The community I live in has 2 High School pools that are closed about 90 percent of the time do to the differences of opinion between the 2 "Pool Directors". There are no public swim times and our Masters Team has not been able to get pool time in over a month. It is really frustrating. Being new to the community I don't really want to make waves but the whole thing just makes me so frustrated. Writing this has actually helped a little.
Has anyone else encountered such an issue? Please share...
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Hey, it's been a while since we had a flaming argument. I'll risk an incredibly arrogant, insensitive, and un-PC comment.
One of the most remarkable aspects of swimming is inverted IQ pyramid. To wit, if you look at the masses of "fitness" swimmers and mediocre competitive swimmers, you will find a stunning percentage of doctors, lawyers, professional money managers, engineers, college professors. A cornucopia of people with advanced degrees and notable professional acheivements. Now let's look at the top, the elite swimmers, coaches and pool managers. SOME (not all) of these people are remarkably shallow, self-centered, unimaginative and insecure BLOCK HEADS who clearly reached their "Peter Principle" point when asked to fill out a lifeguarding schedule. Just astounding.
There, in the style of the unnamed one, I have made the stupidly profound (or profoundly stupid, take your pick) statement of the day. Please feel free to flame away; I painted the bullseye on my own backside.
Matt
P.S. In defense of the aforementioned pool managers who are alleged to not get along, what is the reliability of our information? Are we certain there is not a health, maintenance or unavailability of staffing issue that they have worked diligently to solve with scant appreciation from us the nattering public at large?
Hey, it's been a while since we had a flaming argument. I'll risk an incredibly arrogant, insensitive, and un-PC comment.
One of the most remarkable aspects of swimming is inverted IQ pyramid. To wit, if you look at the masses of "fitness" swimmers and mediocre competitive swimmers, you will find a stunning percentage of doctors, lawyers, professional money managers, engineers, college professors. A cornucopia of people with advanced degrees and notable professional acheivements. Now let's look at the top, the elite swimmers, coaches and pool managers. SOME (not all) of these people are remarkably shallow, self-centered, unimaginative and insecure BLOCK HEADS who clearly reached their "Peter Principle" point when asked to fill out a lifeguarding schedule. Just astounding.
There, in the style of the unnamed one, I have made the stupidly profound (or profoundly stupid, take your pick) statement of the day. Please feel free to flame away; I painted the bullseye on my own backside.
Matt
P.S. In defense of the aforementioned pool managers who are alleged to not get along, what is the reliability of our information? Are we certain there is not a health, maintenance or unavailability of staffing issue that they have worked diligently to solve with scant appreciation from us the nattering public at large?
