floor freshman year and asked her to possibly spare me the trip back home. After refusing, she suggested I find another BU student to sign me in as a guest and I could pay $20 to use FitRec. Thanks.
The manager on duty was more than happy to take my BU ID number to deactivate my card. However, if I asked her to take my BU ID number to look up that I am a member (and despite my small arms, a consistent user of FitRec) of the facility, I’m sure she would have scoffed at such a ridiculous favor.
I don’t know, I guess it’s just another one of BU’s policies that teaches me the lesson to never forget my ID. I just wish Fitrec could take the 20 seconds I am sure it would take to look up someone’s ID. I’m sure it’s a hassle on a busy day, but maybe it could institute a maximum of three passes a semester on forgetful days.
It’s all right, though. I guess I’ll just subtract this $50 from my alumni donation to this school, which leaves me at a total of negative $50.
Vimal Jhaveri
CAS ’08
Kyle Pellerin • Feb 26, 2012 at 10:46 pm
Vimal Jhaveri,
This rule is enacted to keep all of our members both safe and honest. For one, it is a way to maintain the number of people that come in to use the gym. If anyone could use anyone else’s ID, what does not stop some one off the street, or a friend of a fitrec member, from coming in, using the gym, and then that weight bench, or basketball court that you pay to use (undergraduate fee thank you) is now being used by someone that should not be there. Furthermore, if someone stole someone else’s ID (possibly some creepy person, or a thief, or someone looking to sneak a peek into the security coded (mostly) lockerrooms) and went into the gym and stole your ipad, laptop, cell phone, or mp3, then your story would be different. The fact is that you knowingly broke a law that you knew about, and violated the safety(and usage agreement you signed) of all members.Also, the guest fee has since been reduced to $10.00 so members, and their friends, can, rightfully, come into the gym at a cheaper price. Finally, if you knew you were going to the gym, you should have checked to see if you had your ID on you, just as you should before you left your residence hall because the security guards there are looking out for your safety as well, and you forgetting your ID puts unneeded hassle on them as well.