Planet Fitness — Local services in Cornelia

This review will likely be deleted, but the general public needs to be informed. I had been going to this gym for quite a while, but a few weeks ago, I was on the massage chair, and as I was about to get off, I looked over at my arm and saw a bed bug.

I do not have bed bugs, nor would I have sat down knowing about this. I informed a guy wearing glasses about this occurrence. He was incredibly aloof to the situation from the beginning. He always acts like it’s an inconvenience to do his job, but I felt it was important to inform him regardless. He told me it was just one bug and that it was probably just a roach or something similar.

I wish I could have taken a picture, but I was anxious about the whole situation. It was pretty apparent that it was a bed bug; it looked absolutely identical to the pictures I had Googled. Again, I’ve never had those little pests, but I have a bug phobia and have done my research on them. He told me that since it was just one little bug, it wouldn’t make sense for it to be a bed bug and that I was thinking of a roach infestation.

The whole conversation felt factually incorrect. Clearly, I’m aware this guy isn’t an exterminator, but anyone knows that if there’s one bug, there are likely many. He said with a snarky attitude, “Great... You have all of us scared by one little bug.” It felt incredibly dismissive to act that way. He and his coworker were laughing about the situation, but my little brother and I saw it clearly.

I just needed to inform anyone who uses the amenities and has a black card membership. This is incredibly serious. If you use the massage chair and take a bug home, it can lead to a much bigger problem. If you use the massage chair, please take precautions. I personally will never sit in one of...

UPDATE!! 8-31-24 We came to work out here again and everything has been fixed. The fans were running. No squeaky machines. No broken cables. Locker room was clean. Friendly staff even! Highly recommend!

We worked out here one day while visiting family in Georgia. I wish I could post a video here. The hip machines squeak SO LOUD. They must not have any maintenance guys come through here. One of the cable machines was broke, broken cable just laying there. The lat pulldown cable machine beside it we used had casing missing. They need to send one of their handyman staff over to replace cables and pulleys before someone gets hurt. The abs room could use some airflow (fans), and the mens locker room smelled terrible, like body odor / dirty socks. Needed cleaned. This is my least favorite Planet fitness I've been to, but I still appreciate being able to get a good workout in. If you go here, just use caution. Hopefully things will be repaired soon. Staff wasn't the friendliest, but did return our greeting. Telling people "good morning!" with a smile makes...

They don't have enough plates for the leg press and squat racks. If you want to leg press more than 500lb 🤣, you'll have to swipe plates from the squat racks. I HATE doing that. I don't want to have to be "that guy," but they won't buy more plates. I've had 2 consecutive managers contact me about this complaint, and they both just gave the non-committal "I'll see what we can do" crap that you'd expect. 🙄 Furthermore, there are a plethora of d-bags that don't wipe their slime off of the machines after using them, and no one does anything about it. [Update - 02/25/2025] I had a manager contact me AGAIN a few months ago to leave a voicemail saying that they were getting more plates... and more machines. Nothing was improved, however, because there are still the same number of plates PER machine. They got 12 more plates and 3 more machines. Still have to steal plates from other stations to leg press anything...