Wednesday, May 14, 2008

There's a generation gap in fitness clubs

'Geezers get out'
New research finds that if the old folks like it, the kids will stay away

Sarah Schmidt , Canwest News Service

Young customers don't want old people around when they're eating out at restaurants and will avoid patronizing health clubs and other service industries related to physical activity if senior citizens are present, a new study suggests...

1 comment:

  1. I've seem this from the fitness clubs near me. This might be the result of relations between parents and their children which have always remained a very important problem in our society. But children want to be independent; especially when they're older. But their parents still think think of them as children and continue to treat them like one. It makes "children" cross and there can be quarrels in the family, because of overcaring. Thus affecting the way kids interact with people older than them.

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