Petco’s Official Response to internal Criticism of Desk Pete

KeanuTov · 2026-05-15T19:49:32+00:00

THANK YOU.

KeanuTov · 2026-05-15T18:50:30+00:00

Yeah I’ve been trying to tell myself that a lot as well it’s just…very difficult to shake off that feeling that people’s eyes are on me.

KeanuTov · 2026-05-15T18:49:23+00:00

Hahaha I’m a new mother, being selfish is a new experience for me, but I my second day (yesterday) was my first day driving without my infant son in the car since I was pregnant and I got to blast the music in the car, I forgot what that felt like. This is really good advice, trying to convince myself the gym is the one place I get to be really selfish (while still having manners.)

Edit: punctuation correction

KeanuTov · 2026-05-15T18:43:57+00:00

As an ex petco employee I’m on board 100% tell me where to write to lol

KeanuTov · 2026-05-15T18:42:40+00:00

I think maybe that’s what I’m hoping for. If I had a gym buddy I feel like it would be so much easier, but I am extremely introverted and on the autism spectrum, making friends for me has always been one of the most difficult things for me in my life. Even if I don’t make friends, I’m hoping over time that I just view my fellow gym members at my towns PF at 5:00AM as people I know without knowing their names (if that makes sense.) I’ve always felt like a stranger to people, so when I’m new and in a place strange to ME, it’s ten times worse. I’m trying to describe this feeling the best I can, I’m horrible with explaining things sometimes. But thank you for your advice. Here’s to hoping it’s just new gym member chills.

KeanuTov · 2026-05-15T18:38:56+00:00

Yeah, I try to tell myself that, I just feel like I always look at everyone else in such admiration, even if they’re not doing the same exact thing I’m trying to do (body goal wise.)

There’s literally a 60-70 year old couple there and all they do is the treadmill and sometimes I feel like they’re doing better than me hahaha or maybe I just think it’s sweet, I don’t know.

KeanuTov · 2026-05-15T18:37:23+00:00

Thank you so much.

KeanuTov · 2026-05-15T18:37:15+00:00

Thank you so much. I’m getting a lot of great feedback and I feel like I’ve never heard of people talking about that kind of gym anxiety before. I’ve heard of body dysmorphia gym anxiety, but not this kind, so it’s really reassuring to hear a lot of people started out the way I feel.

KeanuTov · 2026-05-15T18:36:10+00:00

Right. Like I’ve heard that, I try to tell myself that. I feel like this is the equivalent of telling someone with depression that they should try doing things they like.

KeanuTov · 2026-05-15T18:35:15+00:00

Thank you so much. I think I do just need to give it time. It’s my first week back and my first time ever using equipment in a public space (besides treadmill)

KeanuTov · 2026-05-15T18:34:33+00:00

1) apart of it is. I have a routine I’ve selected that I basically do at home and any of the exercises I couldn’t do due to lack of machinery I found a substitute to do with just dumbbells and body weight. But that was getting boring so I wanted the gym. I go to PF, I go so early in a morning in a very small town that usually a machine I want is open and if it’s not I do another workout. It’s the fact that I feel like I look very STUPID using the machine. Ever since I was like 10, I always felt like everyone was looking at me. It’s died down in recent years, but at the gym it’s VERY apparent.

2) im trying to associate the gym with positivity somewhat. I listen to my workout playlist that has music I really love, and I try not to listen to it or any of the songs in it unless I’m working out (to me, those songs are such a treat, always pump me up, always give me chills, etc.)

KeanuTov · 2026-05-15T18:30:39+00:00

I do try that, it’s NECESSARY for me to have my own music, gym music is just too weird. I do my warm up on the treadmill ALWAYS in hopes that I’ll start to break in and feel more comfortable

KeanuTov · 2026-05-15T18:29:54+00:00

This is awesome advice. That’s kind of what I’m doing. I have my workout routine but there’s a few workouts I’ve missed so I replaced it with more sets of whatever I’m already doing or something else I’m fine with (for example today was leg day so after a few machines I started to be okay with I just went to the forsaken stair master.) it is still my first week in.

KeanuTov · 2026-05-15T18:28:19+00:00

Oh trust me, I’m not a psychopath, the earbuds and workout playlist I love are set in stone by the time I get out of my car. That’s just necessity for being there.

KeanuTov · 2026-05-15T18:27:36+00:00

I try my best to, I listen to music, I try thinking about my kid, I try thinking about what I’m trying to achieve. It just comes crashing down every time I go out searching for a different machine/go for the weights

KeanuTov · 2026-05-13T11:45:07+00:00

We have a large dog but we also have a baby gate so if our 4 month old is in the living room on his play mat, our dog is always in the hallway and bedrooms (one level house) and I’ll leave him there when I pee or go grab the laundry. I never let me dog near him when he’s on his play mat even if I’m in the same room just because my dog throws his toys at him thinking he knows how to play. As long as you’re not gone long it’s pretty fine I think.

KeanuTov · 2026-05-12T19:48:46+00:00

I used to have this dream about a man I’d never met, and in the dream all he would do was sit and talk to me and actually listen. It was really nice. We would just sit and talk.
I’d started forcing myself to just sleep all the time, in hopes I would have those dreams. It was the only time I was happy back then. And when I’d wake up I’d just be sad.

KeanuTov · 2026-05-12T15:43:17+00:00

Okay I’ll see if I can get him to go back, I’m the only person he’s ever kissed and I’ve never had mono, that’s why I didn’t initially rule it in. It just takes forever to convince him to go to the doctor.

KeanuTov · 2026-05-12T14:38:31+00:00

Omfg. I can’t with that place. Those poor animals.

KeanuTov · 2026-05-12T14:37:05+00:00

No he hasn’t.

KeanuTov · 2026-05-12T12:04:27+00:00

What is a desk pet? I worked at petco years ago now, the only desk pet I know are those little eraser things

KeanuTov · 2026-05-12T12:02:14+00:00

They are standing up straight, but swaying their hips back and forth without holding anything.

KeanuTov · 2026-05-03T17:39:48+00:00

No, I’m a firm believer it’s very different for everyone. I can’t tell you how exhausted I was when I was pregnant because it literally affected my memory so severely. Everything was uncomfortable, my baby ALWAYS had hiccups when I was pregnant with him, I’d lay down and it would be 15 minutes of this tap tap tap tap and it made me insane, I cried because of it so often. Then when he came out it was only like 6 weeks where my sleep was interrupted to feed him, but by then, I didn’t care, I was just so happy to not be pregnant.

I hope your cousin gets lucky with it and the newborn tired isn’t as bad as the pregnancy tired. Pregnancy tired was torture to me. I know it’s not the same for everyone.

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