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SELF ETIQUETTE
You know what is awesome?... Showering! Also awesome... not being nasty and/or stanky.
I put up a quick list of (I think) sensible points. Perhaps this is common sense, but we all know that common sense is not common. Let me elaborate on the Self-Etiquette section of the Box Rules:
Using deodorant is a great idea. Spritzing yourself with your fancy perfume or cologne is not. Continuing along that tangent, bathing in your perfume or cologne before coming to the WOD gives me angry face. I know you think that you smell adorable in your Viva Juicy perfume, or uber macho in your Coolwater cologne. It is not necessary, it's not. You aren't fooling anyone, now you smell like "desperate and B.O." Hit yourself up a bit of soap and water - it takes minutes. Wear clean clothes (not stinky ones). Ok, I am dude and I grew up poor. I know that some clothes can be worn, taken off, and worn again another day without need for immediate laundering. However, there are some circumstances to consider. I have a couple favorite shirts to WOD in that I've ground into the box floor and have some stains on them that I couldn't get out with rocket launcher. Still, I know that there is a difference between dirty clothes and funky clothes. I can re-wear a shirt with a stubborn stain on it, I can not re-wear a shirt that smells like hot trashcan juice. Lastly, I know your mom told you to always have on some clean draws.
Don’t spit in the box. The
same goes for any mucosal fluid.
Explanation: If you need dispense saliva, go to bathroom or outside. Do not spit in our trashcan, or else you are in charge of emptying it outside. Mucosal fluid - e.g. snot rockets, and road oysters - If you need to blow your nose do it in the bathroom or outside. If you need to cough or sneeze, cover it. *I find it slightly annoying that I have to tell grown-ass people this.*If you puke, you clean. This should not need explanation. If you need to yak, you better make it to a suitable puke-bucket or outside. Whatever you do puke on or in, you gotta clean up.
Fun fact, some of my favorite synonyms for puke = toss your cookies, blow chunks, ralph.
Don’t make a mess – anywhere (inside the box, in our parking area, in the bathrooms, etc.), do not litter, do not be messy. Please be a doll and respect your environment.
If you’re contagious, stay home! Whatever you got, we don't want. You aren’t going
to beat a cold or virus with one WOD. The best way to get over it is with some R&R. As a matter of fact, a tough/intense WOD may actually slightly reduce your immune system's efficacy.
On a related side-note, you should always wash your hands and you should do it many times per day.
In closing, I know that sometimes we rip our precious hands or shins and we bleed. Upon completion of your WOD, please make sure to clean up any piece of equipment that you may have bled on. We do have the adequate cleaning supplies for the equipment, and we do have an adequate first-aid kit so that you can clean your boo-boo as well.
Keepin it real is my middle name (I changed it; it used to be Herbert)
- EL Negro
In closing, I know that sometimes we rip our precious hands or shins and we bleed. Upon completion of your WOD, please make sure to clean up any piece of equipment that you may have bled on. We do have the adequate cleaning supplies for the equipment, and we do have an adequate first-aid kit so that you can clean your boo-boo as well.
Keepin it real is my middle name (I changed it; it used to be Herbert)
- EL Negro
