FitnessFirst健身房事件后续 | 总部向本报作出的回应竟是这样哎，要走的路还很长,澳洲新鲜事微信公众号文章

上周末，

我们独家爆料了

关于FitnessFirst Chatswood店歧视事件

（详情点☞：【爆料】澳洲知名健身房Fit nessFirst Chatswood店贴满“种族歧视”海报店员指责中国人专在淋浴间大便？！），引发了大家的激烈讨论：

小谷子(Grace)：

抵制这种行为，可以不去这个地方健身

张珂：

我经常去chatswood和wynyard station那两家。总体感觉chatswood那家的员工素质比较低，而city那家顾客素质更低。c那家对华人也更不友好，虽然主要依靠华人帮衬。我去游泳经常丢梳子和泳衣，chatswood的员工不会帮忙找，但city的会。而梳子落在chatswood卫生间两天都没人拿，city那里落一次丢一次。chatswood的游泳池总用中文要求带泳帽，可city的没有任何要求。chatswood是悉尼素质最高的华人区，在这里它们尚且如此对待华人，可想而知其他地方会怎样。建议更换chatswood分店的总经理为华人，适应当地社区情况。

cx：

这不算歧视吧。歧视是在没有做错事的情况下受到的不公正待遇和攻击。在与老外的工作竞争中比较常见。这个告示又没特别指责这位女士。作为一个华人我自己都为自己同胞感到羞耻。就拿公共卫生间来说，知道中国人有时怕染病不愿座，但最起码用完擦干净，穿的像个人，但像动物一样撒的到处都是，就扬长而去。在华人后面进去的local 常常惊慌失措的又逃出来，心里有多崩溃我身有同感。别人为什么贴中文，那也是没办法吧。如果算是歧视，同样是华人中的一员我只有认了。谁让自己同胞不争气呢。

只选取了部分网友的评论，谢谢大家的积极留言

周一，部分会员前往这家会所和工作人员进行理论，均未得到明确答复，只是被以向总部沟通此类问题而敷衍了事。

随后，澳洲日报致电了FitnessFirst总公司，该公司得知后非常震惊，并且表示之前根本没收到任何店员上报过这个事情，公司会在商议后向我们发出一封正式的回应邮件。

今天早上，我们收到了一封来自FitnessFirst总公司给出的正式回应邮件：（图片太长，放文字版方便大家阅读）

At Fitness First we pride ourselves in providing a safe, clean and hygienic space for all members and visitors to enjoy. Throughout our clubs, members will often find notifications displayed to outline the clubs’ rules and regulations in association with hygiene and cleanliness. These are to ensure the standards of the facility remain at the highest level for our members.

Recently, complaints were received from some members of Fitness First Chatswood in relation to cleanliness in some areas of the gym, leading club management to post signage with reminders of their safety and cleanliness requirements.

In recognising English is a second language for a large majority of our members at Chatswood, Fitness First consulted with the Australian Multilingual Services to create signage in English, Cantonese and Mandarin – the three largest spoken languages within the Chatswood catchment area.

Fitness First understands some members were offended by the placement and volume of these signs, and sincerely apologises to anyone who was offended in any way. Fitness First welcomes members and visitors from all backgrounds and communities and it was certainly not the intention to single out the Chinese community.

The Fitness First Australia head office is working closely with the club to resolve the issue immediately, and ensure no further offence is caused.

说了一些客套话后，FitnessFirst总公司对于此次事件给出的解释是：贴那么多张中文告示，是因为中文、广东话、英语是Chatswood店最主要的客人群体。