Sometimes I see slow lap swimmers turn around quite a distance before they reach the end of the pool so that they can always continue without stop ahead of whoever has been waiting at the end to start. So the picture is like this: as they approach the end, see someone is about to start, right away they make a U-turn and swim back. Since they are slow (a faster swimmer should hardly cause any inconvenience), the person waiting would eventually catch up and have to pass him/her. So their turning around in the middle really does nothing but causing inconvenience for both others and themselves, and unnecessary potential for accidents. What do you think and what would you do in such cases?
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Push off behind catch up and tap their toes every stroke until the wall...then pass doing breaststroke while smiling at them...
And tell them, "Don't U-turn in the middle," which they'll ALWAYS hear as, "Don't YOU turn in the middle of the lane." This might, just might, intimidate them (enough). And if they accuse you of bullying "Don't YOU turn," you can always come back and say you were asking them not to U-turn.:bolt:
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Push off behind catch up and tap their toes every stroke until the wall...then pass doing breaststroke while smiling at them...
And tell them, "Don't U-turn in the middle," which they'll ALWAYS hear as, "Don't YOU turn in the middle of the lane." This might, just might, intimidate them (enough). And if they accuse you of bullying "Don't YOU turn," you can always come back and say you were asking them not to U-turn.:bolt:
