My email to Planet Fitness

I wrote an email to Planet Fitness awhile ago about their television offerings, which are NOT OKAY at the Rome one. The manager called but nothing happened, so I wrote another one. This is pretty much it, but I forgot to copy-paste so there might be a couple of words changed. EAT THIS PLANET FITNESS.

Dear Planet Fitness,

I have a couple of comments for you. First of all, Debbie (the woman who is always there when I come in the morning) is totally fabulous and you should give her a raise. She is always dealing with really stupid people in an incredibly patient and kind way, and she's there really friggin' early in the morning. Show her some love - monetarily! I know you guys won't really give her a raise because I say so but SHE IS AWESOME AND YOU TOTALLY SHOULD.

Second, I wrote to you awhile ago asking if we might not have some better TV stations in the gym. Since then, I haven't really noticed any differences, despite a very nice call from the manager shortly after I wrote my email. Did we change one of the channels to be playing the same six live concerts on rotation, none of which are very good? Did we add the Weather Channel? This is not entertaining television.

When I was at the gym this morning, these were my options (note: I am not kidding about any of this):

1. Talking head
2. Talking head
3. FOX & Friends (I will never watch this show but respect all the crazy old people who do)
4. The Busy World of Richard Scary/Paid programming about quick dubious weight loss methods (IRONY MUCH?)
5. CNN (who's really bad to their female anchors - I can't even watch them)
6. Good Morning America (whose banter would send any sane person to the loony bin)
7. CBS whatever morning show that is (who will not let balloon boy or Michael Jackson go, they just won't)
8. One of the six live not-very-good concerts
9. The TODAY show (who ran a multi-day story about a girl who can't stop sneezing - are you kidding me)
10. Sports Center (the most effective of the above choices, but I only care about sports so much)

Would it be so hard to give us a USA, a TNT, a TBS, an ANYTHING that has a storyline in the morning? Please, please - come to the gym at 7am and tell me what you would watch while running for an hour. Put a sheet in the locker rooms asking if people are happy with the stations they're offered or if they'd like different ones.

Understand, I love my Planet Fitness membership and I love working out there - it's just hard to keep coming back when what I have to look forward to is television annoyance for the time that I'm there. You guys are lucky I don't want to be fat.

Sincerely,
Heather Montana
TV Email #2 (of however many this takes, seriously)