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Originally Posted by Mikeod
My concern about the pools is that what you suggest would require full time monitoring, i.e., an employee stationed at every pool all the time it is open. My experience in this type of situation is that less than that would mean a roving monitor who would stop by, warn people they were too close, perhaps move the seating back to proper distances, then leave. Whereupon, everything would revert back to the way it was. People told to leave for violating the restrictions would simply go out, wait for the monitor to leave, then return. If they are confronted by other pool users, then we have a potential for real conflict.
I hope I'm wrong about the ability of the residents to handle a step by step reopening, but reading comments about golf, pickleball, and other activities on TOTV doesn't fill me with confidence.
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It would absolutely require an actual monitor stationed at the pools. It would mean re-training some employees who are in other low-paying positions that are currently closed because of the virus - and giving them back a job. There are hundreds of Villages employees out of work right now. I'd love to see some of them return to work - but doing jobs that are needed during this crisis. Like pool monitors at every pool. They could take 4-5 hour shifts, and the pools could have somewhat reduced hours. Mornings are usually the coolest time of day, and mid-late afternoon hours are usually the hottest. So maybe the pools wouldn't open until 10AM, and close at 6pm. Gives everyone a chance to cool off and be in the presence of other human beings, without forcing a crowding situation. And gives jobs back to some of the low-wage workers who otherwise would currently be unemployed.