In an effort to swim closer to home I started going to a community pool nearby. Just as I was about to get in a lane, the young woman in it stopped at the end, hawked something up, and spit it in the gutter. Then she did it again.
The lifeguard to whom I pointed this out said that the gutters empty into the sewer. I don't think so, and even if the water is sent through the filters, is spitting in the gutter now acceptable?
Wasn't when I swam in college 35 years ago, isn't at the (expensive) club I was trying to substitute for. But is this dirty or am I being foolishly fastidious? Your honest comments please!
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As to the original question --
I'd rather see them hocked into the gutter than directly into the pool.
At least, by the time the gutter water gets through the drain and back into the pool, it has been through the filter and through fresh chlorine and all. It's pretty thoroughly processed by then -- and if it's a result of the person having a cold, then even the germs/virus contained therein will be neutralized by the chlorine. It seems to me that the same material added directly into the pool would take longer to be neutralized.
As to the original question --
I'd rather see them hocked into the gutter than directly into the pool.
At least, by the time the gutter water gets through the drain and back into the pool, it has been through the filter and through fresh chlorine and all. It's pretty thoroughly processed by then -- and if it's a result of the person having a cold, then even the germs/virus contained therein will be neutralized by the chlorine. It seems to me that the same material added directly into the pool would take longer to be neutralized.
