We have fully released a summer class schedule. *Cue flamboyant bow.
Some of us made changes. Some of us are holding strong and sticking with what we’ve been doing. Some of the changes were time related and some were an entire switch of days and times. Some classes got dropped off entirely for the summer.
We worked really hard to come up with something that we thought would offer “something for everyone.”
Then, promptly after releasing it, we heard from many of you that - you hated it.
You stopped short of saying you hated us for making all those stupid changes anyway, but it sort of felt that way even without the words. So I, Jess, took a little time to lick my wounds and then I decided to ask - who among you has done your job so perfectly in such a way that you consistently hit your mark for every. single. person that requires something of you? Which of you never disappoints a coworker or handles every one of your duties and then makes sure that everyone else is fully supported in their duties also? Will that Slim Shady please stand up? - And I say “that” instead of “the” under the assumption if there is a person out there consistently running above average at everything they do every single day they do it - that there is likely only one.
It’s just not reality. Nor is it feasible for us to have perfected a schedule that every single person would have loved. Because if we offer classes at four time slots every morning so any and all people can fit a class into their day, then the instructors are severly overwhelmed and probably quitting their jobs by July.
If we offer classes in four time slots, the patrons who like to workout in the multipurpose room are irritated because the space is taken up for most of the morning with classes.
If we offer four class options every morning and at least two of them aren’t very well attended, that doesn’t compute very well on a monetary standpoint and then the city officials and the taxpayers are wondering why the money is going to pay instructors when they only have one or two people in a class.
In short - more class times makes more people annoyed than happy.
So what did we do? We decided to offer two options, three times a week. We opted to leave the second (later) option off of Fridays because we know many people leave on Fridays for vacations and camping and summer stuff. Similarily, we opted to leave off the early option on Mondays because people get back from said vacations and camping and summer stuff and they unpack and get groceries and pick up the dog from the kennel and after they’ve done all that THEY ARE TIRED, MAN. Prioritze your sleep. There’s no class to get up for anyway.
This was our best workable offering. Best for the instructors schedules (instructors who also are holding their regular jobs, running kids around and want to do the vacations and camping and summer stuff too.)
Best for the other patrons, who also want to have access to the multipupose room for their multipurpose workouts. Best for the budget, (ahem, assuming we have people in those classes,) and hopefully, best for people who need to get to work early (there’s a 6am option - it’s done by 6:30!) or those who want to sleep a bit (there’s a 7am option - it’s done by 7:30!)
We hope to see you at some point in our summer session. Whether that’s on the regular, or sporadically. Whatever works for you, we’d love to have you. And hey - remember, prioritize your sleep sometimes this summer. Your brain health depends on it.