Please tell me that this kind of thing doesn't happen in the States!
This morning, before coming into work, I trained at the local pool in Kenilworth, England, - 25 metres, four lanes. Not brilliant facilities, but acceptable.
At the end of each lane there is a sign: lane 1- slow, lane 2 - slow, lane 3 -medium, lane 4 - fast. Why do some swimmers, who clearly have difficulty in keeping up, always want to swim in the fast lane? This morning one elderly man, joined the fast lane. He swam breaststroke (I think it was!) with his face out of the water, which was a feat in itself because he was swimming so slowly. There were six of us in the lane and three left the pool (myself included).
When on the deck I decided to time him. He was consistent. Every length of the 25m pool was swum in 2 mins 15 seconds!
Please tell me this kind of 'swimming etiquette' wouldn't be seen in your pool.
So that I can continue with my swimming I need to be reassured that this was a one-off. I'm still in shock.
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Graham.....that would also piss me off as well. Do you think the guy just wasn't paying attention when he chose the fast lane?....It's possible he didn't really read the postings on the lanes and thought that all the lanes were virtually the same....He would be guilty of not paying close enough attention to what he is doing....but I am more forgiving about things like that then just outwardly being rude and inconsiderate.
At our pool there is a recreational section next to the lap swimming lanes and the kids get a kick out of deliberately throwing items at the lap swimmers....they also like to play games where they deliberately swim across the lap lanes (kind of like a dare).....One Saturday these kids relentlessly filled my lane with an assortment of all kinds of materials (kickboards, plastic toys, rings....you name it and they threw it at me)....every single time I came into the wall to turn at the shallow end I was relentlessly pelted with several different items....I didn't even know these kids....the parents on the pool deck didn't seem to care about it either...even though I asked one of the parents to please ask her kids to stop...as I was talking to her about it, 2 of her kids were still throwing stuff in my lane while standing right next to her....The lifeguard asked them to stop a couple of times....but basically did nothing about it.
Newmastersswimmer
Graham.....that would also piss me off as well. Do you think the guy just wasn't paying attention when he chose the fast lane?....It's possible he didn't really read the postings on the lanes and thought that all the lanes were virtually the same....He would be guilty of not paying close enough attention to what he is doing....but I am more forgiving about things like that then just outwardly being rude and inconsiderate.
At our pool there is a recreational section next to the lap swimming lanes and the kids get a kick out of deliberately throwing items at the lap swimmers....they also like to play games where they deliberately swim across the lap lanes (kind of like a dare).....One Saturday these kids relentlessly filled my lane with an assortment of all kinds of materials (kickboards, plastic toys, rings....you name it and they threw it at me)....every single time I came into the wall to turn at the shallow end I was relentlessly pelted with several different items....I didn't even know these kids....the parents on the pool deck didn't seem to care about it either...even though I asked one of the parents to please ask her kids to stop...as I was talking to her about it, 2 of her kids were still throwing stuff in my lane while standing right next to her....The lifeguard asked them to stop a couple of times....but basically did nothing about it.
Newmastersswimmer
