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Chinese gym terminates membership over body odour complaints

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A gym in Hangzhou, China, terminated a member's three-year membership after receiving numerous complaints about his body odour. The gym refunded the member, identified as Shi, and offered him a three-month membership at another facility. Shi, who had been a regular at the gym for five times a week, stated he had lost significant weight previously and had been a workout enthusiast for a decade. AI

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Chinese gym terminates membership over body odour complaints

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Alice Yan ·

    Chinese gym refunds client, offers membership elsewhere after body odour complaints

    A man in China has been refunded by a gym which asked him not to use the premises any more and even offered him a three-month membership card at another gym because management had received too many complaints about his strong body odour. The man, identified only as Shi, lives in …

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