Got one in the Strange Locker Room Denizens category. My Y actually has stalls in the men's shower. The walls of the stalls are just below my eye level but above most (I'm 6'2"). This morning I was rinsing before going to the pool at one end of the stalls when a guy showering at the opposite end does a little hop/jump up above the wall and makes eye contact with me before dropping back down.

Very disconcerting.

Makes me wonder if similar things go on in the women's locker room.

All the super old guys at my YMCA like to blow dry their balls.

You could give him tips.

On the other hand, that would make you a strange denizen who tips the guards for service...

You could always smile and thank him for doing a great job. That's probably not creepy or strange.

All the super old guys at my YMCA like to blow dry their balls.

I have been in many locker rooms and never, ever seen another woman drying her genitals with a hairdryer.

There's a guard at Juniper Aquatic in Bend who I admire the crap out of. He is there EVERY day at 0 dark :30 when the pool opens, every swim I've ever done there he is there and absolutely works his ass off. He is constantly on the move, marching back and forth carrying his buoy and whistle. At first I thought he was looking for piranha in the water he was so intense. Over time I came to see that he just loves his job and kills it every day. He will get you a board, clear your lane of poorly paced or blocking swimmers, he politely kicks aqua joggers out and in to their separate designated areas, just love the guy. Always, smiling always on the move, never ever sits down. Then when it's his rotation to be off patrol he goes in to the new locker room and starts cleaning up everything, swabbing shower stalls, cleans toilets etc. Just blows me away. Give this guy a huge raise in my opinion.

Makes me wonder if similar things go on in the women's locker room.

The other was 'OCD Shower Guy', after I got done with the sauna I'm over by the shower bank and I see a guy check three separate showers. The odd thing was he did it in a sequence; 1, 2, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3 and then gets into #1. Absolutely no idea what the deal was as all the showers were empty.

I will admit to being that denizen. The gym where I swim does not provide towels, so we have to bring our own. One time I got out of the pool, and my towel was soaking wet. I am pretty sure it was the group of teenage boys that kept hopping between the hot tub and the pool. I was so grossed out by the thought of them rubbing my towel all over their bodies that I couldn't bring myself to use it without washing it. I had to use the hand dryers in the locker room in order to get dry enough to get dressed.

So yesterday at the local outdoor rec pool I arrive for my Saturday workout. I'm no fish, but just show up, go about my business and then go play with my kids. Usually no problem finding a lane. Yesterday was like something out of the twilight zone. Every lane is full. From right to left we have:

1. three lanes full of lane walkers. None a day younger than 65. All chatting away over the lane markers.
2. one lane actually being used by swimmers
3. a lane that is taken up by an older lady who is slowly sculling on her back. We've all seen them. Then tend to be on the heavier side, and older, but I give kudos for actually attempting a workout and doing something in the pool that doesn't involve your feet touching the bottom at all times (ie lane walkers). The kicker is..... she was doing all of this at 6 min/ 100 pace while wearing some pretty serious looking swim paddles and the whole outfit was topped off with one of those foam visors that they sell in Walmart for $1.50 with the little chord in the back to hold it on.
4. the last lane held 4 teenage girls who were using it for 'horse' races. A new take on lane walking, they were taking turns piggybacking each other up and down the lane. Fortunately about the time I've stowed my bag and stretched a little they've mosied on down the pool and are chatting 50 feet away.....lane empty. I start my set and 3/4 of the way down the lane see 4 pairs of feet in front of me......they'd hopped back in........ WTH? I (with difficulty) suppressed urge to flipturn off of one of them and explained lane etiquette. They moved. I felt very mature :)

Swimming is a great deal of skill acquisition on top of fitness as you are well aware. I have a pal who swam distance at Auburn and is 25+ years removed from competitive swimming. Last time he swam with me about 2 years ago he was no less than 30 pounds overweight and does nothing but play golf. Dude still flew like a bird and was wearing board shorts he was embarrassed to put on a swim suit, but was instantly the fastest guy in the pool;)

Where I swim there is a general purpose exercise room between the front desk and the locker room. You must walk past this room. It is usually used by people for yoga and body weight type exercises. The room is half mirrored and the other half is windowed into the facility.

Last week as I am walking by I look into the room and see that all the lights are off. But on the floor there is someone laying prone on the floor. Kneeling to their side is another man giving the prone man a massage. And then standing about a foot behind the kneeling man is another man standing with a music stand in front of him and he is playing a trombone.

I have seen a lot of weird things at the pool but this is by far the strangest.

For what it's worth, where I swim the showers are different. Some of them have good pressure, some of them have horrible pressure. Some take forever to warm up, some are used more often and always instantly warm. Having said that, as a creature of habit I almost always use the same one.

He could be OCD too. I wonder how that would play out in the pool? I probably just have to re-read this thread from the beginning to find out.