how much can you see under the water in a pool?
You can see even less in a river. Yet my eagle eyed (then 8yo) DS spotted a bare bottom, squeaked loudly to gets his mates' attention, and the little sods went on a three child mission to keep tabs in case there was anything else more giggle worthy about to pop out of the water.
Never has pizza been more sucessfully ignored.
And DS has seen us naked since he was born. I think DH may actually be allergic to clothes.
But it was the "out of context" surpise at an age when he and his mates were all prone to rolling around laughing their heads of at any sentence containing bums/willy/boobs.
It wasn't the end of the world, but I find (even small picnic based and not actually party) kid focused stuff stressful at the best of times. I'm not the kind of mum who can pull these things off well with minimal effort, so was not well chuffed to have been thrown a curve ball which made me sweat from the sheer effort of trying to distract them.
Not blaming anybody, the guy wasn't expecting anybody to be there I guess, or just took an improtu dip. But I could have done without it ...had I had any choice in the matter.
I guess the parents at the pool feel they should have been given a choice, and I can't fault them for that. They are customers after all and their experience depended on the swimming pool demonstrating a little quality forward planning. Which they didn't achieve.
IF the parents had had adequate screening but still complained on principle, then I'd say that was OTT. But that wasn't the case and I can see how it could have impacted the kids behavoir and the parents enjoyment/relaxation levels at the party.