I used to pee during a practice, and hock big loogies (is that even a word and is that how you spell it?) and really basically do disgusting things without even thinking they were gross. Now that I am older and way more mature (eh-hem) I am starting to notice that these things can be pretty gross when you are watching someone else do them and you are about to jump in the same water (or sometimes the same lane (ewh). Let me first address the peeing. While I do not find this gross, I have found it very difficult to pee because I feel this one lifeguard is always on to me when I am getting ready to pee and I get stage fright…so there I am, in between sets, getting out and walking into the locker room to go. I’ve seen the way they treat the 2 year olds that poop in the pool so I am not going to be lumped in with those kids by getting caught! whistles blowing, hazmat suits on…no thank you.
I think…what if I’m dehydrated and it is bright yellow…that lifeguard will see, I know he will see. While the thought of someone peeing in the water seems gross, pee does not have any properties that would make a person sick. You could actually drink your pee if you really needed to until it is so concentrated that it would not longer benefit you. Snot is another story. I was about to jump in the lane after a high schooler was finished his workout and there it was, a gross, mass floating in the water. While I can’t blame him because I did it at his age, if you are over 25 years old then you should not be trying to spit in the pool. Yes, sometimes things happen but I was next to a guy who had to be about 80 years old who was working for a good minute trying to hack up something that he could spit right in the pool. Come on people…get a tissue or at least be discrete about it.