Glob-a-log

Okay, this is a strange one.

Have you ever been thrown out of a restaurant because you were caught eating at one of their tables?

Or been banned from your local cinema for watching a movie? Thought not.

Still, that is – more or less – what happened to Andy Heatman, from Maghull:

A KEEP-FIT fan has been barred from his Merseyside gym after complaints that he was sweating too much.

Andy Heatman, from Maghull, was left humiliated after he was told there had been 15 complaints about his personal hygiene. The 42-year-old psychiatric nurse, who teaches patients about cleanliness and hygiene, was confronted by staff at Cheshire Lines Health Club, in Maghull.

The father-of-three said he was angry and embarrassed about what had happened and now feels paranoid about his body odour. He said: “I work out for two hours, four or five times a week. I use the bikes, treadmill and cross trainer so of course I sweat. But no-one has ever said anything about my body odour, I use showers, shower gel, deodorant just like everyone else.”

Cheshire Lines gym owner Bill Martin said: “We did everything humanly possible to avoid humiliating him. We have standards here as well as any other gym has standards.”

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