It’s not BU to shit in the Center Parcs pool

[PoxAlert]

Or at least that’s the assumption I’ve come to after my most recent visit.

We went to the pool 4 days (for a maximum of 2 hours each visit)

3 of the 4 times they had to shut the wave pool because it had been pood in.

We go at least twice per year and have it at least once a trip.

HOW?!?!?

For god sake people. Don’t shit in the pool. Dont let your kids shit in the pool. Check nappies.

We didn’t go in the wave pool all week because of the public’s seeming inability to use a toilet.

Eeeeeewww!
We’ve been to CP a few times and luckily have never had that happen! Booked again for next year and will be gutted if it closes as it’s our baby’s favourite bit!

Dh found one of those “chicken fillet” swimming costume inserts in the rapids at CP once. He thought it was hilarious and was flapping it at the dc like a fish.

I did point out to him it might be a medical type one and some poor woman who had had a maesectomy and be really upset/mortified. I made him go and give it to the lifeguard as penance.

One could create absolute havoc with a few fun size Mars bars....

Years ago we were practising evacuation drills of an unconscious person at the birthing pool where I used to work. I was the unconscious person and had clothes on over my swimsuit in the pool.

A joker colleague had secretly spent some time mashing up mainly sponge cake and fruit cake I think into the shape of a huge turd and right when everyone is armpit deep leaning in to pull me up he slipped it in and then started squealing!

One daft doctor thought it was real and was squealing and I was like . I am fully dressed, how the hell would a turd fall out!

And this is the exact reason I hate swimming pools 😂

Haha thanks for the laugh everyone.

We adore CP but that took the shine off a little. Poor life guards wading in with nets and yellow hazardous waste bags.

We’ve come home with no ill effects so I guess their water sanitation is up to standards.

I just can’t fathom how it happened every. Single. Day.

I find it very ironic that many pools in France have banned swimming shorts for men but I rarely see a 'happy nappy' being used (and never seen a pool require or even advise it)! All pools should have this as a rule!

Happened to us at the usual CP we go to, every time without fail & they have to close the pool for at least half an hour.

The staff need to check that the proper nappies AND HAPPY NAPPY clothing is adhered to before entering.

It’s not fair for those that do.

Rant over.

We had a home birth and I was in the birthing pool a lot.

DH was scooping out all of my little mini turds with the wine sediment sieve.

Our midwives have since become good friends and regularly come to dinner. They'll never drink red wine though.....

I went on holiday to a very posh resort and there was a lady who was potty training her very young toddler. She was literally following the toddler around the baby swimming pool with a potty trying to encourage it to poop.

Someone did do a poo in the baby pool (I assume it was a child) and they had to drain the whole thing and refill it. It took hours and hours.

I once had a school swimming lesson where there had been a toddler group swim session, followed by a y7 lesson, followed by us. The Y7 childre were all showering and saying things like “I’m so sure I saw one.”

Swim teacher came into the changing rooms. “Sixth form swim has been cancelled. Year 7...it turns out there was actually a little bit of poo in the pool, so make sure you have a REALLY good shower, thank youuuuuuu!” There was so much wailing from the showers .

I remember several poos always being at the edges of the baby pool in my local swimming baths.

When I was 5 or 6 I used to challenge myself to swim as close to them as possible, almost (but not quite) touching them with my nose. Different times...

I'm laughing so much but it's so grim too, I take DS swimming every week and there have been a couple of times the baby pool has been closed because of, ahem, insecure nappies.

A friend and I used to go to a very naice spa/leisure club to go swimming occasionally when we were very early teens with her Mum, it had very fancy flowerbeds around the pool, full of fake plants and those little plastic pebbles. Which look just like poo and float very convincingly. Hours of fun

Having popped my DS in the paddling pool wearing a disposable swim nappy only, I can confirm that they hold in precisely fuck all. Bad times Always double up with a happy nappy now.

Loads of code browns at First Choice Holiday Villages.

Oh yikes! My mother swore that every time we went to centre parcs i got sick. The last time i went (first time as an adult) i ended up being sick on the side of the road on the way home to the joy of my husband, brother and father 😂.

I hope that isn't the reason why and its just coincidence because we are going again in a week and in November 🤦‍♀️

I don’t get why pools aren’t stricter. Baby swim classes tend to insist on double layer happy nappies. In classs , there’s only been pool closures when someone didnt double up.

I have never properly laughed out loud at a thread before but between the pea and the turd at the ice rink I'm struggling to compose myself.

I don't know why I'm finding it so funny

OH MY GOD i've spent months suppressing my phobia of germy public pools enough to start taking DD4 swimming. Smiling through gritted teeth as i teach her to swim a couple of times a week ....

Now i read this thread!! Whyyyyyyy?

mumma I never got sick from near-nose rubs with many poos on the bottom of the pool in the 80s. Am amazed there is so much fuss, given the pool itself will be awash with invisible poo anyway from people’s bottoms.

Been to center parcs many times and never found a poo in the pool.

Which CP site was this at?

Hahahahahah @Catsize that makes me feel alot better!

Near nose rubs 😂😂

Mum2Jenny

It was a Woburn. We’ve so far had poo free trips at Elveden. But Woburn at least 1 poo evacuation per trip and we’ve been at least 5/6 times.

Yikes! I’m going soon - haven’t been for years but never had a poo/pool issue before.

Oh crap we are going to Woburn! Never had this issue at the longlete one!

DD's swimming lessons were cancelled at least once a term for this.

Code brown.