Every gym I've seen today has been a nightmare. It's like they're hours behind the actual action or something. Constantly changing color and leader even when nobody's around, impossible to battle, just become empty periodically for no reason. It's a real mess. Managed to clip a random Pokemon into one when it was empty and claim points for it, but I got kicked out by nothing almost immediately.
Also, was downtown for a good few hours earlier and am so jealous of how easy mode this game is for people who worked downtown. There were two stops within reach of the store I was in that I just kept periodically spinning, and I caught nine Magikarp, a Haunter, and a Dratini while I was there. I mean, I understand that there are places that have no stops at all, but goddamn. I have three within four blocks of my building which is far from nothing, but it's not that.