You would pay $45 to enter the meet and find out that the swimmer in the next lane paid $27.50.
You heat would be delayed for 3 hours and you could not go the bathroom. Whereas the event scheduled behind you would have already finished.
TSA (thousands standing around) would search all the swimmers prior to gaining entry to the pool deck. Some lucky winners (90-94 y) would be pulled off for special full body searches.
The shady spots on the pool deck are more expensive.
There is surcharge for using the newest speed suit (!$#@).
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All you would be able to eat are pretzels. Any thing else is a ten dollar charge.
There would be a three hour long pause (a layover) between each event.
The locker rooms would only have one toilet each, which may or may not have soap.
It would cost over 300 dollars to enter the meet.
Your meet bag would have to be stored in an overhead compartment.
Electronic devices would not be used untill about twenty minutes after the meet starts.
Where would that have you start, early or late in the competition???Isn't it odd that all the people riding coach are the ones to board last...and have to walk past all the 1st class passengers already snug in their cushy seats.
Never understood why those seated in the back had to wait.
And that said...if the airlines ran swim meets...
The first class swimmers (fastest) would have to compete in the earliest heats.
Originally Posted by quicksilver forums.usms.org/.../viewpost.gif
Isn't it odd that all the people riding coach are the ones to board last...and have to walk past all the 1st class passengers already snug in their cushy seats.
Never understood why those seated in the back had to wait.
That's because:
1- It flatters the ego of the First Class passengers (who -or whose employers- paid a heck of a lot more), seeing how many people are envying them their comfort.
2- It makes those cheap passengers, seated at the back, resolve to try and scrape enough money to fly First Class -at least- their next trip. (Thus, a money-maker for the Airlines.)
And if that Airline were Air Canada :canada:
All the instructions and calls:
On Your marks.............Get set.............. (Pistol Bang)
would have to be bilingual.
If the meet was in Quebec, then French first, and twice as long and as loud as English.
Anglophones would be disqualified if they started on the "Allez" and would have to wait for the "Go".
Au-revoir mes amis.
In orer to compete on price with the no-frills carriers
They're all no-frills carriers now :)
Really I don't have a problem with that. In the "old days" flying was sort of an adventure and the airline services reflected that. Today flying is just a way to get from point A to point B. There is really no reason airlines should provide any additional services above and beyond what is needed to accomplish that goal of getting you where you need to go. If you want the extras take the train.
I think the number one thing many of the U.S. airlines could do to save money is to replace their old, inefficient airplanes with newer ones. Of course the problem is they have no money to do this.
I saw a segment last week that said a $10 increase in the cost of a barrel of oil equates to an $800m increase in operating costs for an airline (just saying I saw it, don't know if accurate or not). There isn't some magic new engine that is gonna save an airline that kind of money. Even if you dump your pensions, get rid of snax, charge a bag fee you can never make up that kind of unanticipated instant cost increase.
