Swim Rant

I'm new to this site, but this thread is making me laugh. ..................snip............... 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! Hi Kellyim and welcome. I don't know how much faster (or slower) you were than that guy (who didn't want to share), however let me present the other side of the coin: In the City (Public) pool where I swim during lane swims, there are always swimmers who will completely ignore the "speed" signs (Fast, Medium Fast, Medium and Leisure) and will always try to swim in the Fast lane, even though they would be considered "slow" in the Leisure (noodles-needed-just-to-float) lane. The only way to get the message across to them, that they do not belong in the fast lane, is to overtake them fast, using a very slow arm recovery (for sarcasmic effect) and kicking a bit more "noisily" than usual and abruptly cut in in front of them. After two such "events" most of them "get it". This is a last resort tactic, after the lifegards have failed to convince them to "PUHLEEZE" move to a slower lane, if they don't want to swim to the sides of the lane and leave space for others. There, I have vented some as well.

I'm new to this site, but this thread is making me laugh. ..................snip............... 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! Hi Kellyim and welcome. I don't know how much faster (or slower) you were than that guy (who didn't want to share), however let me present the other side of the coin: In the City (Public) pool where I swim during lane swims, there are always swimmers who will completely ignore the "speed" signs (Fast, Medium Fast, Medium and Leisure) and will always try to swim in the Fast lane, even though they would be considered "slow" in the Leisure (noodles-needed-just-to-float) lane. The only way to get the message across to them, that they do not belong in the fast lane, is to overtake them fast, using a very slow arm recovery (for sarcasmic effect) and kicking a bit more "noisily" than usual and abruptly cut in in front of them. After two such "events" most of them "get it". This is a last resort tactic, after the lifegards have failed to convince them to "PUHLEEZE" move to a slower lane, if they don't want to swim to the sides of the lane and leave space for others. There, I have vented some as well.