Hibiscus pool Christmas weekend - mole
 

A drowned mole was in the pool! Much to my surprise, upon being notified of the condition, the attendant indicated he is not aware of anyone who is able to remove it!
Further, when asked if there was a net available, he said he didn't know but you can look.

Really!?

I would have simply found a plastic cup and removed the mole, not worth getting upset over it as one of the rules states that you should not drink the water in the pool.

I would have just grabbed the critter by the tail and tossed it into the nearest trash bin. Why not, the thing has been disinfected floating in a chlorinated pool, and these days I always have a bottle of hand sanitizer with me. Easy peasy, done!

Shouldn't this go in the Pool Etiquette thread? lol

Yes, everyone knows that moles are attracted to loud music.

Fine example of rec center employees? Yes, I know very bad, very bad man!:duck:

I wouldn’t touch it either.

Probably was chasing another hamster in the wheel unmasked caught Covid from him..unable to cope with quarantine, and no vaccine available he Came to the pool, couldn’t take all the music playing and did himself in where there was no net to scoop out the remains...so he would float endlessly and freak everyone out...just saying for a friend...

There is a net at every pool surprised the rec center person did not know that.

I have had the experience of picking up a mole by the tail. It immediately turned around and attached to my finger and I had trouble getting him off

Should have brought it home and put it in a slow cooker with carrots, potato and onions.

Most of us all know that as should the OP instead of criticizing the attendant. Its a mole. Geeeez. Not the mysterious Big Foot. Just pull it out

The pool attendant was less than helpful and I can see where you would expect a helpful response. But such is life and on a scale of 1-10 he was a 2 and that's just because he answered you. Happy New Year!

Community Watch Can Help
 

The attendant (or resident) could have called community watch. They would have contacted the agency who operates the pool cleaning services. Their number is on the sign by the pool's phone.

Perhaps the guy he asked want really an attendant. Just another poor guy using the pool.

Google : Do moles carry diseases? Result: not smart to touch them and maybe pool needed an extra cleaning? 2020 strikes again. How dare a mole without Village ID die in the pool! The recreation attendant may have had an eggnog hang over. Most are very helpful and put up with an abundance of abuse. May 2021 soften and improve the attitudes encountered here.

I would not suggest touching it yourself. The rec center staff should have called someone to take care of it.

We don't have pool attendants. We have recreation assistants who fill in for each other during holidays, etc. The "attendant" may have been filling in and simply may not have known the answers. That does not mean that he did not take action after he returned to his post.

How about giving a someone the benefit of the doubt rather than anger? After all, it was Christmas weekend.

Um, you ever see a mole before?

We've owned a pool in NJ for 30 years. Inevitably moles, baby rabbits etc would wander in for a drink and find themselves drowned. They eventually end up in the skimmers where they are easily removed. They never affected the balance of the pool.

I was a REC attendant at Rohan for a few months. These people work HARD to maintain TV standards. Not to mention these ridiculous and trivial complaints PLUS having to satisfy all the people indoor and out. So put on your big girl panties and toss it yourself or go to the nearest REC center and tell the folks at the desk what happened.:boxing2:

Sorry you ran into a non informed pool attendant and people commenting that do not know how to show compassion to others .
Their day is certainly coming .
Best to ignore ignorance in people . State law requires certain items be readily available for a public pool to be open , a net being one of them .
Health department would of shut the pool down if informed , especially if readings are not being
taken on sanitizer levels and recorded for everyone’s safety .

Great help he was!!

next time feel free to contact me, i will happily deal with the poor creature. i spent years rehabbing injured, sick & orphaned wildlife, so this is a non-issue. i've even been vaccinated for rabies.

I w-a-s being sarcastic! I would of just thrown the mole out. Would I call cause there was dead frog in pool? No just throw it out.

Folks who work at the rec centers are just people looking for a little extra money and may not have ever dealt with a mole face to face in their life. (I haven't) I would think they look like a rat, or some sort of brown furry creature you don't often have the opportunity to know. If I intended to remove the creature from the pool and the first attendant didn't know where the net was, I would ask someone else, or simply have gone to another pool. Usually the staff at rec centers are nice people, eager to help and polite. I don't know what there is about this time of year that we get a rash of reporting's on unfortunate and rather small things.

Is it someone on a brief visit who expected this place to never have flaws?

Marathon man. This is The Villages no one gets the benefit of the doubt.

The pools don't have attendants. There is a rec center manager who monitors the rec center and 2 or 3 pools nearby. The managers don't clean the pools, and I don't think they are responsible for knowing where the net is stored.

Should have tried CPR on the poor thing

Was the mole wearing a mask?

Just because one person did not have answers to a few questions, we are taken to the law is being violated? C'mon.

You are so correct. My bad.

All I kept thinking of as I read all the responses is, "The poor little mole" How sad! But I would not touch it with bare hands. I would get something to get it out .

Really people, it's a friggin mole. Just pick it up and toss it in the trash. I would rather pick up a hundred moles with my bare hands then walk close to one idiot not wearing a mask. Let's put things in proper perspective.