Interesting what you say about Spinning@ ... I have a friend who used to go to Spinning@, and after moving to Bristol tried out the Altern8 Monday night juggling club that I go to. She didn't like it, and said it was very unfriendly and cliquey, and found it to be the complete opposite of Spinning@. Whereas I find Altern8 to be very friendly.
I think the take-home message is:
- Most clubs are cliquey
- If you're in the clique they don't feel cliquey to you
- We should all remember that, and try to welcome newcomers (even when we're shy ourselves and find it uncomfortable to do so)
- Don't forget to provide tea and biscuits and invite the newcomers to join you in a cuppa :-)
by Richard Loxley, in response to this post 2015-12-15 14:06:37