So last night the last 2 lanes that are reserved for lap swimming were busier than usual. 1 lane had a HS kid doing a workout and then some rather large fella just slowly swimming. They had divided the lane into 2 and each staying on their side. No biggie.
The other lane had 3 people in it and all looked like swimmers and had been around the block. They were circle swimming. I hopped in the lane and started my 600 yd warm up. After I finished I stayed in the lane at one end to catch my breath and moved to the inside corner nearest corner of the base and lane wall. I did so thinking this would allow the remaining swimmers to drift to the center to do their flip turns and then push out and go back to the right side of the lane. Apparently I did this wrong... as I swam down to the other end I notice all 3 of the swimmers are at one end and pointing at me and obviously talking about me. Then the woman hops out of the lane and goes into the other lane and gives me the stink eye the entire time... and so does her husband/boyfriend.
Was I out of line by going to the corner and getting "small"???
Everyone has their own set of quirky rules for joining lanes. I'm usually ready for just about anything. Roger frequently shows up late and joins my lane unannounced. Dave will cut across my lane underneath me just to get in my head. I'm used to it and assume stuff like that is going to happen. Other people have rigid rules for what happens in their lane. I visited a pool once and the coach told me to join a lane where someone was already swimming. I jumped in and took off assuming he was used to team members just showing up. He wasn't and let me know about it. I apologized later and we talked for a while about other things. He was a nice guy but just didn't like surprises. Now, I make sure I establish some sort of communication or acknowledgement that I'm there before I push off.
So, I really don't know what the issue was with your swimmers but it could be anything. Best thing to do is try to communicate with everyone as soon as possible in the lane. Once you start talking, its less likely you will have problems. And if they have a laundry list of "lane rules", I'm sure they will let you know.
Everyone has their own set of quirky rules for joining lanes. I'm usually ready for just about anything. Roger frequently shows up late and joins my lane unannounced. Dave will cut across my lane underneath me just to get in my head. I'm used to it and assume stuff like that is going to happen. Other people have rigid rules for what happens in their lane. I visited a pool once and the coach told me to join a lane where someone was already swimming. I jumped in and took off assuming he was used to team members just showing up. He wasn't and let me know about it. I apologized later and we talked for a while about other things. He was a nice guy but just didn't like surprises. Now, I make sure I establish some sort of communication or acknowledgement that I'm there before I push off.
So, I really don't know what the issue was with your swimmers but it could be anything. Best thing to do is try to communicate with everyone as soon as possible in the lane. Once you start talking, its less likely you will have problems. And if they have a laundry list of "lane rules", I'm sure they will let you know.
