Back in the late 80s there was an apartment complex on Cedar Bluff Rd called Sunchase (I’m sure it’s still there but under a different name) but they had an indoor pool and were terribly lax about locking out access to it so we used to swim there frequently.
The Days Inn at Cedar Bluff was also an easy place to swim back then, they didn’t pay any attention to who was using their pool, went there quite a bit as well.
The best one was the Jewish Community Center on Deane Hill near Kingston Pike. We used to go there at night to play tennis, we’d turn the lights on ourselves and play for a few hours. Or go use their nice swimming pool. No one ever said boo...
...until one night, a really nice man showed up while we were playing tennis and said hey guys, we have memberships that people pay for that let them use these facilities and it helps pay for the costs of upkeep, and it’s really not fair to them to let others come play here for free so I’d appreciate it if you guys didn’t come do this... but hey, you don’t have to stop right now, finish your match and all, and please remember to turn off the lights when you leave. And then he said good night and left.
We did not finish our match. We just looked at each other and felt really shïtty about ourselves, then turned off the lights and left. And never played there again.
Couldn’t pick the dude out of a lineup if I had to, but to this day I’ll say he was a pretty cool guy.