Lap Lane Loiterers and Carissa

I had yet another experience with the "lap lane loiterers" last night at the YMCA, it was enough to push me into the extreme zone: the comment card.

Noah and I have become very annoyed by these individuals since we started our training. Our Y has a pleasure pool, a lap pool and a hot tub. There is always 1 lap lane open and at various times there are a lot more. Usually when there are a lot open, however, is early in the morning. We, of course, can only go when child care is open (not until 8:00) or in the evenings or weekends- all times when the pool is more crowded.

But the lack of lap lanes isn't the real problem. The real problem is when those lap lanes get infiltrated with the loiterers, people who for some reason or another feel the need to "hang out" in the ends of the lap lanes. There is not much swimming going on- just a lot of talking and gawking. When we arrive we spend a great deal of precious time just trying to figure out who is in what lane and where we can jump in. Obviously, this should be the lifeguard or the deck manager's job. But they don't do it. Thus the comment card.

Our friend Carissa just joined our Y recently. Discussing the Y with her, of course, brought up the other funny gym situation: people who wander around the locker room naked. Truly, what is up with that?! The reason I mention Carissa though is because she said that she hasn't read a blog. So I am going to send her this link about herself so she can read mine! Hi Carissa! (by the way, Carissa is not a lap lane loiterer, nor (do I believe) is she a track monopolizer).