Hey...just my .02 cents worth.....If I am swimming in a lane, and am doing a workout involving long meterage, sometimes I will not acknowledge a person trying to work their way in. I am not being snobbish or acting too good, it is just that I am concentratin on the task at hand. Most people in my gym pool, will just get in and start swimming, after they have stood at the wall for a few seconds. That is fine with me, if I need too I will work around them. With that said, if they push off right before me, and start swimming breaststroke, or side stroke, fully knowing I am swimming pretty fast, then I will pass them, AND stop at the next wall, and have something to say to them, regardless of where I am in my set.
If I am the one coming into the lane, I stand at the wall, out of the way, until I am sure that the swimmer has noticed me, and then when they are on the opposite wall, I push off and start swimming. That way, they have ample oppurtunity to see me in the lane as they swim towards me, and I towards them on opposite sides of the black line.
My pool also has designated lanes..Fast, Medium and not so fast Lane. However, most people ignore those signs, until I point it out to them. (if that makes me lane swimming snob, so be it..LOL)
Wow that was a long reply, sorry bout that.
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