Mudder
07-05-2011, 10:34 AM
During the past few weeks I have visited many family and country club with visiting friends and family. It seems to me there are some inconsistancies from pool to pool. One day it's ok for kids to jump into pools, the next day the monitor says no jumping. I can see no teenagers doing cannon ball jumps but what about a 3 year old jumping into Grandpa's arms? At a country club pool women are allowed to wear a floatbelt around their waist but a two year old was not allowed to wear a swim ring around his waist. I totally get the no throwing of objects in the pool but what about dropping things for little kids to go under and get? One day it was ok, the next day it wasn't. Hard to explain to kids. One country club not allowed to bring a small cooler, next day at another one we saw lots of coolers.
This one takes the cake as far as I'm concerned - three little kids were in the 3 foot deep water, trying to "swim', kicking and splashing having a wonderful time. The mothers were approached and told to keep the kids from splashing because these women were walking in the pool and didn't want to get their hair wet !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hello, you're in a family pool walking in three feet of water and want others to be sure your hair stays dry????? Why come to a family pool to walk, we have sport pools for walking and no little kids there. It is difficult to try to keep kids from splashing in a pool and even harder to dodge people who are walking in the swallow end in a family pool. One couple told us they love to come to family pools to hear and see the sounds of kids having fun ! Wish everyone who goes to family pools felt the same way.
I use the sport pools for lap swimming several times a week, there are usually a few walkers doing their thing in the envirnoment where they should be. It's better and safer for all.
Thanks for listening to my rant for the summer.
This one takes the cake as far as I'm concerned - three little kids were in the 3 foot deep water, trying to "swim', kicking and splashing having a wonderful time. The mothers were approached and told to keep the kids from splashing because these women were walking in the pool and didn't want to get their hair wet !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hello, you're in a family pool walking in three feet of water and want others to be sure your hair stays dry????? Why come to a family pool to walk, we have sport pools for walking and no little kids there. It is difficult to try to keep kids from splashing in a pool and even harder to dodge people who are walking in the swallow end in a family pool. One couple told us they love to come to family pools to hear and see the sounds of kids having fun ! Wish everyone who goes to family pools felt the same way.
I use the sport pools for lap swimming several times a week, there are usually a few walkers doing their thing in the envirnoment where they should be. It's better and safer for all.
Thanks for listening to my rant for the summer.