Just wondering how many swimmers most of you share a lane with during masters workouts. People around here are starting to get indignant when they have to share a lane with someone else during a masters workout. I don't understand it. I was wondering if this is a national phenomenon.
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My opinion is this shouldn't be the lifeguards' responsibility. Their job is not to enforce pool etiquette.
As a lifeguard and swimmer I disagree but not from an etiquette POV--a safety view. I watched one guy zig-zagging between 2 others it was acollision waiting to happen. I'd rarther not have to perform a deep water rescue and/or first aid if I can tell them to circle swim.
Lane speed is tricky to enforce, b/c people still prefer to split than circle in appropriate speed but if there is 3 folks cirling and it's dangeous I'll step in. It's a tough call b/c not all folks are as happy about swimming and circling. Then you get the "I was here first" type of folks and such.
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My opinion is this shouldn't be the lifeguards' responsibility. Their job is not to enforce pool etiquette.
As a lifeguard and swimmer I disagree but not from an etiquette POV--a safety view. I watched one guy zig-zagging between 2 others it was acollision waiting to happen. I'd rarther not have to perform a deep water rescue and/or first aid if I can tell them to circle swim.
Lane speed is tricky to enforce, b/c people still prefer to split than circle in appropriate speed but if there is 3 folks cirling and it's dangeous I'll step in. It's a tough call b/c not all folks are as happy about swimming and circling. Then you get the "I was here first" type of folks and such.
