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

One time on holiday we were lying by the adults only pool in a really nice hotel, lovely chill out music playing in the background until an extremely drunk and obnoxious female turned up. She pumped up the music, was singing at the top of her voice and started dancing. Anyone that gave her the death stare got a mouthful of foul language. It didn't last long, she was escorted out by security. Later found out both her and her boyfriend were kicked out of the hotel that night for fighting and wrecking their room.

I like option 6, do a bit of jig too whilst maintaining eye contact and I'm pretty sure they'll move away from you.

so we can afford to go somewhere without the risk of this kind of thing happening.

It can happen at any hotel/resort regardless of how expensive it is!

I just didn't want them to think I was being a miserable cow.Ill update if we end up near them.

They're rude people, who cares what they think?

I saw my teen daughter deal brilliantly with this situation couple of years ago, day very windy so although sunny we were all huddled in small area shaded from wind, a couple in their mid thirties started up loud music and throwing ice cubes about, lots of annoyed glances and two people moved beds a bit, all ignored by couple, my daughter without any self consciousness walked over handed them her earphones and said here yours must be broken i'm going for a swim you can borrow mine, she walked off and the couple turned off music instantly there was then a hushed conversation in another language before they left - taking radio and earphones.

They were only cheap ones but I thought my daughter would go mad as they were hers, I was all ready to explain they probably didn't understand her lending them, when the couple arrived back came over handed me a bag in it was some sweets a new set of earphones and they apologised -the lady said it was her friends fault she said he wont disturb the children any more.

It can happen at any hotel/resort regardless of how expensive it is!

That hasn't been my experience...at high end resorts most people wouldn't do this is in the first place, and if they did, they would be roundly slapped down.

The last holiday we took, someone at the hotel was just obsessed with flying his drone to get photos of the beach etc. The hotel management put a stop to it pronto. Who does things like that anyway?

I tend to prefer Villa holidays tbh, completely eliminates the risk...

Ask the staff to have a word, or politely ask them to turn it down

OP at least it was only music (I use that term loosely as it was David head-wobble Grey).

DP and I saved for ages to go on holiday to a 'naice' hotel with beautiful adult-only beachside infinity pool. We had a Chinese mother-daughter combo who tag-teamed their incessant loud, screechy phone conversations (on speaker, because holding the phone to your ear these days is clearly too much effort), the whole time they were there. Which was all fucking day.

When I complained to staff, they just shrugged their shoulders at me (the offenders were ordering loads of food and drinks and tipping the server EVERY time). When I asked them politely not to use the speaker or to talk more quietly please, they looked at me like I was scum and pretended not to understand. Horrible pair.

on speaker, because holding the phone to your ear these days is clearly too much effort

Going off topic here but what's that all about? I've seen it a few times in shops lately. Are people really that oblivious to their surroundings?

I really don't get it because they seem to be holding the phone fairly close the face anyway!

Similar to a pp we were on a private beach in Greece last week when a group of older men started playing loud music. I would have been so mad if it wasn’t for the fact these old men were dad dancing and peacocking around in their speedos like they were the hottest things ever! It is incredibly annoying though and if it was something that happened regularly I would definitely be complaining.

That hasn't been my experience...at high end resorts most people wouldn't do this is in the first place, and if they did, they would be roundly slapped down.

We have only experienced it once, at a high end resort and as I said it was nipped in the bud pretty sharpish. The only villa holidays we like are ones where the villas are part of a resort. Privacy when you want it and mingle or not.