[MikeV]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

I have never showered at a pool in my entire life. Squirting water on you without soap isn't my idea of getting clean. I have never come to any pool all sweaty and dirty.


Another thing, that most would be surprised at is the amount of iddy biddy little microorganisms on the skin after showering with just water.


I don't think about all of the water swirling around all of the orifices of other people's bodies when I go to the pool, but if that is what you want to meditate on, knock yourself out.. What kind of thinking is that? If you want to go down that path, think of all of the people who sat on anything before you did, and on the pool chairs and I am not one to crouch over a john either.

I have managed to make it this far and I don't consider myself antiseptic but pretty clean. I shower when I get home after the pool and frequently just before I go.

I am constantly surprised by things I read on this forum.

You read my mind.

[zonerboy]

Rules do not exist in and of themselves.
They should have a reason for their existence, and some goal or purpose they are meant to achieve.
So far, based on responses posted on this thread, no one can agree as to what the reason is or what purpose the "showering rule" is supposed to accomplish.
No wonder it is largely ignored.
By the way, describing public pools as some sort of toxic "soup" is a gross exaggeration at best, and more likely a paranoid delusion IMHO.

[Indydealmaker]

Before Swimming, Be Sure to Shower

[Villageswimmer]

Thanks for the post. Interesting article. What's kind of ironic is that the sports pools (not sure about neighborhood pools) have signs posted that the use of soaps is prohibited.

The Villages Rec folks should read this article.

[wendyquat]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

I have never showered at a pool in my entire life. Squirting water on you without soap isn't my idea of getting clean. I have never come to any pool all sweaty and dirty.


Another thing, that most would be surprised at is the amount of iddy biddy little microorganisms on the skin after showering with just water.


I don't think about all of the water swirling around all of the orifices of other people's bodies when I go to the pool, but if that is what you want to meditate on, knock yourself out.. What kind of thinking is that? If you want to go down that path, think of all of the people who sat on anything before you did, and on the pool chairs and I am not one to crouch over a john either.


I have managed to make it this far and I don't consider myself antiseptic but pretty clean. I shower when I get home after the pool and frequently just before I go.


I am constantly surprised by things I read on this forum.

Could not have said it better myself Gracie! I stand under the shower before entering the pool but I feel a bit silly realizing it is not really washing my germs off but just getting me wet !

[USSGompers]

I saw a bird fly over the Chula Vista pool and poop in it.

[Halibut]

Are there showers on the historic side? My mailbox faces the pool at Country Club Hills and I've never noticed a shower there. Same for Paradise. I'm unobservant, though.

I'm of the opinion that people are kind of sanitizing and disinfecting themselves out of developing natural immunities any more.