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Originally Posted by Nana2Teddy
Agree. For me going anywhere nowadays without my phone would be very much like me as a southpaw going anywhere without my left hand.
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With very few exceptions (because waterproof cases are a thing, albeit expensive): MOST people don't go into the pool with their cell phone. Most people can't, because most people don't have waterproof cases, or pockets in their swimsuits that can hold those waterproof cases, or sturdy waistbands on their swim bottoms where a waterproof case and phone can be efficiently and safely clipped.
However, everyone is ABLE to go into the pool with their plastic ID card. It's easy to put it in a plastic envelope with a clip attached. Or stick it in the little "key & ID" pocket in some swim suit bottoms. Or hang it around your neck on a ribbon. Or heck, even puncture a little hole in the corner that doesn't have the bar code, and affix it to your suit with a safety pin.
People with an ID on their cell phone have a built-in excuse to not show it when they're in the pool. "Sorry, can't carry my phone in the water." People with a plastic ID don't have that built-in excuse. ID-checkers should be checking IDs of everyone in the pool area. Even the ones in the water.