This will be my 150th post. To celebrate I wish to report on an incident which happened this morning.
I was at the pool swimming laps and... A girl whistled at me.
A cute young, likely 18 year old girl whistled at me.
A cute young, blond, likely 18 year old girl whistled at me.
A cute young, blond, likely 18 year old girl working as a lifeguard whistled at me.
Let me set the scene for you... It's June in Utah - It's almost summer. Temperatures in Summer often reach well over 100 degrees (I think that's around 40 for my foreign readers.
Today was not one of the hot days, in fact I debated not going. The wind is blowing, the air is cold, there is snow in the mountains, and its an outdoor pool.
To make matters worse, the lap clocks were not working, and I think I got there a little after 11:30. Lap Swimming ends at noon and they open up the pool to the general public.
So as I start out on lap number 24, grateful most of my body was below the water. A few strokes in, I thought I heard a whistle or something. I got the end and caught a life guard waving to me. She dropped the whistle from her mouth and informed me that it was noon and they would be opening the pool for the general swim. "Thanks" says I and heads back to finish my lap and climb out the ladder.
I ended my swim floating to the wall on my back and touching the wall, before standing up and removing my goggles. "Excuse me Sir!!! It's noon. Lap swimming is O-V-E-R!!
I looked around... 1 huge pool, three young female lifeguards, who I doubt could get me out, should I have cramped up mid lap and nothing else... That's right, no horde of enthusiastic teenagers, no mothers concerned about me swamping their kids, no-one else around, except for me and the life guards. I climbed up the ladder and went to grab my stuff. The lifeguards all climbed onto their chairs and began their job, making sure the public was safe.
I walked to the change rooms, showered, dressed and headed out the door. I looked back at the pool. The water was as smooth as glass and the only life was the three young and obviously power loving girls.
I'm all for rules, but seriously... "Excuse me sir!! The lap swim is O-V-E-R!! What the hell was up with that?
Give someone with little control just a modicum of power and watch them go wild.
ReplyDeleteSchool got out last week for the summer. I suspect these are the high school students they hire for the summer.
ReplyDeleteUsually I can stick around for 10 or 15 minutes to finish my laps and then head off to change with a friendly "Hi!" from the more mature week day life guards.
Guess I'm going to have to start going a lot earlier.