Death to all Noodlers!

Yesterday I actually saw a girl practicing handstands in the water in a lap lane. I think some people see lap lanes as a sort of fence to keep other people away from them in the water so they can do whatever they please. Kind of like "This is my bit of pool. Go get your own!" I kick kids out of lap swim lanes all the time.

Speaking of kids and kicking, this past summer I was swimming laps in the outdoor pool (they only have 2 lanes outdoors). All the sudden about 50 kids show up for a birthday party. Right next to one of the lap lanes, there is a ramp into the shallow end with a steel handrailing. While I was doing freestyle one of the kids climbs up on the handrails and jumps into my lap lane, landing with his knee in the middle of my back. If he just hadn't knocked the breath out of me, I would have strangled him on the spot!

I kick kids out of lap swim lanes all the time. Yes - major policing actions. I do it just like the Chicago cops getting teens off the sidewalk. "Family swim is on that side, have a good swim." Huge false smile from me to head off any discussion. I have often thought of getting a couple of standup signs, like caution signs for holes in the sidewalk, and putting one at each of the the lane: Reserved. :joker:

I can't see any lap swimmer having to share a lane with anyone who is not actually lap swimming. Yesterday I actually saw a girl practicing handstands in the water in a lap lane. I think some people see lap lanes as a sort of fence to keep other people away from them in the water so they can do whatever they please. Kind of like "This is my bit of pool. Go get your own!"

I have often thought of getting a couple of standup signs, like caution signs for holes in the sidewalk, and putting one at each of the the lane: Reserved. :joker: Exactly what our pool has, Fast lane, cicuit lane, and slow lane. The only trouble is that people cannot read.

At a pool I worked at a while back, some noodlers complained on a daily basis about the temperature of the pool... it was a tad colder than normal for a while because the heater had broke - they said over and over again that it was some kind of conspiracy. I wanted to laugh, but they would never believe me when I would tell them what happened. These were the same noodlers who complained about getting splashed when they are in the pool. I absolutely cannot stand that... you are in the WATER, you are going to get WET! :frustrated: I don't go to lap swims anymore... masters teams all the way!!! Now, that is downright funny about the conspiracy! :rofl: A few years ago, we were forbidden from doing butterfly during morning lap swim because some ladies complained it got their hair wet.

Wow...I am so glad we have a pool that keeps several lanes closed to non lap swimmers (and they actually strongly reinforce it). It helps that the Athletic Director is a former collegiate swimmer. I can't see any lap swimmer having to share a lane with anyone who is not actually lap swimming. I guess I'm spoiled because we don't have to deal with that. In the summer, the outdoor pool attracts many hormonal teens who sometimes slip in the door, but when they get caught, they get banned from the pool for a week.

In the summer, the outdoor pool attracts many hormonal teens who sometimes slip in the door, but when they get caught, they get banned from the pool for a week. I guess I'm having trouble wrapping my head around what these hormonal teens are sneaking into the lap pool to do! (I mean, I can think of one thing, but it would be dramatically obvious to anyone else in the pool what they were doing. And it would be worth getting banned from the pool for a week!)

Now, that is downright funny about the conspiracy! :rofl: A few years ago, we were forbidden from doing butterfly during morning lap swim because some ladies complained it got their hair wet. Forbidden? I'd say, give me my money back! It was pretty darn funny everytime they would say it - they even said the same thing as they went over our heads in the aquatic department. It was hard for me to keep a straight face after I figured out that they weren't joking. It was classic.

Right now I'm stuck doing lap swimming until our new team practices officially start in a couple of weeks (can't come too soon for me!) The noodlers last night were okay, my gripe is the out of control kids who were jumping off the diving blocks into lanes where people were trying to lap swim. To the club's credit, they did respond when I talked to someone, but I still left muttering to myself "I can't wait for practice to start again"