I'm kinda torn, because obviously I want mermaiding to be permitted at beaches and pools, but the fact is I'd be a hypocrite if I just say those people were being thoughtless and unreasonable. I was a lifeguard for two years, and while no one ever tried to swim in a tail at my pool, I already know that we didn't allow basically anything in the pools- flotation devices, toys, swim aids, fins, none of them.

Then again, that kind of policy probably isn't the norm at most pools, many of which do allow things like swim fins. While our policy didn't discriminate against people in tails since we simply didn't allow anything, the same can't be said for pools that allow fins but not tails.