Originally Posted by Black Beauty

Pool checkers were more common 4-5 years ago. If you're in the water they cannot card you...

Riverbend Rec, a friend was told he had to keep his Village ID on his person while IN the pool... guess that Rec worker missed a memo at sometime in their training.

Originally Posted by schwarz

I have been at LaHacienda Recreation center for over three years. We are supposed to have a rec assistant staff of 16, currently we have 10 with no new hires in site. Every day in my work emails are requests from multiple other centers listing all their shiffs that need coverage. Our manager has personally had to work shifts due to being short staffed. There recently was a big meeting with all the big wigs trying to figure out how to attract staff, especially at $10 an hour, the current pay rate, and also address employee retention.
Managers work normally Monday-Friday 8-5 and certainly not all hours the centers are open. They have many responsibilities, checking id's at pools are not their priority. Sadly, the staffing issue is likely to continue for awhile, just as it is in most local businesses as you can confirm by the help wanted signs everywhere.
Again, if you see a specific problem at the pool, use the pool phone and call the center listed and we should be able to respond but the days of a full time pool monitor are over for now. Bob

I think the growing Air BnB phenomina in TV is not helping matters. My parents live nextdoor to a house that has new people coming in everyday on some weeks. I get short term rentals but hotel homes is counter to deed restricted community concept and puts you all to task even more. The almighty $$ over what is best for your neighbors.

[schwarz]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

Thanks. But, my post was addressing the comment that every rec center is "short of staff". LaHacienda is a "regional" rec center. But, the majority of the pools are monitored by the "village" rec centers, not the regional rec centers. The village rec centers are operated by one employee, who monitors about 2-3 pools as well as other rec center activities. As I understand it, this has been the staffing level at every village rec center for at least the past 5 years. So, to say that every rec center is short of staff is not accurate, especially with respect to the thread topic of checking the pools for IDs. One employee is responsible to check IDs at about 2-3 pools, and that staff level has not changed.

I also help out at the Coconut Cove rec center and they are currently short four, yes 4, staff members, where the manager often has to work several shifts a week, in addition to his normal duties and helping with many other Villages events like today's 5K race where most managers were assigned to it at 5am today.
Believe me, there are three pools, 6 very active pickleball courts, two tennis courts, plus shuffleboard and bocci just at Coconut Cove to watch, in addition to the billiards room and the one Ballroom with multiple events a day, and a card room. A lot for the one Recreation person to monitor

[36Aday]

Originally Posted by bob.betty

can anyone tell me why they no longer check i.d.'s in the pools? We saw people smoking, and also commenting that if you see a community watch person come in to jump in the pool so they don't check your id. We've seen numerous people who were obviously under the age of 30 in adult pools, it seems to be out of control.

people not doing their job and should be fired!!!!!

[Lindaws]

Just like you see underage kids driving carts or grandkids on laps etc. I guess you
can now pick & chose what rules to follow.

[Waltdisney4life]

And who are you going to fire recreational staff is down 50% from normal if you fire the staff they were closed the pools and the rec centers then what do you do

[dhdallas]

Originally Posted by Bill14564

Do you live in the Villages? If so, you should attend one of the Resident Academy presentations to help you understand how our local Govt. actually works.

"...how our local Govt. actually works."? It doesn't!

[Cher1119]

I have had my ID checked many times. Actually was at our 30 and over pool and got chatting with a young couple who were just hanging out in the corner of the pool...25 years old. They were visiting their grandparents. Beautiful young people. There were a few others in the pool who didn't seem like they thought it was the end of the world that these two people were 5 years younger then the age requirement. After a very nice visit with them they saud they were gonna head back to the house for dinner with grams and gramps. I didn't feel the need to tell them they had to leave. Matter of fact.. they were more pleasant then some of my fellow villagers I have encountered.

[NotGolfer]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

Thanks. But, my post was addressing the comment that every rec center is "short of staff". LaHacienda is a "regional" rec center. But, the majority of the pools are monitored by the "village" rec centers, not the regional rec centers. The village rec centers are operated by one employee, who monitors about 2-3 pools as well as other rec center activities. As I understand it, this has been the staffing level at every village rec center for at least the past 5 years. So, to say that every rec center is short of staff is not accurate, especially with respect to the thread topic of checking the pools for IDs. One employee is responsible to check IDs at about 2-3 pools, and that staff level has not changed.

The responsibility of checking has been longer than 5 yrs. I once was at our pool every morning. Once in a great while the employee would come out and check. They said they had to make the rounds to 3 pools and didn't always get the job done due to other responsibilities. People who can't self govern (ie. know the rules and follow them) are sophmoric and push the bounderies in other areas of their lives too. They're just kidding themselves thinking they're getting away with whatever rules they break. One day it may all catch up with them

[Michael G.]

Originally Posted by Waltdisney4life

And who are you going to fire recreational staff is down 50% from normal if you fire the staff they were closed the pools and the rec centers then what do you do

Create a Roman bath house with a lot of nuked women......

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by dhdallas

"...how our local govt. Actually works."? it doesn't!

wow!

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by Two Bills

Smoking whilst swimming is very difficult.
I had a Dickens of a job keeping cigarettes dry.
Much easier since I changed over to smoking a pipe!

Heh.

A sign that used to be posted at a Minnesota “watering hole” some years back…

“Please don’t throw cigarette butts into the urinals. They get soggy, and hard to light”.

[jimlambert]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

Three times over the winter I saw young people in the sports pools during lap swimming times who appeared way to young to be Village residents. Each time someone called the associated regional recreation center. One time they had rental issued resident ID’s and were allowed to stay. The other two times they had guest ID’s and were told to leave. Apparently, there are homeowners who don’t know the rules and tell their guests it is OK to use the sports pools?

I’ve lived here 11 years but never heard visitors aren’t allowed in sports pools. I’m sure I’m not the only one. Is it really a problem or does it just drive the negative people crazy?

[jimlambert]

Originally Posted by Michael G.

Create a Roman bath house with a lot of nuked women......

Are they from Chernobyl?

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by Cher1119

I have had my ID checked many times. Actually was at our 30 and over pool and got chatting with a young couple who were just hanging out in the corner of the pool...25 years old. They were visiting their grandparents. Beautiful young people. There were a few others in the pool who didn't seem like they thought it was the end of the world that these two people were 5 years younger then the age requirement. After a very nice visit with them they saud they were gonna head back to the house for dinner with grams and gramps. I didn't feel the need to tell them they had to leave. Matter of fact.. they were more pleasant then some of my fellow villagers I have encountered.

This has nothing to do with picking and choosing who can and cannot use the adult pools based on their pleasantness.

There is an age requirement. No matter how nice this couple was, they showed a very decisive, intentional lack of respect to YOU by choosing to violate the rules.

The adult pool is not your personal pool where you get to make or break the rules, or decide who gets to break them on everyone else's behalf.

If you let a 25-year old couple hang out at the 30+ pool, then you need to let the 20-year-old couple hang out at it. If you let them hang out at it, then you need to let the 15-year-old couple hang out at it. And then that 25-year-old couple should be allowed to bring their infant baby and 2-year-old.

When you break the rule to accommodate the interests of one, at the expense of the interests of everyone else, then you invalidate the rule.

We have family pools, set up JUST so that people under 30 have a place to go. That is where they should go.