gigantic women -_-

WTH is wrong with everyone today? OR, is it ME?

seems like everyone's trying to piss me off. the day started off alright. went to work at 6am, and everything went quite smoothly. then came 7am...then 7.30am, then 3 gigantic women came in. when i say gigantic, i mean it. they're probably 3 times my size and weight.

anyway, these 3 gigantic women are quite good swimmers. all 3 of them jumped into the fast lane which already had another swimmer in there. as this swimmer ain't as fast as these 3 giants, the giants waved me down and started complaining. so i reluctantly asked the guy to move over to the medium lane...but he wasn't happy about it, and neither was i. i dont like moving people to slower lanes UNLESS it's absolutely necessary, but this guy is a fast swimmer alright..

anyway, i had to move some other people from the medium lane as well, coz the guy is fast, right? there was this lady in particular, i've been watching her because she's super slow, and she was holding other swimmers up in the medium lane. but i hesitated because first of all, like i said, i dont like moving people and people do not like it either. anyway, in the end, i had to because she was way too slow for the medium lane, and people who were doing breast stroke were passing her -.-" she was doing freestyle (breast stroke is one of the slowest strokes). then guess what she said? "why should i move? i'm not moving!" to which i explained "there are faster swimmers in this lane...and you're holding them up. sorry.." and she just rolled her eyes at me and continued swimming in the SAME lane.

WOMAN! you're not a friggin' olympic swimmer. how thick is your skin that when someone asks you POLITELY to move over a lane, you can refuse? and even the other swimmers barged in to say "you held me up! i had to pass you on the other side. you're quite slow you know.." and she just said "i'm not moving! i don't see why i should move!" and continued swimming again -_-

what a nice start to my day. but she left after a while, which was the best thing ever. then the same swimmer who barged into the conversation came up to me after her swim and we started talking about people who are slow and like hogging the medium or fast lanes. i think i'm a medium paced swimmer, but i still swim in the slow lane. why? because i dont want to hold people up.

put yourself in another swimmer's shoes. you're swimming and then you have to stop just because there's another swimmer who's slower. annoying, right? and everytime before you start swimming, you have to keep a good distance from the swimmer in front of you. i HATE that. even when i swim with flippers, i swim in the medium lane.

what is WRONG with that woman?! seriously >< never met anyone so thick skinned and stubborn in my whole entire life!

oh, after that, one indian lady came up to me and asked "excuse me, how fast do you have to be to be in the fast lane?" and i replied "as long as you don't hold the other swimmers up, you're fine!" and she said "ya! that's what i thought as well! but you see those 3 women there? one of them said to me "i hope you're not planning to swim in the fast lane!" even before i put my goggles on. i havent even started swimming and they said that to me!"

how ridiculous is that? is it because she's indian? is it because she's not as ginormous as you 3 giants? if you want to train for a competition, go and friggin' book a lane and you can do whatever you want there! dont hog the lanes and intimidate other people!

another swimmer even said to me "look at how they swim! they can DROWN people with all that water movement!" to which i burst out laughing. oops!
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later on my team leader came and i was ranting to him how bad my morning had been. then he sent me off for my break, and he helped watch the pool while i went away. when i came back, he said "oh i'm thinking of telling that giant there in the yellow cap that she's not allowed to do breast stoke in the fast lane" and i said "go! good luck!" then he said "um, i better now. HEH!" and i said "yeah. smart, coz you'll get smashed by 'em giants!"

stupid giants. hope i'll never have to see them again! apart from that, work was alright. jumped in for a swim after work, then came home and went to get a hair cut and get my sandals exchanged. that's about it for today :)