Originally Posted by Greg Nelson (Post 1227780)

After leaving TV last January we stayed at a condo in Islamorada. They used plastic fish line over the pool to keep out the birds. Did it work? ASK THE BIRDS!

Originally Posted by goodtimesintv (Post 1227732)

I'm with you. When there are employees present, looking right at an obvious problem, and they do nothing to indicate they even SEE a problem, they're either complicit, oblivious, lazy, apathetic, or all of the above.

Residents-pool users or villagers using any facility here should not have to tell people to do their job to correct something they're looking right at, and then reprimand/report them if they do not respond. Even if there is no problem, you can't have residents telling people to do their job and how.

Call the Rec Dept. and report this. We shouldn't have to tell anyone that manure needs to be cleaned up. It's so basic that it casts doubt on how much effort they'd exert on much bigger problems. Plus, the way things go here, some villagers will decide that since ducks swim and poop in the pool, their dog has the right to do the same. You don't think so? Just wait.......

Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 1227740)

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Since you are new, you may not know this forum is not connected to The Villages in any official capacity. It is privately owned. Also, since you are new, you may not know that the person who opened the pool may have reported it. The person who opened the pool and the person who cleans the pool are two different people. The person who opened the pool is a villager, a neighbor, and those folks working at rec centers are usually very helpful and nice. I doubt very much if she would have ignored it, if she had seen it.

If you are wondering who to call, call the sales office number. Many times over the years I have called the person on duty and she/he always directed me to the right person who knows how to handle almost any situation. The people who answer the phones are very well trained. Unless you see a person who may be up to something, or looks suspiciously out of place, than do the "see something, say something" and call the sheriff's number.

Originally Posted by Marathon Man (Post 1227800)

How does anyone now that she did nothing? Is it possible that she got one the phone the minute she got back to the desK? Let's not make assumptions here, followed by insults.

Originally Posted by goodtimesintv (Post 1228204)

You are right. I was speaking more to the "insulting" pat answer righteously proclaimed here and in restaurant threads, which shoots at the messenger: "And what did the manager say?".

When employees look right at a problem they do not acknowledge, it looks like approval.

Originally Posted by cquick (Post 1226954)

That's why I am glad I have a screen over my pool!

Originally Posted by Lovey2 (Post 1227788)

:( .....if it was just fishing line, that sounds a little mean, assuming the ducks wouldn't be able to see it very well till they tried to land on it. I would hate to see that here.

Originally Posted by goodtimesintv (Post 1228204)

You are right. I was speaking more to the "insulting" pat answer righteously proclaimed here and in restaurant threads, which shoots at the messenger: "And what did the manager say?".

When employees look right at a problem they do not acknowledge, it looks like approval.

Originally Posted by Kahuna32162 (Post 1228021)

And as is with other open areas in th Villages, we are over building their habitat (see previous thread: Gators eat ducks). Ducks also float in open water areas and, much to our disappointment, and given the amount of time and money spent to try to train them where to poop, they continue to let us down. Maybe just a stern Shooo would have fixed the issue, something to try next time, maybe.