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I was complained by two ladies in swimming pool

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user1472754004 · 13/06/2019 16:46

I am a regular swimmer. Got complained by two ladies who swim slowly and chatting side by side. The pool was busy and I had to occasionally swim between them. They asked the staff to talk to me saying they were there before me and I should move over in stead swim in between them. It was only a 20 meter public swim but they two occupied about two lane and swim very slowly. Be frank, I hate people swim and chat. When I swim freestyle I try to look but there might be one or two seconds that I was close to them but they have their heads up, insist swim side by side. I ask the staff, should he talk to them not blocking the whole two lanes? Annoyed! I probably need to get up at six to do the lane swim instead.

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FrancisCrawford · 13/06/2019 17:30

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CassianAndor · 13/06/2019 17:30

ah - then if it's not lane swimming it's everyone for themselves and you really shouldn't have swum between them.

Find out when the lane swimming sessions are.

mathanxiety · 13/06/2019 17:31

If not lane swimming then you were rude.

Look for pool sessions that are lane swimming, not 'open' or 'public' if you wish to swim uninterrupted lengths.

You may need to go quite early to get a lane swimming session.

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boobirdblue · 13/06/2019 17:32

It was very busy today,that was why this happened

So not there fault? You sound extremely rude and intolerant!

They went for a leisurely swim in a busy pool, you want to treat it like an Olympic training pool. They had right in their side as it was an open session, if they'd done it during lane swimming you would right on your side, but the didn't so YABU!

ForalltheSaints · 13/06/2019 17:33

I understand the frustration felt by the OP. Perhaps she should propose lane swimming at a time that's other than the early hours or late evening. I don't think swimming pool managers will agree to anything else.

BlueCornishPixie · 13/06/2019 17:36

If it wasn't lane swimming and was just open pool then why can't they swim and chat?

They have as much right to take up that room as you. The pool at that time isn't just for serious swimmers, it's for everyone to use and if they are getting exercise in then good for them.

All these comments about "don't want to get their hair wet" etc are just a bit nasty and judgemental tbh. Swimming is a really good form of exercise whether your good at it or just like a gentle swim, and swimming up and down chatting is much better for you then sitting in a cafe, and might give someone the confidence to start exercising. They have gone at the appropriate time for how they want to use the pool, OP hasn't.

You either need to go to lane swim or yes pay for a private pool.

PCohle · 13/06/2019 17:36

They don't have "more" right that you, and I don't think what time anyone arrived has anything to do with it. However they do have just as much right as you to use the pool how they wish (i.e. within reasonable bounds).

I appreciate it's frustrating to have people swimming slowly in front of you, but it's also frustrating for them to have you constantly swimming between them and tailgating them. You need to be more tolerant if you are going to swim in open sessions.

Mummyoflittledragon · 13/06/2019 17:37

In a busy pool, two women thought it was ok to occupy 1/4 of the poo. They sound bonkers and very inconsiderate not to adapt to the situation. You did nothing wrong imo.

Mummyoflittledragon · 13/06/2019 17:38

1/4 of the poo. .... pool obvs.

JonSnowsFurCoat · 13/06/2019 17:41

Bluerussian everyone else managed to understand was op meant.

Op, probably best to get forget about this. My local pool has 3 lanes at the end reserved for lane swimming. The rest of the pool is open to everyone else who may just want to have a splash about or have a swim and chat. The lifeguards usually move people along if they mess about in the swim lanes. Unless yours is the same, you can’t just barge past them to do your swim

mathanxiety · 13/06/2019 17:41

There I was imagining them all merrily plying the turds...

SirGawain · 13/06/2019 17:41

Pool etiquette means no chatting while you swim (usually breast stoke and dry hair), letting faster people pass and picking the right lane. I wish pool staff would enforce this!!
Quite agree pool hogging is very bad form. You wouldn’t block the pavement just because you wanted to walk slowly and chat.

MashedSpud · 13/06/2019 17:42

The place I used to go to had lanes for serious fast paced swimming and the rest for more leisurely swimming. Some times were for serious swimmers only.
Check around to see what’s on offer before you decide to go private.

cuppycakey · 13/06/2019 17:44

Sorry but YABU.

If it was not a lane swimming session then I would expect to be able to faff around with my very slow breast stroke with a friend, without having Racer Girl huffing and puffing about it and disrupting my swim.

I do agree that the time you each got there is totally irrelevant.

Looobyloo · 13/06/2019 17:44

We have lane swims at our local pool and still they swim side by side and chat! I always think, go for a bloody coffee and a chat.
We also have people In te medium lane going really slow, slower than those in the slow lane, does my head in. We have a woman who thinks she owns the pool because she's been going for so long, we have a lady who runs round in circles in the shallow end. Fat guy who parades up and down the poolside, dives in then watches everyone while he swims very slowly in the medium lane. Another guy who nearly knocks you out while he throws his arms everywhere.
I get up very early IF I want to swim nowadays. I've been put off a little

Millie2018 · 13/06/2019 17:44

1/4 of the poo - ha ha

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user1472754004 · 13/06/2019 17:45

I agree people can swim slowly, I wasn’t very fast. But I don’t think they have the right to block two lanes while the pool is busy. If i was rude to swim between them once or twice in 40mins (I was beside them, just because when I turned back, found out there was not enough space to swim pass them), were they very polite to make such a complain?

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HollowTalk · 13/06/2019 17:49

Oh people like that drive me mad when I go swimming! And others who stand the whole time at the shallow end, just talking, do too. I've never seen it as a social activity - get in there, swim the lengths and go home!

OhDearGodLookAtThisMess · 13/06/2019 17:54

I hate swimming pool Nazis. DH had an argument with a woman in 'Lane Swimming' once, when she complained about dd (around 10 at the time) being there, because "this lane is not for children." She was swimming lengths neatly, at an appropriate speed with limited splash, and overtook this woman, who was floundering about like a hippo and barely moving. Fortunately, the lifeguard sided with dh/dd and said there was no such rule and dd was doing fine.

PCohle · 13/06/2019 17:54

If the pool staff, who actually witnessed what went on, agreed with the women's' complaint then I'm inclined to think your behaviour crossed the line. It also lets you know that your pool has a relaxed attitude to what is allowed during open swimming, and that for the sort of swimming you want to do you probably need to go to a lane swimming session.

TheInvestigator · 13/06/2019 17:57

But it wasn't lane swimming. There could have been a bunch of mum's there with young kids splashing around and you can't just go stampeding through them! The same applies here. It's wasn't lane swimming, it was leisure swimming. They were there for the social aspect as well as gentle exercise. I worked in mental health for the elderly, and that's something we would encourage all the time. Get your body moving, even a little bit, and socialise. They were swimming side by side and chatting, you need to slot in and find space. If there isn't space to swim the way you want to then you can't. It's like when men get into a busy pool and start doing the biggest, most splashy butterfly they can. I wouldn't move for them and I wouldn't move for you.

MargaretHoulihan · 13/06/2019 18:02

OP says they were blocking two lanes. Yet it wasn't lane swimming? I don't understand...

HollowTalk · 13/06/2019 18:02

But they can do that and just let her pass? It's not just the OP who has to be reasonable, it's the two women as well.

MargaretHoulihan · 13/06/2019 18:04

If the lane ropes were up and two people were swimming side by side slowly, taking up a whole lane, then I agree they should not have done that when the pool was busy. Going by OP's information there were four lanes in the busy pool and two people were effectively blocking a lane by swimming side by side instead of in single file.

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