"You can share my lane, if you promise not to splash"

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Former Member — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 10:19:38 GMT

Hysterical! Who expects 1) not to share a lane and 2) not to get their ears wet?

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FindingMyInnerFish — Tue, 05 Jul 2016 04:58:34 GMT

I sometimes wonder if every facility with a pool should require swimmers to take a class in pool etiquette before they're allowed to swim... Just a few guidelines such a course should cover. 1. Entering a pool involves getting into water. Water is wet. Those who don't wish to be wet should not enter the pool. Those who enter do so with the understanding that they will get wet--including hair and make-up. 2. Elaborate hair, make-up, and perfume are better reserved for dressed up outings. Perfume... please, no! 3. A pool is not like a running track. A lap does not involve swimming around the perimeter of the pool (yes, I saw someone doing this once). Just a few items....

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Former Member — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 09:35:47 GMT

oh one other thing: may have been best not to do butterfly (or breaststroke depending on the lane size).

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Former Member — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 09:32:35 GMT

As Kirk mentioned, this kind of stuff happens all the time. I like your simple repsonse, "I don't care." Really, that is about all you can say. My canned response is, "you do not have enough information to make those kind of judgements," but in a way I like "I don't care," more.

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Kurt Dickson — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 06:26:05 GMT

You are a horrible horrible person and should treat the self righteous with the respect they feel they deserve. This is the truest statement ever made about noodlers. I occasionally swim in a 3 lane pool. One time people showed up, two of us shared, but the third refused and continued swimming breastroke in the middle (which also happened to be the larger center lane). People kept standing behind the lane, then leaving. Finally, I offered the 3rd or 4th stander to take my place and I would make her share. I started swimming on one side and after a few incidental blows (I mean barely anything), she was crying, calling me rude, and threatening to call her karate wielding boyfriend...anyway she got out and I felt bad...unfortunately I have a hundred of these stories...it must be me.:)

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Former Member — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:58:16 GMT

I used to swim alternating clockwise/anticlockwise, but still can only turn clockwise!

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swimshark — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 07:41:41 GMT

I had some swimmers from the UK visit our workouts a short bit ago, and they commented about the habit of clockwise and anti-clockwise alternating lanes. Love the idea, swam with it in Europe. No whacking hands. Forget and you whack heads. My former masters team did that. It was nice knowing we wouldn't hit each other. And now, when my coach tells us to go in reverse direction, I know how to turn either way.

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stanflys — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 02:10:48 GMT

:applaud:Thank you thank you thank you everybody for these posts. I realize it can be a serious issue for the "old" ladies in question, but this still has me laughing. We have all been there with the "lane territoriality". I see it every morning I am at the pool. Thankfully it is in the open swim right after our workout ends. :bow:I loved the polite answer about being respectful and paying for the pool too, and I have added that the person lecturing me might just ask the lifeguard, "What is the pool's official policy?:angel: Surprise! Share then: Circle swimming! But no splashing! Circle swimming: Another well loved open swim pool concept. I'm still laughing, yet wishing I was in Jacksonville at convention. Brief comment on circle swimming: I had some swimmers from the UK visit our workouts a short bit ago, and they commented about the habit of clockwise and anti-clockwise alternating lanes. Love the idea, swam with it in Europe. No whacking hands. Forget and you whack heads.

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Former Member — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:15:28 GMT

HA! This *may* be how 10-year-old boys behave when they have a crush. Or else my dad was just saying that to make me feel better when I got picked on. I think that one is true. My son used to trade insults with this girl he liked at school. He called her "creature". I was the same way as a kid. Our immature minds can't handle the embarrasment of admitting that we like someone, so we cover it up by acting the opposite. I seriously doubt that's what was going on at the pool though. I don't think Dry Ear liked me. I don't even think she liked the water. Who knows why she was in there.

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Former Member — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:07:35 GMT

Usually means she has a crush on you. This is usually *not* how women behave when they have a crush. Stalk her. Find out where she works. Surprise her with a bucket of water to the face. HA! This *may* be how 10-year-old boys behave when they have a crush. Or else my dad was just saying that to make me feel better when I got picked on.

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mattson — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 09:49:54 GMT

I was thinking of telling her about silicone ear plugs and suggesting that she try some. I figured that would probably just offend her even more. Depends on how you say it. If you do it as a command ("Get ear plugs!" :bitching: ), probably offends. You have to pretend to be completely naive and nice. ("I'm so sorry to hear you have an ear infection. A friend of mine with the same problem recommended wearing silicon ear plugs to keep your ears dry when swimming.")

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Former Member — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 08:34:19 GMT

havepoolwillswim, are you available to speak at this Wednesday's meeting? Our scheduled speaker had to cancel. Something about being arrested, I forget the details. I have 26 buckets of water to fill, but I think I can squeeze in a few minutes. See you Wednesday.

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Elaine Krugman — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 06:58:27 GMT

:lmao: 'Slug, that lady was a real piece of work; just like the ladies at my pool who complain because they don't want to get their hair wet. I'll never forget the b*%$ who stood up at a meeting in front of 30 people and yelled, "I stopped going to water aerobics because of HER (she was referring to me), because I don't want to get my hair wet!" Whaaaaaaaaaa!!! You have my sympathy... :bighug:

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Former Member — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 06:34:55 GMT

Stalk her. Find out where she works. Surprise her with a bucket of water to the face.

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That Guy — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 02:59:54 GMT

Stalk her. Find out where she works. Surprise her with a bucket of water to the face. havepoolwillswim, are you available to speak at this Wednesday's meeting? Our scheduled speaker had to cancel. Something about being arrested, I forget the details.

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Former Member — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 16:35:47 GMT

Trying to do a serious workout in a community pool, even during lap swim hours, is gonna create issues since 9 out of 10 of the swimmers are not really athletes and can't look past things like accidental touches or misplaced splashes. If I get yelled at, I just apologize quickly and get back to swimming. (however, if the pool I had to temporarily share was one of those shallow warm pools for rehab or novice swimmers, then...yeah I would probably try to take it a bit easier.) -mark

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orca1946 — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 12:50:48 GMT

They should try, as I did today, a 1,000 person open water swim. I think I might have splashed a few swimmers around me on my way to the finish of the 2.5 K swim in:chillpill: Lake Michigan!:D

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AnnG — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 10:26:11 GMT

Oh my I think that lady moved from my club pool to yours! I was once accused of being a "very bad person" with "very bad manners" by an older woman who said she couldn't get her eyes wet. I had mentioned she should wear goggles in the pool and she refused, said she hated them. Well, sorry but its a pool and there will be some splashing. When I have to swim at the club pool (funny, seems all pools close for maintenance right after Labor Day as I am at the club pool this week too) I do lower my expectations on what I can get accomplished. But no matter how accomodating I am about sharing a lane and trying to show other people how to circle swim or just "stay on that side of the black line" I seem to always be offending someone too. My standard answer is "I am sorry you feel that way." I truly am trying to be respectful and would never intentionally run into or splash a person who was that sensitive however I am also paying for the time in the pool. We do the best we can.

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Former Member — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:46:10 GMT

Yes, you are a bad man. A very very bad man. Bad Man Montage - Babu from Seinfeld - YouTube

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Former Member — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:23:10 GMT

You should be tarred and feathering for being so disrespectful to other lap swimmers. The next time you and her share a lane, you are only permitted to swim butterfly. If you get her hair wet, you then will need to do 12x25 sprint fly with a lot of kicking and thrashing.

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Former Member — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:55:05 GMT

"You're a bad man. You have bad manners." You are a horrible horrible person and should treat the self righteous with the respect they feel they deserve.

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knelson — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 12:06:23 GMT

By the way, this woman was not much older than me so it was somewhat ludicrous to hear her lecturing me like a grandma. Thanks for mentioning this because I assumed she was, ahem, old. Lap swimming really seems to bring out the worst in some people. They're offended if you swim too fast, they're offended if you're too slow, if you splash, if you get in their lane. The list is endless really. And somehow it's always you--not them--that's the rude one.

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ande — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 11:32:54 GMT

"You're a bad man. You have bad manners."You're a thrashing slug, thrashing and splashing go hand in hand. It's unreasonable for her to ask you to not splash in a pool. She should share a lane with a noodler. Maybe she should wear ear plugs I would have asked her: "Why can't you get your ear wet?" "Which ear?" & "Why aren't you using some sort of ear protection?" Some people love getting offended, telling other people how rude they are, & recruiting sympathy from others.

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Former Member — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 09:28:04 GMT

Yes, you are a bad man. A very very bad man. Bad Man Montage - Babu from Seinfeld - YouTube :nono: Nice one. I'll have to use that on someone. :D

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Former Member — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 09:25:45 GMT

Maybe she should wear ear plugs I would have asked her: "Why can't you get your ear wet?" "Which ear?" & "Why aren't you using some sort of ear protection?" I was thinking of telling her about silicone ear plugs and suggesting that she try some. I figured that would probably just offend her even more.