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I'd talk to the management about this time infringement problem. If it's posted to be lap swim from 1 till 2 you should get lane lines till 2. The next activity section should start at 2:05 to allow for lane dismantling time. I swim after teaching summer school at the local high school. I can get down there and in the water by 12:45, the swim lasts till 2 p.m. I am always appreciative that the senior swim group and coach doesn't start dismantling the lanes till 2:01 or so. I always express my sentiments to the coach and share a chuckle or two with him before I leave. BTW, this team has 17 kids swimming in the Olympic trials and they still respect the fact that others use their pool. This is only one small reason that CSC is a Gold Level club. Go Greyhounds!! I wish I could say the same for our management. Our aquatic director seems to put lap swimmers at the bottom rung of the ladder. One day, I arrived just as lap swim was to begin--and lo and behold, they told me they couldn't put up the lane ropes yet because it was still the open period. At one point they had an hour lap swim on Saturday at noon--I arrived about 12:20, and was told I couldn't get in because there was a lesson going on. Excuse me? Wasn't this a lap swim period? "No one was here at noon. You'll have to wait until 12:30." (This from the aquatic director who was giving the lesson.) "If you're going to schedule lessons, why did you announce that lap swim was available from 12 to 1?" "You should get here at 12 if you want to have the pool for lap swim." Not long afterward: no more lap swim at noon. I've gotten worn out trying to suggest anything that helps lap swimmers--and masters? If we're lucky, we'll get a Monday 9 p.m. session, and then because this isn't a good time slot for many of us, we'll be told there's not enough interest in masters' swimming to keep it going. I'd vote with my feet but this place is my most convenient swimming venue, and I also use the workout room and sauna.

I'd talk to the management about this time infringement problem. If it's posted to be lap swim from 1 till 2 you should get lane lines till 2. The next activity section should start at 2:05 to allow for lane dismantling time. I swim after teaching summer school at the local high school. I can get down there and in the water by 12:45, the swim lasts till 2 p.m. I am always appreciative that the senior swim group and coach doesn't start dismantling the lanes till 2:01 or so. I always express my sentiments to the coach and share a chuckle or two with him before I leave. BTW, this team has 17 kids swimming in the Olympic trials and they still respect the fact that others use their pool. This is only one small reason that CSC is a Gold Level club. Go Greyhounds!! I wish I could say the same for our management. Our aquatic director seems to put lap swimmers at the bottom rung of the ladder. One day, I arrived just as lap swim was to begin--and lo and behold, they told me they couldn't put up the lane ropes yet because it was still the open period. At one point they had an hour lap swim on Saturday at noon--I arrived about 12:20, and was told I couldn't get in because there was a lesson going on. Excuse me? Wasn't this a lap swim period? "No one was here at noon. You'll have to wait until 12:30." (This from the aquatic director who was giving the lesson.) "If you're going to schedule lessons, why did you announce that lap swim was available from 12 to 1?" "You should get here at 12 if you want to have the pool for lap swim." Not long afterward: no more lap swim at noon. I've gotten worn out trying to suggest anything that helps lap swimmers--and masters? If we're lucky, we'll get a Monday 9 p.m. session, and then because this isn't a good time slot for many of us, we'll be told there's not enough interest in masters' swimming to keep it going. I'd vote with my feet but this place is my most convenient swimming venue, and I also use the workout room and sauna.