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"The other day I got up to go to my local Y and swim some laps. Mind you, I get up really early to work out&amp;amp;#8212;my alarm goes off at 5 A.M. (Technically 4:55 since the clock is 5 minutes fast&amp;amp;#8212;I&amp;amp;#8217;m always running late in the morning trying to get my kindergartner on the bus on time&amp;amp;#8212;but you don&amp;amp;#8217;t need to hear about that.) Anyway, I was really dragging, but I still managed to crawl my way out to the car and make it to the pool and dive in. I even managed to push myself enough to make my workout really count. And then this happened:Believe it or not, the pool is decently busy at that hour of the morning&amp;amp;#8212;usually two people per lane for a three-lane pool. So people swim side-by-side and can happily do their own thing. But today an interloper came in. Usually when that happens, you switch to a circle swim&amp;amp;#8212;down on one side, back on the other, just like driving a car&amp;amp;#8212;so that people can pass/be passed if they are working out at a different pace. But this guy (who was swimming laps but didn&amp;amp;#8217;t even get his hair wet&amp;amp;#8212;even while doing backstroke&amp;amp;#8212;does that count as &amp;amp;#8220;swimming&amp;amp;#8221;?) kept trying to do side-by-side with three of us in the lane. I happened to be going at a much faster pace, but when he stopped at the wall, he didn&amp;amp;#8217;t let me turn and go ahead (which is normal swimming etiquette), but instead he just pushed off and kept going. Argh! It ended up being such a frustrating experience trying to work around him that it ruined the end of what had otherwise been a much-fought-for great workout. I&amp;amp;#8217;m sure this was a wonderful and kind man out of the gym; but somehow he&amp;amp;#8217;s never learned the rules of the pool. Am I just being a gym snob? Do you ever get annoyed when people don&amp;amp;#8217;t follow some basic gym etiquette (i.e. wipe off their sweaty marks on gym machines!)? I&amp;amp;#8217;d love to hear your thoughts. Vent away right here! More gym rants: * PDA at the gym * Why do people dress up to go to the gym? * How grody are you at the gym? More Ways to Get Glamour You could win $50,000 just for registering or logging in to Glamour.com! Sign up for Glamour.com&amp;#x27;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters! Add Glamour to your iGoogle homepage. Follow Glamour on Twitter. Photo: iStock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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