: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:
There is a guy on my swim team who was lap swimming one day and somehow upset a woman so she splashed him. He splashed her back and continued swimming. She called the police and said he hit her. The police officer looked at him, ~220 lb body builder body, looked at her (no injury whatsoever), laughed and left.
If you watch the Police Women of Broward County, then you would know that 90% of the time the person who initiates the call to the police is the one handcuffed and taken away. I would think most calls about someone hitting someone at a pool and then seeing two adults it's pretty obvious what happenned - which is absolutely nothing.
Since the lifegaurds offer you no help, I suggest investing in 2 saftey cones and put them by your lane with a stay out sign. If the lifegaurds say something when you put them up, then kindly ask them to enforce the no-walk zone, because it is not safe for you, the right of way swimmer, who might turn and hurt yourself on a foreign object that is crossing inappropriatetely across your lane. They may then decide it's worth a whistle blow instead of a crazy person with 2 saftey cones in his swim bag. I say this as a joke to lighten the thread, but it might also be a good idea to try! Plus, now you have 2 all-purpose saftey cones for all sorts of non pool use as well!! tee hee!
There is a guy on my swim team who was lap swimming one day and somehow upset a woman so she splashed him. He splashed her back and continued swimming. She called the police and said he hit her. The police officer looked at him, ~220 lb body builder body, looked at her (no injury whatsoever), laughed and left.
If you watch the Police Women of Broward County, then you would know that 90% of the time the person who initiates the call to the police is the one handcuffed and taken away. I would think most calls about someone hitting someone at a pool and then seeing two adults it's pretty obvious what happenned - which is absolutely nothing.
Since the lifegaurds offer you no help, I suggest investing in 2 saftey cones and put them by your lane with a stay out sign. If the lifegaurds say something when you put them up, then kindly ask them to enforce the no-walk zone, because it is not safe for you, the right of way swimmer, who might turn and hurt yourself on a foreign object that is crossing inappropriatetely across your lane. They may then decide it's worth a whistle blow instead of a crazy person with 2 saftey cones in his swim bag. I say this as a joke to lighten the thread, but it might also be a good idea to try! Plus, now you have 2 all-purpose saftey cones for all sorts of non pool use as well!! tee hee!
