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Original poster

to report poo in toddler pool

42 replies

lauryloo · 02/05/2019 15:58

took ds (5) to the pool today as his school was a polling centre

having a great time in the splash zone with slides etc when a toddler (under 2 i'd say) did a poo. Parents fished it out and flushed it down the disabled loo to the side of the pool

We went into the main pool at that point and told the lifeguard, just incase there is a cleaning procedure they need to follow. (no lifeguard in the splash zone).

the family came out about 10 minutes later giving me absolute daggers, WIBU to report the poo? surely that's the right thing to do instead of just fishing it out lol

OP posts:
gamerchick · 02/05/2019 16:00

You did the right thing.

Although I am wondering whey a 2 yr old didn't have a swim nappy on. They're handy things.

BigusBumus · 02/05/2019 16:00

Did they fish it out in one piece? If it all held together, didn't leave a residue and the water is chlorinated, I can't really see the problem.

However I do t understand why they weren't using swim nappies!!

azulmariposa · 02/05/2019 16:01

You did the right thing!

moita · 02/05/2019 16:01

YABU at all. Having worked in a leisure centre: some people are disgusting - we had parents take their babies and toddlers swimming in regular nappies and people wanting to swim in their underwear Confused

MullofKintire · 02/05/2019 16:04

Pools have a procedure to follow in these circumstances. It involves getting everyone out of the pool and testing the water. Usually they have to add another dose of chlorine and access is limited for several hours afterwards. Sometimes they have to drain the pool.
Faecal borne diseases can be very nasty - life-threatening at times.

Thesearmsofmine · 02/05/2019 16:09

YANBU

purplecorkheart · 02/05/2019 16:11

You did the right thing

nelsonmuntzslingshot · 02/05/2019 16:12

YANBU. DH and I were once in the gym which looks out onto the pool and someone did a poo in the children’s pool. They closed it for the rest of the day for intensive cleaning. 🤮

Highheels1 · 02/05/2019 16:15

YADNBU

BigusBumus · 02/05/2019 16:15

But the splash zone is not s pool though right? Just a wet floor area?

pocketcucco · 02/05/2019 16:18

I work in a gym on the weekends and it should be reported! The poolside staff would have fished it out too, it happens more often that you'd like to think! They can make a judgement then as to whether the pool needs to close (which it would if it was diarrhoea for example). You did the right thing :)

IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom · 02/05/2019 16:25

There is so much chlorine the whole thing would have dissolved if they had left it. The cleaning procedure is closing the pool, fishing it out, and waiting for you to forget there was a poo in the pool.

Original poster
lauryloo · 02/05/2019 16:25

@BigusBumus there is a really shallow pool bit, where the child was.

Glad i did the right thing, the parents didn't seem to think so Hmm

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TheInvestigator · 02/05/2019 16:25

I didn't realise how often this happens until my kids started swimming lessons and in 2 lessons in a row were cancelled as the pool was closed sue to AFR. I had to Google AFR when I got the email and it means accidental faecel release!

Mummyoflittledragon · 02/05/2019 16:25

YWNBU One time I went to the pool there was a naked baby / young toddler (so on solids) in the pool. I reported them before it was too late. Of course you must report this.

TFBundy · 02/05/2019 16:28

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BasilWhoosh · 02/05/2019 16:28

YANBU! You needed to tell them so they can shock the pool.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 02/05/2019 16:32

Just too bad on the parents.
You were 100% right to report it. I'm.sure they would not want to.swim around In the same water with yput little one's shit either.
My dd was sick I'n the pool in Pontins. I reported it straight away. Everyone was called out of the pool and it was. Closed for the day and given an intensive clean.

Hazlenutpie · 02/05/2019 16:35

Of course you were right to report this incident. There are specific procedures to follow when this happens, to protect pool users.

TraceyLP · 02/05/2019 16:45

We went to the Alton Towers' swimming pool and it was closed due to poo it the pool (completely drained as I could see it through the window from the hotel). They swapped over our day in the park and swimming day. I quite liked knowing it was freshly filled the next day - it must have been a bad one though!

TheGrey1houndSpeaks · 02/05/2019 16:49

What happened, was the pool closed for everyone or were the family ejected? Filthy muck larks.

ScreamingValenta · 02/05/2019 16:54
Envy
Historydweeb · 02/05/2019 16:56

I used to work in a leisure centre 😂 we used to call it a code brown

IHateUncleJamie · 02/05/2019 17:00

I got daggers for reporting a baby in an ordinary nappy in the Adults’ Only pool on a cruise. Toddlers in swim nappies aren’t even allowed and there are signs everywhere so I had no remorse in reporting the parents. Better getting a dirty look than norovirus.

YWNBU, OP.

arethereanyleftatall · 02/05/2019 17:06

If the poo is solid and can be fished out in one piece, procedure at our pool (I work there) is to fish it out. Believe it or not, lessons/public can carry straight away on as before. However, if the poo is soft and breaks up in to tiny pieces, then it's a big old procedure of clearing the pool, back washing etc
I would think a splash zone does have different rules though, that's not really a pool, just a wet floor.