Death to all Noodlers!

At about 6 pm, another person comes in and stands near the edge with a martyred expression. If she had stood at the end of my lane, I'd have gladly stopped and asked if she wanted to share. But she was putting off a clear "I want my own lane" vibe so I kept going. This reminds me of a story my wife told me a couple weeks back. She was swimming laps with one other person in her lane, so they each took sides. She said a guy came on deck and stood at the end of their lane. She stopped and asked him if he wanted them to start circling, but he just kept looking straight ahead with his goggles on and didn't say anyything. So she's kind of like "whatever," and continues swimming. I guess the guy just kept standing there until a lane finally opened, then got in, swam 50 yards, and got out! Another time the medium speed lane she was in was crowded, but the fast lane adjacent was empty, so she moved over. After a while someone entered her lane and she asked him if it would be ok to split the lane. He said "OK." She then swam another 50 or something and this guy stopped her and said "you need to move to the medium lane. I don't want to split the lane because swimmers like you can't stay on your side." This seemed awfully rude considering he was the one that got into the lane she was already in and I also know she consciously stays out of other swimmers' way. Thanks for your two posts and input, knelson I just read this thread for the first time today. Hopefully you at least get a fair chance to state your case to the HOA.

At about 6 pm, another person comes in and stands near the edge with a martyred expression. If she had stood at the end of my lane, I'd have gladly stopped and asked if she wanted to share. But she was putting off a clear "I want my own lane" vibe so I kept going. This reminds me of a story my wife told me a couple weeks back. She was swimming laps with one other person in her lane, so they each took sides. She said a guy came on deck and stood at the end of their lane. She stopped and asked him if he wanted them to start circling, but he just kept looking straight ahead with his goggles on and didn't say anyything. So she's kind of like "whatever," and continues swimming. I guess the guy just kept standing there until a lane finally opened, then got in, swam 50 yards, and got out! Another time the medium speed lane she was in was crowded, but the fast lane adjacent was empty, so she moved over. After a while someone entered her lane and she asked him if it would be ok to split the lane. He said "OK." She then swam another 50 or something and this guy stopped her and said "you need to move to the medium lane. I don't want to split the lane because swimmers like you can't stay on your side." This seemed awfully rude considering he was the one that got into the lane she was already in and I also know she consciously stays out of other swimmers' way. Thanks for your two posts and input, knelson I just read this thread for the first time today. Hopefully you at least get a fair chance to state your case to the HOA.