I started diving off of starting blocks when I was eight years old. I am now 51, and train at the Y, almost always alone, as there is no Masters program in the county where I live, or in any of the immediately adjacent counties. (There are several age group programs.) I want to work on my starts, but none of the Y's where I swim will let me use the blocks - saying that a national Y policy prohibits anyone from using the blocks unless a team/club coach is on the deck.
I have never heard of anyone suing a YMCA because of an accident on a starting block.
Yes, perhaps a coach would be valuable to me in this regard, but I'm not looking for a coach - I need and want a cooperative facility. The age groups' program schedules are not conducive to my schedule, and besides, the age group coaches already have enough on their hands during those times with lanes full of kids working their programs. I also am not excited about having to dodge those kids to do the work I need to do.
Anyone find a way to conquer this litigation-fear-induced insanity yet? Thank you.
Tom, Geek: You are still not paying attention to the facts of the McDonald's case. It is not that the coffee was hot. It was that the coffee was made about 40 degrees too hot, deliberately, with no information to the consumer. (That is not the same as hot vs. lukewarm, which you two keep stating.) The coffee was made that way, with the assumption that the drive-through customer would not drink it until 5 minutes later. (By which time it would be hot, but consumable. BTW, I only order the hot chocolate, and I would like to drink it right away, not wait.)
If they had posted something, like "wait 5 minutes before drinking", or provided an option of coffee that is hot but not scalding, then what you two are saying would be valid. But that is not what happened.
Tom, Geek: You are still not paying attention to the facts of the McDonald's case. It is not that the coffee was hot. It was that the coffee was made about 40 degrees too hot, deliberately, with no information to the consumer. (That is not the same as hot vs. lukewarm, which you two keep stating.) The coffee was made that way, with the assumption that the drive-through customer would not drink it until 5 minutes later. (By which time it would be hot, but consumable. BTW, I only order the hot chocolate, and I would like to drink it right away, not wait.)
If they had posted something, like "wait 5 minutes before drinking", or provided an option of coffee that is hot but not scalding, then what you two are saying would be valid. But that is not what happened.
