here you go, the thread you've been waiting for
SWIM RANT
RANT to your hearts content about aspects of
SWIMMING and SWIMMERS that bug YOU
I encourage you to be good natured and hilarious
you may find it cathartic
Ande
I'm new to this site, but this thread is making me laugh.
My latest pet peeve is the lifeguards closing off two of the lap swim lanes 15 minutes before they're supposed to on Saturday mornings. They said that the person in charge scheduled adult swim lessons at 8:15 even though the lap swim doesn't end until 8:30. Oops. So we have to suck it up? My answer to that is, why can't we just tell the swim lesson people that they should show up 15 minutes later? This past week 6 or 7 lap swimmers were inconvenienced for 3 people having a swim lesson.
I think the worst thing that ever happened to me was when I got in a lane with a guy who did NOT want to share. He made a point of doing a sprint and then resting and then blasting past me again every other lap, kicking hard and creating a LOT of wake. Finally at one point he decided to do breaststroke with very wide pulls and kicks and just as I was going by him, he totally kicked me in the upper arm. Hard. I stopped swimming and yelled at him. He just said, "Sorry!" sarcastically. Grrr!
This is a good way to vent.
I'm new to this site, but this thread is making me laugh.
My latest pet peeve is the lifeguards closing off two of the lap swim lanes 15 minutes before they're supposed to on Saturday mornings. They said that the person in charge scheduled adult swim lessons at 8:15 even though the lap swim doesn't end until 8:30. Oops. So we have to suck it up? My answer to that is, why can't we just tell the swim lesson people that they should show up 15 minutes later? This past week 6 or 7 lap swimmers were inconvenienced for 3 people having a swim lesson.
I think the worst thing that ever happened to me was when I got in a lane with a guy who did NOT want to share. He made a point of doing a sprint and then resting and then blasting past me again every other lap, kicking hard and creating a LOT of wake. Finally at one point he decided to do breaststroke with very wide pulls and kicks and just as I was going by him, he totally kicked me in the upper arm. Hard. I stopped swimming and yelled at him. He just said, "Sorry!" sarcastically. Grrr!
This is a good way to vent.
