Anytime Fitness apologises after member fined for not noticing stranger tailgated him to enter gym

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Anytime Fitness apologises after member fined for not noticing stranger tailgated him to enter gym
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Anytime Fitness Bugis has issued an apology following a viral incident in which a gym member was penalised for not closing the door behind him. Unaware that a stranger had entered the door behind him at the gym, Alan Sim was shocked when he received a WhatsApp message that he was fined a $60 'tailgating fee'. Finding the penalty 'extremely...

Anytime Fitness Bugis has issued an apology following a viral incident in which a gym member was penalised for not closing the door behind him.behind him at the gym, Alan Sim was shocked when he received a WhatsApp message that he was fined a $60 "tailgating fee".

Taken aback by the sudden imposition of a penalty, Sim shared in his post that he went down to the Anytime Fitness Bugis outlet to check the full CCTV footage and make an appeal. Since his appeal was denied, Sim had no other option but to pay the "tailgating fee", but he wrote: "Now one thing for sure, I'll be sure to always close the door behind me even if there is someone behind me."

Netizens were equally shocked that Anytime Fitness Bugis had imposed a penalty on Sim without leniency since he said it was an oversight. They wrote that the tailgating policies imposed at their gym exist to protect members as well as ensuring a safe environment for all gym users.

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