I have only once encountered a pool pervert. I was swimming at my local pool, and had stopped in the shallow end for a rest, when I noticed a guy swimming towards my end of the pool. He was floating face down, making slight random movements. The overall effect was like a stranded squid.
I was staring at him in disbelief, trying to decide whether to laugh or call the lifeguard, when he reached the side of the pool next to me and noticed I was looking at him. He probably thought I was admiring his great swimming style, and so he started talking to me. The first thing he said was "The doctor told me to go to the gym, but I go to the pool instead." Great chat-up line. Maybe he got thrown out of the gym.
Soon he started making rude remarks, so I decided to ignore him and carry on swimming. I was resting at the end of the pool, this time at the deep end, when I saw him approaching from the shallow end. I sat at the bottom of the ladder holding my breath, in the hope that he would reach my end of the pool and turn, then I could surface when he was facing the other way so I wouldn't have to talk to him. Unfortunately I hadn't reckoned with his swimming style. As I saw him progressing along the surface, like an inverted slow-motion Jaws, it dawned on me that he would take at least 6 minutes to cover the 30m to my side of the pool, and my static time isn't up to that. I had no choice but to surface as he was reaching my end of the pool. This then became a talking point, as he had noticed that I had just held my breath for '5 minutes'. (I'm pretty sure it wasn't that long, but desperate times call for desperate measures.) He started making offensive remarks again, so I started swimming in a different part of the pool and left soon.
I saw him a few more times, and he didn't try to talk to me again. He soon stopped going to the pool, and I haven't seen him recently.
Looking back, maybe I should have reported him to pool staff.
Lucia
__________________
Lucia
|
