Sure enough, Gregory Ghoul blocked my way. He looked like he was in a total panic.

"SP,"he cried, "Go and get ready Halloween is nearly upon us. Don't worry about him upstairs, he is just having a bad day, come in and train if you like, but lady Halloween is in two hours and you will never make it onto that float if you don't go and get ready this second. For one day you can skip the gym. I am very anxious you will miss the parade if you don't leave now. Be gone!"

He had a point. Not only that if people who work out at Equinox end up looking like him, well it is not exatly appealing anyway. His tee shirt was very baggy and not what you would expect to see from a guy who worked at Equinox, obviously they were having staffing problems. I mean he was a nice guy and had much better customer skills than his buddy upstairs but still rather off putting looking. I took his advice and skipped the workout.