Swim Rant

Ooh, a topic near and dear to my heart. First, I'd like to rant against people who take off band-aids in the pool and leave them floating around. Gross. Second, I'd like to rail against people who put sweaty gym clothes in the swimsuit spinner to dry them out. Nasty. Third, I'd like to petition against folks on this board who state all that is wrong with USMS but aren't members. Annoying. I feel better now, cleansed.

Really, people do that with the spinner, ewwwww.

Originally posted by A.K. Noodler instructors moving the pace clock mid-set. We had a noodler instructor who used to yank the cord on the pace clock, so she could plug in her boom box. I'd finish a 50 or 100 in a set and would wonder if I was really that fast, or, even worse, could I possibly have been that slow. Finally a swimmer told the noodle instructor if she unplugged the pace clock again that she (the swimmer) would yank the cord on the boom box.

Pool personnel cleaning the pool and missing the large ball of hair that floats by making you think there is an eclipse. Noodler instructors moving the pace clock mid-set. Not being able to practice starts even though we could probably still do one in a 3-foot pool, pike dive no less.

- Aerobocops that swim every workout like someone offered them $5 to finish early. (You know the type, they shorten every interval to almost touch and go, for them, impossible for everyone else in the lane, AND spend even less time on the wall in between sets.) - People who think drill sets are their chance to keep up with the faster lane's interval. - People who shorten the interval, then quit mid-set because even they can't keep up on that pace. - My fins rubbing abbrasions into my feet, and I have to wear duct tape on the sore to let it heal. - Sharp lane lines (OW!) - Clock-watching, pushey lifeguards ("GET OUT NOW! I gotta a date tonight!") - People who kvetch and complain and ask for changes, at the last minute, for major meets when they were no where to be found months ago when their comments could have made a difference, and when they could have contributed to organizing the meet. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to gripe in another discussion thread about the FINA site being down and my inability to see the psych sheets for Worlds. Matt

Originally posted by A.K. Another pool where I occasionally swim, the Noodle Instructor puts on bad 70s-80s disco- I almost drowned from laughing while swimming. Picture a pod of 12 400+ pounders aqua dancing to Village People's YMCA Sure beats some of the music our noodlers exerise to. Talk about sleep inducing!!

Swimming and looking out at bandaids in your lane. Sharp (broken) lane lines.

Originally posted by aquageek Ooh, a topic near and dear to my heart. Second, I'd like to rail against people who put sweaty gym clothes in the swimsuit spinner to dry them out. Nasty. I feel better now, cleansed. The swimsuit spinner in my locker room has a sign on it saying that it is for swim suits and not to put trash in it. Apparently some people mistook its function.

Originally posted by TheGoodSmith Middle aged people who workout for more than an hour a day 4-5 days a week. Get a life ! John Smith I do my more than an hour a day early in the morning, so I can have a life!

Originally posted by ande I don't like to swim next to walls Me either. I remember a particularly bad outside lane to swim in. This was in a L-shaped 50 m pool in the lane next to the diving well. There was a lane line demarcing where the lane ended and the diving well began, but it was about a foot in from the corner of the L. I was always freaked out I would run right into that corner while doing backstroke!