Do you want to know what is funny? What’s funny is our Property Management Company. We live on a former air force base, as I believe I’ve mentioned before. It’s usually pretty nice. There is one end where people are loud and there are lots of kids who run around breaking stuff, kind of like the Bottle Kids… but we live in a pretty quiet spot and haven’t ever experienced anything like that.
Anyway. When the base closed, a bunch of businesses bought the existing facilities. They turned the Officer’s Club and the barracks into a hotel. There’s a hockey school in the arena. They opened an aerospace factory in one of the hangars, a TV production company in another, and a police academy in the former school. The companies rebuilt what needed rebuilding, and everything seems pretty good.
This summer, the Canada Games were in PEI. They were actually here, in my neighbourhood. The athletes used the (refurbished by the Canada Games committee) rec centre as their training area.
We just got a flyer in the mail from our Property Management Company, announcing that the Canada Games Fitness Facility will be open to the public soon. With Special Rates for residents!!! Special Rates!
Do you want to know what the special rates are? For regular people, it’s $8 each time you go. For those of us who live here? $5. Whether you’re using the walking track, the fitness equipment (which consists of four treadmills, two dip machines, four exercise bikes, and various weights), or the pool tables (pool tables = fitness!), you pay $5 per visit.
Now, let’s say I want to use their walking track five days a week (I usually walk 7 days but just for the sake of my multiplication capabilities). That would cost me $25/week. $100/month. They’re advertising it as a “less costly alternative” to the wellness centre.
Yes, not 10 minutes down the road, there is a Wellness Centre. This Wellness Centre has an indoor walking track that you can use for free. It also has other facilities like a gym with more than just a few pieces of fitness equipment. It has a pool. It has bowling alleys. It has two NHL-sized arenas. And how much does it cost to go? Well, as I mentioned, the walking track is free. The rest? Considerably less than $100 per month.
I’m thinking perhaps our Property Management Company has a little trouble with the mathematic.