People with kids who insist on using the adult only pool

[SlightlyCheesedOff]

I have 2 kids myself, grown up, so I have been a parent on holiday too.. 8 pools in the hotel, including special kids pools.. Children welcome and catered for at 7 of those... But people insist on using (with kids) the one pool officially designated for adults and designed to be quiet... The "relax pool". Not relaxing with children screaming and splashing.

AIBU to think it's slightly selfish behaviour on their part?

[trixiebelden77]

Goodness you’re so cool Hemlock. You really put a child in their place.

It would have been just as easy to draw the child’s attention to her mistake without the clumsy rudeness, surely?

[Sweetpea1532]

Got a big chuckle @lojoko!
We were on a riverboat tour and there were several children who were misbehaving so my male friend told them off as the parents weren't doing a thing to correct the behaviour...one kid points at my friend and yells over to his mum, "Mummy! That man is being mean to me!".. I almost fell overboard from laughing so hard

[LizzyELane]

I'd just love to go on holiday with just one pool, never mind eight!

[FelicisNox]

YANBU but I'm over here too busy being jealous that you're actually on holiday.

[Havaiana]

@Vinomummyinlockdown

Tell the staff not us

Post on your Facebook, not here.

[Vinomummyinlockdown]

Tell the staff not us

[Havaiana]

@Zyzxyz

Why don't they schedule a kid time for the adult pool like 5-6:30 with a licensed lifeguard. That way one parent watches their kid at pool while the other makes dinner in quiet bliss.

Why should they when there are SEVEN other pools children can use?

[Havaiana]

YANBU, OP. As they say, hell is other people's children -and your own

[Zyzxyz]

The problem with resorts is that they don't consult people how kids think. Most kids would like a kid friendly jacuzzi because they have no fat on their little bodies and get cold. Also, turning a pool into a mini waterpark with a mini snack bar with sliders and colorful unicorn poop drinks would keep most kids from the boring adult lap pool. Come on people, we're adults. We can figure this s#%t out!

[Zyzxyz]

Why don't they schedule a kid time for the adult pool like 5-6:30 with a licensed lifeguard. That way one parent watches their kid at pool while the other makes dinner in quiet bliss.

[SaveloyDip]

It would piss me off - but then again, defintely not as much as the grown adult that repeatedly took a shit in each and every one of the four pools at the last hotel we stayed at!

[mynameisbiggles]

Go to Adult Only hotels then. Personally I can't wait for Adult Only flights too. Being on a four hour flight with a screaming toddler is no joke.

[SlightlyCheesedOff]

Lovely to see there are still some reasonable people in the world. I'm tempted to despair at.times. But you have helped. Just don't ask me about other nationalities refusing to socially distance in the lifts. Enough said.

[HemlockStarglimmer]

I will sometimes tell off children if they are doing something they shouldn’t.
I remember at a pool asking a child in the Jacuzzi how old she was. When she answered that she was 8, I asked her if she could read. She said she could. So I said “Can you read that sign that says children under 16 are not allowed in the Jacuzzi”?

[Rosebel]

Some parents are just selfish. 7 other pools and they have to use that one.
I'm a bit confused about people saying they'd tell the children off, no tell their parents off. It's the parents who have chosen to take the children there.
I'm glad the lifeguard told them to leave. Hopefully he'll be on duty a lot.

[chaosmaker]

@lojoko

I think I might be the last person in England who tells off other people's children.

I do it kindly, but I do do it. In general, so long as I'm obviously just letting them know the right thing to do and not having a go, it's fine.

Me too and the world would be a better place if the parents could let us do that. It teaches them that everyone is different with different boundaries, expectations etc. Can you imagine a world where that is the norm again instead of a violation of some sort....sigh

[Margerine78]

OP - HELL YES! My local pool has an incredible kids pool, it's massive, full of floats, a giant slide, enough room for older kids to properly swim. However selfish parents drag their kids to the big adult pool so when I'm trying to get my lengths in, they're splashing around, jumping in and missing my head by an inch and crossing across the lanes not even bothering to look. It boils my piss! Staff say bugger all and the neither do the parents.

[Tessabelle1]

Parent of 4 here, you are most definitely NOT being unreasonable. This kind of thing gets on my nerves, same as non parents using parent and child parking. Keep to the bits that are actually relevant to you and we'll all be happy!

[MulticolourMophead]

@Anordinarymum

Actually, it's irrelevant that you've paid money. You are only allowed to go where the hotel has allowed you to be. If they've designated one pool as no kids, then they are entitled to do that and your kids are not entitled to be in there.

It's exactly the same as with bars. And of course, you may have paid money, but that doesn't entitle you to anything other than what the hotel has chosen to make available to adults or kids.

[Aroundtheworldin80moves]

I once witnessed a fantastic pool flounce. Once a month, there was lifeguard training, which took half the pool... Which was usually lanes. So the lane swimmers had to use the other half, which was the family swim. Children up to a certain level were only allowed in the shallow end, so the 4/5 families were in an area of 8 by 8 m, leaving the other 17m by 8m rather empty. First few 'lane' swimmers just avoided the shallow end. Then two turned up, tried to insist themanager put a proper lane in, then stormed out when they refused. There were multiple swimming only sessions daily, but only five family sessions a week.

First few laneswi

[CounsellorTroi]

Ah! Thanks.

[BewilderedDoughnut]

@CounsellorTroi I have to ask, did you mean to type "potatoes"? Is it a slang term for children I have not heard of?

It's a slang term for babies. They look like potatoes.

[CounsellorTroi]

I have to ask, did you mean to type "potatoes"? Is it a slang term for children I have not heard of?

[BewilderedDoughnut]

I HATE it when parents let their potatoes sit in the hot tub at my gym. It specifically says 'Adults Only'. You chose to have kids, go sit in Pizza. Hut and enjoy the screaming and let the adults without kids relax.

[Sparklesocks]

Unfortunately some parents just don’t care at all.