Radios at Pools
 

This is an ongoing issue north of CR 466 since we do not have The Villages Radio playing at our pools.

I have personally verified with the Recreation Department that radios are NOT ALLOWED AT POOLS NORTH OF CR 466.

There have been times at our pool when they are actually dueling radios with vastly different stations including commercials. How rude can one be to do that to other guests? Simple they do not care! Many are not residents ant think they are at some remote beach - duh!

Until the signs at the pools reflect this rule the only recourse is to go into the Recreation Center and complain. If you approach the idiot with the radio, who knows how they will react - many with foul language, or you can't make me stop blasting my radio.

I suggest we all take a moment to send an email to the Recreation Department asking that they add, NO RADIOS, to the rule signs at the pools north of CR 466. With today's technology there is no need to blast radios since anyone can get bluetooth ear buds.

These offenders, I believe are seeking attention or provocation. They will tell you it is not on the rules but it is a rule - NO RADIOS! My two cents.

When you go to public places, others are there. Have your own pool installed at your house.

I agree
 

Totally agree with you. That earphones are for!

I have seen people drinking beer while in both family and neighborhood pools and never getting out to use the restrooms. Now THAT’S concerning.

Do not enjoy the piped in music, loud talking etc. Bringing in your own music to play is inconsiderate at best.
It is hard to find quiet time at any pool, even with earplugs.

My 2 cents
 

Random thoughts:
1. Our local pool pipes in the moldy oldies from TV radio. Not a fan of having to listen to old crap alllll the time. I (we) like a variety of music but not oldie oldies all the time. I vote for no piped in music at any pool.

2. So do I understand that because you don't want to listen to music no one should be allowed to?? Interesting....

3. I don't see a thing wrong with having a small bluetooth speaker between lounges or chairs that can be appreciated in that small environment but not across the pool. If you want to listen music, be courteous and don't plonk down next to someone who is reading...novel thought?? (pun intended)

4. Loud talking that fills the entire pool area is an artifact of loud people. You are not going to change/regulate loud people.

5. How about people just be courteous ....can't we all just hug and get along? Rarely is a solution black or white. Most often, courteous people find an acceptable grey. Oh, sorry no hugs...let's just all get along... lol...how naive is that!

6. So entertaining reading various people's responses to posts. Thank you! :MOJE_whot:

I would not approach the person directly - you never know if they are on their meds or not. I would speak to the person on duty at the rec center and let them handle it.

Why phone? Go inside the rec center and the Park and Rec attendant should take care of it.

The pool is an amenity for social pleasure. People who gather are there to chat and have fun. It is a pool, not a library. For peace & quiet stay home

Lucky you
 

you must have married a very very young guy ( maybe teenager ? ) congratulations

Piped in music is ridiculous. They are telling me what yo listen yo. Just like Fox news on the squares. It's absurd.

My 69 YO DH likes heavy metal. According to Wiki, heavy metal evolved in the 1960's and '70's.

I really like Led Zepplin. No, I would not play it at the pool ~ not without earbuds.

Where are rules online ? I’ve never been to a pool because I was told I can’t play music ? I don’t want to sit there and hear others chatting. If it’s too loud and you want to read a book how about another pool? Just a suggestion

Ask the Rec Dept to come and stop the music
 

Not all of us can afford to have "our own pool", wish we could, but even so we should not be subjected to others music if we use the public ones. Villages Radio is played at some pools which is fine. Otherwise go the the nearest center and tell them about the music. It is Rec's job to deal with problems. Our pool has had gamblers and drinkers there at 6pm+ Fortunately that was stopped. Sadly the villages is getting filled with more and more selfish people. Used to be so nice.....

You will find few directions here, for anything.

You will find some folks think you should tell someone when something is displeasing and others who think you should not.

There are many mini-geographic attitudes that are at play here.

It appears to me that The Villages inc. tries NOT to tell people what to do.

When someone says; "You should go directly to their door and tell them." I think....you're kiddin' right???

Two words: ear plugs

Very convenient
Non-confrontational

How about these two words: ear buds

Very convenient
Non-confrontational
:)

True, that. I’m not sure if they can be worn in the water?

My thought exactly. There's a lot of aggressive people around.

:coolsmiley:

Not an option for me unfortunately.

Loud Music @ Pools
 

I would say something to one of the workers at the rec center or the person checking people in at the pools.

You might want to read you're deed restrictions you would have received when you purchased your home.

Pacem in terris
 

" america's friendliest home town" ?

Adult pools
 

You do not get checked in at the neighborhood pools and they are not adjacent to a rec center.

OP, why not ear plugs?

You won’t hear music nor the conversations.

Yup, but it’s hard to be friendly to inconsiderate people. It just encourages them to be more inconsiderate.

i'm not sure where you live, but if you'd like to come over to where we are, south of 44, our pools have signs posted with rules. one of them is no radio's. only 1 time did i see someone 'break' the rule, and it didnt even bother anyone. he had it @ a table, listening quietly to sports while his grandkids swam. the neighborhood pools are even quieter.

It's annoying if people play their own music plus play it loud. I experienced something equally annoying. A woman at the Mallory adult
pool talked for more than half an hour very loudly on speakerphone. I was in the pool and found it extremely rude. Plus, there was a man in a lounge chair in her vicinity trying to relax and maybe take a nap plus a woman trying to do the same and the talker seemed to be oblivious to anyone around her. I hope she reads this and gets the message.

Now that’s a way to describe it a pool! So I just grin and bear it! Lol and the regulars seem to enjoy it

You are kidding, right? Grin and bear it ? I don’t think so. Everyone else also has a right to enjoy. The “friendliest” doesn’t also mean the “dumbest”.

Its rude, and you shouldn't have to but you can look for a quieter pool.

We have found some here in TV feel they are "entitled." When Souillere villas were being constructed in 2018 we enjoyed the pool there because not many people lived in Soulliere and the pool was never had more than 3 or 4 people. There was one bimbo who used to be there at times who thought it was OK to blast music while she marched in the water. My wife would have liked to drown the witch, but I told my wife I would really mind having to visit her in jail. No we didn't confront her just left the pool and went back to our villa.

I can't believe all the useless suggestions. Do what I do. I simply take out my hearing aids! Works every time. Also, I take them out at home when my wife starts to complain. Works like magic - makes life so quiet and appealing.
Huh? What did you say?

If you guys want to know a secret, there is a neighborhood pool that almost nobody uses. It's where I stayed when I had my LSV in 2011, the Lakeshore Cottages just east of the sales office at LSL and at the foot of the Morse Bridge. If you're coming off Morse at the first light there is Bravo Pizza on the corner and Winn Dixie to the left, straight would take you to the square, instead turn right and turn again. It has a gate, it has a very nice pool and only has 53 homes. I stayed for a week and used the pool everyday and I was the only person there. The very first home on the west side overlooking Lake Sumter was Gary Morse's home, I don't know who owns it now. Gary obviously liked it for the convenience but it was so quiet in there and out of the way but yet you're only a short walk to the square and stores.

I kept up with some of the homes in there, Gary Morse's I believe sold for about $700K and the one I stayed in sold for about $600K. They're nice homes but you're paying for the location, the lots are very small and have no room for a pool, a big lanai or a golf cart garage. However, when you walk around on streets it makes you like you're on a movie set. You don't see anyone and the homes are immaculate and you have sidewalks with curbs and it's very nice. Here the location on this map.

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I think you are asking the wrong person to leave. As far as I know at most pools radios are not allowed. Why should it be you who leaves?

I absolutely LOVE that section of the Villages. I keep forgetting that ALL of the neighborhood pools are for ALL residents to use. I live on the other side of the golf cart bridge and have four pools at my disposal (including the country club pool since we're members). But there are always people in them.

I should grab my suit next time I'm heading to Sumter Landing for lunch and make a day out of it. Thanks for the reminder!

Why is it that you would choose to describe a woman who played music and exercised AKA "marched" in the pool as a "bimbo" and "the witch" ? It really is possible to disagree with someone or their actions without using sexist labels and stereotypes.

Where have you seen kids in adult pools? That should be reported.

Reading this messages makes me realized I’ve missed nothing when it comes to the pools , 20 years in villages 5 homes , I don’t think I’ve been in a pool here a dozen times and probably 10 years since the last time

Earplugs don't cut out sound completely. And that day I was trying to listen to my own music through earbuds, but I could still hear his music.