On Wednesday when we were arrived there she was, in her see through camisole swimming away. When she strutted across the entire room to the locker room one of the (female) staff followed her. They told her the swimsuit was in appropriate and finally found out her name. Case closed drama ended.....
Until today. When I arrived at the pool, she was swimming laps in a regular suit like all the rest of us finally!! But as I got in the pool one of the lifeguards started to call to her. NSL looked around briefly but started to swim away. Then I heard the lifeguard, Julie (a middle aged woman, who is the mother of 3 teenagers) say, “I have a swimsuit under these clothes..... so you can get out or I will come in and get you!”
By now we were all in our fitness class with instructions being called out by the instructor. Usually we are talking among ourselves but this morning everyone was extremely quiet. We must have looked like a synchronized swim team of senior ladies with our heads strangely craned to the edge of the pool. The exchange continued, with NSL slowly getting out of the pool. By now she was screaming at the lifeguard and shaking a finger at her.
When NSL returned to poolside she was fully dressed and started screaming about how the Y was discriminating against her, a minority business woman, making her buy a membership and pay monthly acitivity fees. Then she grabbed the young woman lifeguard who might be 20 and started shaking her finger at her. The life guard looked straight ahead, never making eye contact and never uttering a word.
NSL swam at the Y for three years without paying the annual dues or the monthly activity fees. The Activities Director annouced that wthe Y is looking in to getting scanner cards to open the doors. NSL IS however NOW paid up on her dues.
