[Mleeja]

I was at the pool around noon and a family of four came in placed their towels and stuff on four "prime" pool side loungers and then promptly left to play tennis for 45 minutes. Fortunately the pool was not to busy.

Thoughts?

[borjo]

"Fortunately the pool was not too busy". Forget it.

[Retiring]

Originally Posted by Mleeja

I was at the pool around noon and a family of four came in placed their towels and stuff on four "prime" pool side loungers and then promptly left to play tennis for 45 minutes. Fortunately the pool was not to busy.

Thoughts?

When they returned did you say something? Just curious.

If that happened to me I admit I probably would not have said anything to the party that placed the towels and left. I don’t like confrontation, it usually leads to bad stuff. I say something, they come back with a snide remark, I escalate further, they escalate and before you know it, we’ve got the T-Birds and Pink Ladies all over again.

[Topspinmo]

Very selfish IMO. You know like it their private pool.

[Sandtrap328]

Like the OP said, the pool was not busy. No harm, no foul.

Hey, remember the Marion County Sheriff (ridiculously!) said that everyone should pack heat. I know I am going to be extra careful in saved chair situations!

[outlaw]

Originally Posted by Sandtrap328

Like the OP said, the pool was not busy. No harm, no foul.

Hey, remember the Marion County Sheriff said that everyone should pack heat. I know I am going to be extra careful in saved chair situations!

An armed society is a polite society. See, it's already working....

[village dreamer]

well you could walk out with four new towels, or put them all on one chair.

[Mleeja]

Originally Posted by Retiring

When they returned did you say something? Just curious.

If that happened to me I admit I probably would not have said anything to the party that placed the towels and left. I don’t like confrontation, it usually leads to bad stuff. I say something, they come back with a snide remark, I escalate further, they escalate and before you know it, we’ve got the T-Birds and Pink Ladies all over again.

The pool was a family pool and there was someone there from the recreation dept. checking ID's. If the pool and been busy I would have said something to this person.

[rexxfan]

Originally Posted by Retiring

I escalate further.

I agree it's tough not to respond, but that'd be the place to stop I think. Easy to say, hard to do, but if we all worked on that I think we'd have a less toxic society in general. I'm trying (and mostly succeeding) but I need to do better.
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Bob C

[flyerguy]

This is a tough one. Personally I'm not a fan of reserving chairs, they want to participate in two activities and want assurance they'll be able to have the best at both, while having no consideration for others. Besides, I think it's really tacky.

[rubicon]

I am confused what is the issue? If the pool area was very busy and someone scooped up four lounge's that's one thing but since when is it offensive to set your towels down on four chairs/lounge's ? I would suggest that folks who are easily offended by this may want to not take a cruise because most lounge's around the pool are taken before the sun rises in the morning....I don't need no stinkin lounge

[Nucky]

Originally Posted by Mleeja

I was at the pool around noon and a family of four came in placed their towels and stuff on four "prime" pool side loungers and then promptly left to play tennis for 45 minutes. Fortunately the pool was not to busy.

Thoughts?

What does the word "Prime" exactly mean? Expand on that word and why would you care if they were in the loungers or in the pool or in the bathroom or playing tennis or horseback riding? What does it have to do with a person's (your) ongoing enjoyment of the activity of relaxing or swimming? I think this is why my wife is not happy when I don't take the bait to argue. I save it for important things, chairs saving in any way ain't one of those things. Maybe I'm wrong and I should seize up over small items...yeah that will improve my life. Not happening. How do you know those people didn't just suffer a loss of some type lately that was devastating and this was their first time out together. Change your mind now kemosabe? Live your own life.

[Pointer]

One day I was in the pool earlier then the usual gang of us and someone had left towels on four poolside chairs. It wasn't an issue as the pool never got crowded and they never did show, but we sure had a good time making jokes about saving chairs for each other.

If it had been an issue of someone needing a chair was being denied one while 4 remained empty, I think i would have moved them to the fence or brought them to lost and found. After all we elderly people need to sit and who's to say they weren't forgotten there.

While we're on the subject of pools I have a hard time with people who move a chair so close to the shower to get the sun, that I can't rinse off. I'm tempted to say excuse me you might get wet and use it anyway.

[Marathon Man]

Originally Posted by Nucky

What does the word "Prime" exactly mean? Expand on that word and why would you care if they were in the loungers or in the pool or in the bathroom or playing tennis or horseback riding? What does it have to do with a person's (your) ongoing enjoyment of the activity of relaxing or swimming? I think this is why my wife is not happy when I don't take the bait to argue. I save it for important things, chairs saving in any way ain't one of those things. Maybe I'm wrong and I should seize up over small items...yeah that will improve my life. Not happening. How do you know those people didn't just suffer a loss of some type lately that was devastating and this was their first time out together. Change your mind now kemosabe? Live your own life.

Yep

[cquick]

Originally Posted by Pointer

While we're on the subject of pools I have a hard time with people who move a chair so close to the shower to get the sun, that I can't rinse off. I'm tempted to say excuse me you might get wet and use it anyway.

Don't you think the person sitting in a chair by the shower knows he or she will get wet if someone wants to use the shower? So go ahead and use it!