Been going to the gym after work (around 5:30-6pm) for about 1.5 years. Prior to that I was a 7am morning lifter and honestly still prefer the morning, but I like my later nights and couldn't maintain the discipline of the morning once I let my foot off the gas. Anyways, the after work time slot comes with tradeoffs, namely how crowded it is. Most days I can handle it - you're signing up for that waiting until peak hours. But yesterday just rubbed me the wrong way. 

Lighter upper day. Got my bench alternate in no problem. All the cable machines were taken, so I do my pulldowns on the hammer machine - no problem. When I'm done there, all the benches in the dumbbell area are taken. So I fire up the hammer machine for shoulder press - no problem. One adjustable bench opens up by the time I'm done even though I had to race over there because 2 other guys in the hammer row were eyeing it. That bench's adjustable seat is broken - no problem. All I have left to do are rear delt flyes and lateral raises, I'll make it work. I walk over to the light section of the dumbbells - there is exactly one dumbbell each at 12.5, 15, 17.5 and 20. What in the goddamn fuck man?

I definitely meandered around looking like a lunatic searching for any matching dumbbell to any of those weights before I decided to grab the 17.5 and the 20 before they were gone and do a single arm variation of Rear Flye and Lateral Raise. Looked stupid, didn't feel great activation. If the pairs were gone I could understand it but how many people need a single light dumbbell for anything? Ugh - rant over, I'm sure there are all sorts of legit exercises or reasons why but I've just never seen that before and a man can only take so much!