Holiday swimming pool area etiquette

[ChihuahuaMummy1]

Currently lazing by the pool on holiday,a family next to us have switched on music fairly loudly and I'm trying to read .These are the options.

1.ignore and suck it up as they are on holiday too.

2.ask them to turn it down politely

3.Cheerfully throw music device in nearby pool.

Aibu I want to do 3 but will end up doing 1

Forgot to add that there is no option to move as its very busy

1. Take the cowards way out and ask the staff (assuming it's a hotel) to get them to turn it down.

If it’s a hotel, definitely option 4!

Otherwise I guess you have to ask very politely...

There is no need imo,they play music over speakers at the general big pool area so I'm a bit

Defo ask the staff. Its one thing to have your music playing so you can hear it, but to have the whole area listening to it...

1. Play your own music/audio book at top volume.

1. Start singing loudly and off key to whatever they are playing.

Same thing happened to me last week. Sat on beautiful private beach on Greek Island. Waves crashing, sun shining, DD snorkelling with DH, me reading. Young couple arrive and put on loud techno music. Everyone gave them the death stare. There were French, German, Russian all looking in disbelief.

I'd go for 4, and probably get DH to do it

Lucille- did the couple take the hint and turn it off?
I hate this too, it’s so selfish, imposing your tastes and preferences on everyone else. We’ve a couple of 50-ish male friends who are occasional culprits, in their case I see it as a tragic attempt to be cool. Luckily their wives told them to pack it in when I’ve witnessed it
Ask the pool staff to have a word.
It’s a very dominant behaviour, the aural equivalent of man-spreading. I associate it with wankers, irrespective of the sex.

Ask the staff to tell them to turn it down.

I really don't understand why people think it's okay to play music out loud in situations like that.

Ask the hotel staff to speak to them.

Is there music played by the pool all day from the hotel speakers though? Does no one complain? Unless it’s very quiet sort of spa music that would drive me completely nuts.

Does the hotel have any rules about it? We stayed at a brilliant hotel for this sort of thing in Morocco (if low class in many other ways).

Main pool, 2x family friendly pool (one heated), 1x toddler pool, one quiet pool.

Nasty (dare I say it, chavvy?) family kept bringing their little kids to jump into the quiet pool (kids, bless them, weren't making much noise!), blare music, and LOUDLY complain whenever they were moved on. Hotel still moved them each and every time.

This will probably end the thread we left after an hour,I will definitely say something if end up near them tomorrow I'm not a wuss when it comes to that I just didn't want them to think I was being a miserable cow.Ill update if we end up near them.

I love no. 6 definitely do that.

My friend is someone who will happily watch a really loud YouTube video or play music loudly in public and I’m forever punching him and telling him to shut up

Why do people DO this?? So bloody rude. If you want music by the pool of your choosing, you book a villa.

"Excuse me would you please use headphones you're disturbing everyone else"

You'll be a hero

Complain to staff.

It's the British thing to do.

Oh and when they are being told to turn it off, be sure to be reading you book, completely oblivious to the conversation.

Last year I went camping on the Isle of Mull with my wife. We had pretty noisy neighbours, and were excited to finally get some peace and quiet.

We drove to an extremely remote corner down a pretty rustic dirt track, and found a little spot overlooking a beautiful bay. It wasn't a camp site, there were no facilities - it was private land where the owner had said people could use one particular spot to camp. We set up camp, and went for a walk around the hills, and didn't meet any other people for the entire afternoon - only wild deer. Came back to find someone else had pitched their tent a few metres from ours - a father with two young children. They proceeded to play loud club music for the entire evening. The really annoying thing, is because it was so remote, with only the hills surrounding us, the music bounced off them and amplified everything, like we were at a festival. Completely ruined the trip.

I really wanted to go and ask them to f* off, but I've seen too many horror films with the exact same set-up, and the husband NEVER fairs well.

To make it worse it was David Gray who I cant stand

Do what I had to do last week. Take a tissue, tear a bit off and stuff it in your ears. You will look bloody stupid but at least you won't be able to hear the loud music and I think possibly they will notice and probably laugh But hey it worked for me. Mine went off for pizza and never came back. I that fails I'd order a Pina Colada - you will be past caring after the first one.

I asked a couple on a beach in Crete to turn off their music (I even offered to lend them my earphones!). They turned it off without a fuss. The British couple next to us were very grateful we'd spoken up.

Just ask them to turn it off

I agree, it's awful and so anti-social, but this is the way of the world these days and a risk you take when you go on holidays like this.

Personally, we only go on 'holiday' holiday every few years so we can afford to go somewhere without the risk of this kind of thing happening.

Maybe book a villa next time?