Does anybody out there shower at the gym? Am I the only one who notices the mold on the ceiling of the shower area? Is anyone else grossed out by this? Does anyone ever complain to the management? Am I spending too much time observing the surroundings of the shower area?

Ever since I started working out at a gym/health club, I have always used the shower facilities. Because of my anal-rentative personality, I feel that i need to clean myself up after sweating up a storm teaching or taking class. There have been times that I have taken a shower after only teaching a Body Sculpt class. Some of you will probably think that it is some symbolic gesture about washing off the evil aura of the people who take class. But I digress...

Today, after lifting and taking a step class, I had no choice but to get cleaned up at the gym and head straight to work. I entered a shower stall, pulled the curtain, and looked up at a corner of the stall and saw some kind of mold growing out of the bolt. Anyway, I noticed because it was big enough that it looked like a wasp's nest hanging from the bolt AND because it was not the first time I had seen this same "growth" in this shower stall.

As I continued to gaze at the "growth", my eyes began to look up at the ceiling. This is when I decided to shower and just get out of that stall. The ceiling was covered with mold spots that would make any cheetah jealous. It kinda looked like some kind of alien life form was taking over the shower stalls at West 94th Street NYSC.

I wonder if the management at all sees this problem? I wonder if this is a health code violation? I wonder why I just don't come home to take a shower? Later.  ¶ 10:56 PM