Eight pages already...hot topic! My thought: if I see a guy w/ speedos or jammers getting into the pool in lanes near me, and they look reasonably fit, I'm relieved. This has less to do with what they're wearing than what their suit and appearance represent: someone who probably knows his pool etiquette. Of course, don't judge a book by its cover and all that, but generally speaking, if someone's approaching the pool with confidence, knows what he's doing, he's more likely to respect my workout space too.
Not that I will assume that guys in swim trunks DON'T know what they're doing--in fact, I've come to see the same faces, and know which fo the guys will be polite, but if a stranger comes in, I breathe easier if he's wearing something that looks as if he's planning a real workout.
With women, it's sometimes harder to tell b/c some the look of some workout suits is pretty close to something you might buy in a department store. With women, I then look for goggles too.
Don't even get me started on people who pop into my lane without looking where they're going, start across two abreast, then wade/swim back. (Today, yeah...grrrr! But that's a whole other thread...getting back on the subject, the two women who did this were wearing what appeared to be workout suits.)
Eight pages already...hot topic! My thought: if I see a guy w/ speedos or jammers getting into the pool in lanes near me, and they look reasonably fit, I'm relieved. This has less to do with what they're wearing than what their suit and appearance represent: someone who probably knows his pool etiquette. Of course, don't judge a book by its cover and all that, but generally speaking, if someone's approaching the pool with confidence, knows what he's doing, he's more likely to respect my workout space too.
Not that I will assume that guys in swim trunks DON'T know what they're doing--in fact, I've come to see the same faces, and know which fo the guys will be polite, but if a stranger comes in, I breathe easier if he's wearing something that looks as if he's planning a real workout.
With women, it's sometimes harder to tell b/c some the look of some workout suits is pretty close to something you might buy in a department store. With women, I then look for goggles too.
Don't even get me started on people who pop into my lane without looking where they're going, start across two abreast, then wade/swim back. (Today, yeah...grrrr! But that's a whole other thread...getting back on the subject, the two women who did this were wearing what appeared to be workout suits.)
