to think that if you're in the swimming pool, you should bloody well SWIM.

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Within reason, of course. The ninety-year-old and the baby in the yellow seat flotation I will graciously let off.

I live in a rural location which is very popular with tourists. We have no proper gyms or swimming pools, so locals use the hotels for gymming and swimming. I use a very popular hotel which has a highly subscribed gym and swimming pool, both excellent facilities. Partner and I go after work during peak time when all the other working folk are also at the gym and pool.

AIBU to wonder why the hell people choose to use the swimming pool during peak time to do anything except swim? What possible pleasure can you get out of floating aimlessly around the pool chatting or feeling each other up whilst us actual swimmers have to dodge round you as we're trying to do lengths? At my pool there is a small shallow pool for relaxing/children right off the main pool, two jacuzzis, a steam room and a sauna, so no real excuse for drifting around in people's way. It just seems bizarre to me that you would choose to stand in the middle of the pool staring blankly as six or seven other people come barelling up and down at speed because we've been at work all day and we're trying to get a bit of exercise in.

Why not sit in the jacuzzi/come at another time/swim the fuck on with it?

Yabu- Er cos they are on holiday so it is their right to behave like prats. I agree that it seems odd that they might amble round the pool but it's a hotel pool.

Isn't that the point of lane swimming though? Or is the pool too small for that? It sounds fairly big from what you describe..

If they're on holiday, they should darn well swim in the daytime though. This is between 6-8pm, they should be eating a fancy dinner and getting pissed by then!

Oh and hope your judgey swimming costume covers people like me with a disability (so gracious of you to let off the very old and young only ) .

The pool doesn't provide a lane service, it's more an understanding between we the Proper Swimmers that the bit you are swimming up and down is Your Lane, and we move accordingly for one another when a tourist gets in the way.

Can you ask the hotel to put up some lanes?

On holiday people are likely to just want to chill in the water to ease aches and pains.

Why should they? If the hotel don't make it lane swimming only, it is fair game .

calm down calm down

think of your blood pressure

Yabu. Join a proper gym if you don't want tourists floating about.

We used to go "swimming" as teenagers and spent 90% of the time talking. In local pool this was the norm though - they had a separated bit for children (very shallow, and used only for 8 and under really) and then a proper pool for adults that had one lane for swimming.

I think when you're in a location such as yours - and mine, we only had one pool for twenty miles so was always jam packed - you sort of have to put up with everyone trying to use the pool at once. Realistically you have no right over them to demand that it's for swimming, as much as they'd have no right to demand it's entirely for leisure.. Just has to be a case of cooperating/making the most I guess.

Within reason. The chaps with the reasons can do whatever the hell they please in my book, it's the hen parties I have issues with.

Sorry but a pool for relaxing and children. Kind of at odds there!!!

Some people find just being in the water relaxing, good for joints etc. A lot of people don't like Jacuzzis for a whole host of reasons.

No proper pools anywhere near by, hence all the locals using the hotels. In fairness, the hotel people are fantastic, they provide a really good service for the locals. They've said no to lanes though, they don't want to spoil the appearance of the naice swimming pool.

Hen parties? In a pool? Whatever happened to drinking and playing shoot shag marry?

You sound quite grumpy and rude. Why not take up jogging/running instead - then you can burn off all that aggression more quickly?

And yes - YABU

Children are banned from the pool during the weekdays, then only allowed for two hours on Saturdays and Sundays, hence the small pool being multi-purpose.

Millions of hen parties in the pool. Usually more than one group at once. Why they aren't ripping edible panties from a male strippers crotch is quite beyond me.

Sounds like you need to find a new pool.

If I was staying in a lovely hotel with a pool I'll do what the fuck I want. I've paid for my break.
I'd be really pissed off if a bunch of entitled locals came and ruined my nice relaxing meandering in the pool.

Jog already, jogging is lovely 'round here (rural loveliness), but find it hard to enjoy my best swim stroke impression whilst running. Water is a bit more effective for that, hence the need for the pool.

Slow swimmers don't bother me, they're swimming after all. Drifters and Standers piss me off.

some people just like to float , amble about and chill , go running instead if you want to do (proper) exercise after work .

I like a good float sorry not really sorry on holiday or even after a gym session. And pg at the moment so can't use the jacuzzi human soup bowl etc.

I like the relaxed feeling of weightlessness.

Use the gym equipment if you want to get fit you annoying swimming pool hog

As locals, we are very much entitled.

They aren't even from 'round 'ere!

Perhaps people on holiday want to swim in the evening too? Day out then relax in the pool.

Yabu to basically expect everyone to want to behave the same way as you. If you use a hotel pool surely you have to expect people who are away wanting to relax?

x post , maybe go for a massage and chill instead , you do sound extremely uptight op ,maybe exercise is too much for the stress levels .