Marlborough Lines Stadium 2000 — Local services in South Island

Hello Stadium 2000,

I went in today for my Saturday workout and my tag wasn’t scanning so I went down to reception and had the “pleasure” of speaking to Paula.

I have never been treated so rudely and in such a dismissive manner. I began to tell her what the issue was and straight away she just cuts me off and says “scan the the tag!!!”

No hello, no smile, no warmth… just rude, cold and the sass/attitude she has, really does not make it any more enjoyable to deal with her.

I truly cannot believe you guys have someone like her working at reception. She has the personality of a fence post with members and she does not listen to anything you are saying she just talks over you and raises her voice.

I tried to tell her several times that I have paid my membership religiously since I joined back in August and the bank had stopped my payments back then because of an issue with my signature not matching, but I had fixed all of this back in August and I have been using the gym throughout the year, this was the first time I had any issues scanning in since that one time last August.

She then had the audacity to tell me to “breath and calm down!”

Calm down Paula?!?! You are not letting a paying member use the gym and you are clearly not listening to my situation and you want me to calm down?

She could have at least tried to find a solution but she just had no empathy for my situation. I am truly doubting whether I should just cancel my membership because having to deal with people like her just makes paying a membership not worth while and attending a facility where you are treated like garbage and basically have to plead to be let in, even though you pay every week, makes it just such an unenjoyable and unfair experience.

I hope someone can get back to me about this situation and I truly do hope you guys have a serious conversation to Paula about her actions as no paying member deserves to be...

I've been to the Marlborough Lines Stadium on numerous occasions, but mainly to attend Blenheim C3 Church on Sunday mornings! Other than that I use the gym, and use the pool after a workout. Marlborough Lines Stadium is actually a Multi-purpose sports stadium which caters for sports such as, Squash, Indoor Netball, Basketball, Swimming Comps, Volleyball, Gym, And A Youth Centre, etc. There is also a food court where you can to re-energise your battery 🔋 after exerting your energy at whatever activities where you've run your human batteries out. Overall I Would Give The Marlborough Lines Stadium, And Their Awesome Staff A 💯% Pass Mark For The Awesome Facilities And Service They Provide To The People Of Marlborough, And Visitor's To The Beautiful, And Sunny Blenheim City.

Welcome One, Welcome...

It's a great place, excellent facilities, but if your working hours are 8-5, it's almost impossible to enjoy it. Many lanes are booked out of these hours (sometimes all the lanes of a pool). They close at 7:45 pm, so you cannot even postpone your plans to enjoy a late swim. It's quite disappointing. I've tried so many times, early in the morning or late in the evening and there's no place to swim. It would be sensible, to say the least, to keep at least half of the lanes free to the public out of regular working hours. Do you wanna book a whole pool? Do it when it's less busy... But that's not how it works here.

To make everything worse, the weekend hours are...