what can i say,..?

i just got back from 45 minutes of aquajogging, and the whole time i was aquajogging, i was thinking about this particular lady, and we'll name her ms. b*tch for now.

i arrived at the swimming pool, and the receptionist on duty told me that someone filed a complain about me. and she asked if i remembered the lady who was swimming in the fast lane, and i knew who she was talking about. i explained what happened to the receptionist, and she said "oh well...you'll learn from your mistake!"

and i was thinking...WHAT MISTAKE?! did you even hear MY side of the story?!

this was what happened:

during peak hour, i was on duty in the lap pool. there's a learning to swim lane, 2 slow lanes, 2 medium lanes and 2 fast lanes. all the lanes were pretty full, with an average of about 4-6 people in a lane.

a lady who was swimming in the fast lane waved me down, so i approached her to see what the matter was. she said "can you throw that guy out of the fast lane????", in a very rude manner. i then asked what the problem was, and she said "he's NOT a professional swimmer! look! he doesnt even have goggles on! and he's holding me up!!"

so i said "okay, but you're swimming with flippers, so you're a lot faster than him..." and she said "that's WHY i'm in the fast lane!" which makes perfect sense right. she has flippers on, and she's swimming in the fast lane. so i said "i'll keep an eye on him" and she continued swimming.

i stood at the end of the lane to monitor the guy's speed. she said he's not a professional swimmer and that he doesnt have goggles on. granted, most professional swimmers DO swim with a goggles and a swimming cap. also, this guy was swimming freestyle head up. what the lady said DOES make sense, but then, i really have no reason to chuck him out of the fast lane..

why?

because, he was swimming faster than a few other professional swimmers even though he was swimming freestyle head up. if i were to throw him out of the fast lane, i'll have to throw everyone out of the fast lane to please the lady who was swimming with flippers!

also, just because he isn't a professional swimmer (or rather, he wasn't swimming with goggles), it doesnt mean he cant swim in the fast lane. he DID NOT hold anyone up other than that lady who complained about him. i thought it was really unreasonable to throw him out of the fast lane, coz if he goes to the medium lane, EVERYONE else will be holding him up!

also, the fact that there are 2 fast lanes available, if the lady really wanted to, she could hop to the other fast lane, instead of making a big fuss out of it right? after all, she IS the source of the problem. not the other guy. when you swim with flippers, you have to be more considerate and try to pace yourself so that the other people do not hold you up. if you cant do that, then you over-take the slower swimmers.

with flippers on, you swim twice as fast as someone swimming without flippers.

well, what can i say? if i really wanted to be cheeky, i could've said to her:

"well, lady, look. i'm a lifeguard. if someone was drowning in this pool, i cant just jump in with my work uniform on, can i? it's not professional enough. i should tell the poor person who's drowning to hold on a minute, so i can go change into my professional attire: put my swimming cap on, goggles and put my proper togs on, get the proper rescue aids, and then only jump in. now, is that what i should do?"
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it's not like she paid to use the facility. i cant believe she's going to put a formal complaint through, just because i didnt throw the guy out of the fast lane. *sigh* there goes my reputation of being the "good worker". hope mr manager will understand the situation...but there's always the security video to prove how fast the guy was swimming!

hope all goes well..