One 100 free to go in set. Two open lanes.(no lane lines in pool) Noodler comes over to stand in my lane to talk with friend. Pool is set at 85 degrees cause all the noodlers say it is to cold otherwise. I complain to guard, am told, "well there are a lot more of them then there are lap swimmers" Wont be if they keep this up. UGH! :frustrated:
At the club where I swim they from time to time, post comments and questions from the suggestion box along with answers. This week there was a complaint that "It isnt fair" that the pool cant be kept at 84 degrees because (I hate this line) "there are a lot more water aerobic members than swimmers" .... only problem is for the last three weeks the pool temp has been in the high 83 degree range (temp is posted for both lap pool and therapy pool) and the day I read the note it was 83.7...just goes to show some people will complain about anything. In the mean time I get hot and sweaty without swimming a stroke. ugh!
Out of curiosity, which is bothering you:
-- that people prefer water at 84 degrees?
-- that these people are perhaps more numerous than "serious" swimmers, and you disagree with a "majority rules" sentiment?
-- that people who prefer 84 degree water weren't happy when it was "only" 83 degrees?
These are honest questions on my part, I'm not trying to start an argument; any of these questions might be the basis of a legitimate gripe.
I recently quit a club over this issue (too much warm water) and their basic attitude was that more people prefer it at 84 degrees than prefer it at 81 degrees. I hate the warm water and they lost my business...but (despite my strong feelings to the contrary) they may also have a point. And they have every incentive to get it right, too, if they want to be as profitable as possible.
At the club where I swim they from time to time, post comments and questions from the suggestion box along with answers. This week there was a complaint that "It isnt fair" that the pool cant be kept at 84 degrees because (I hate this line) "there are a lot more water aerobic members than swimmers" .... only problem is for the last three weeks the pool temp has been in the high 83 degree range (temp is posted for both lap pool and therapy pool) and the day I read the note it was 83.7...just goes to show some people will complain about anything. In the mean time I get hot and sweaty without swimming a stroke. ugh!
Out of curiosity, which is bothering you:
-- that people prefer water at 84 degrees?
-- that these people are perhaps more numerous than "serious" swimmers, and you disagree with a "majority rules" sentiment?
-- that people who prefer 84 degree water weren't happy when it was "only" 83 degrees?
These are honest questions on my part, I'm not trying to start an argument; any of these questions might be the basis of a legitimate gripe.
I recently quit a club over this issue (too much warm water) and their basic attitude was that more people prefer it at 84 degrees than prefer it at 81 degrees. I hate the warm water and they lost my business...but (despite my strong feelings to the contrary) they may also have a point. And they have every incentive to get it right, too, if they want to be as profitable as possible.
