After a great deal of angst and threatened legal action, our neighborhood homeowners association is getting a promised clubhouse and swimming pool. Construction started this summer and should be completed next month. Since this asset will function as a mini-health club, now is a great time to review etiquette — considering the things I’ve experienced in actual health clubs and gyms. We want to stay good neighbors!

• Even if you’re only on an exercise machine for a few minutes, please wipe it down. Your sweat doesn’t bother you, but it bothers me if I sit in it.
• Don’t take magazines from the workout room into the restroom with you and then leave them on the stall floor.
• Turn off the shower when you leave the shower area. Just turn the knob in the opposite direction!
• While we’re talking about showers, how about buffer zone etiquette? If I’m on the end of an otherwise unoccupied shower nozzle row, please don’t choose the nozzle directly next to mine.
• Yes, it’s great to see you again, too. But, if you don’t mind, I am trying to get to the workout room. You’ve completely undressed during our conversation and are now just hanging out — literally — chatting with me in the nude. Frankly, this situation has become awkward.

Can you relate? Is there something that bothers you about health clubs?