:bitching: Ok, tell me please if I'm being petty here. Every summer, I swim outside in the community pool which has 2 lap lanes available in the morning and evenings. HOwever, while swimming, I often have to wait for non swimmers who enter the lap lane and go under the ropes to cross over to the open area, because they are too lazy to use the other two entrances to the pool ALL THE WAY ON THE OTHER SIDE, about a whole 15 feet away! Today, I ended up in a confrontation with a woman, (sorry, but why is it always the women????) who said she didn't want to walk around to the other side. When I told her that the lap lanes were put in for lap swimming and that crossing while people are swimming is not safe, she laughed at me. Of course, the 3 lifeguards sat and watched in their usual stupor. Do you deal with this in your general outdoor pools? I am throwing in the towel and giving up since the guards will not monitor the lanes and frankly, fighting when swimming is making me very unhappy. :badday:
I think no good ever comes from people telling other people the "rules" - be it hikers telling mountain bikers to stay off single-track trails (when it's forbidden) or yelling at someone entering the pool in the wrong place. The best you can do is talk to the pool manager and let them know the problem, as them to ask the lifeguards to enforce the rules/policies (if they are, indeed, rules/policies of the pool.) If they're not going to make it an enjoyable place to lap swim, then find another pool.
I think no good ever comes from people telling other people the "rules" - be it hikers telling mountain bikers to stay off single-track trails (when it's forbidden) or yelling at someone entering the pool in the wrong place. The best you can do is talk to the pool manager and let them know the problem, as them to ask the lifeguards to enforce the rules/policies (if they are, indeed, rules/policies of the pool.) If they're not going to make it an enjoyable place to lap swim, then find another pool.
