What do I need to leave the pool without getting dried and dressed again?

[CaptainSevenofNine]

I have 2 gym memberships, long story, but both worth it. Trust me as a frugal Scot I get my “money’s worth” from both.

One gym is a corporate private gym. They provide towels at no extra cost. There are single sex changing rooms and shower cubicles meaning I can get completely showered, dried and dressed easily. The single sex changing rooms are open plan with air con so I don’t overheat.

The other gym is a local authority gym. Mixed sex, over heated changing village. Hate it. Love the pool and health suite. Hate the changing facilities.

I’d like to use the local authority pool after classes or the gym and then when I get out. Put something on, drive home and shower there. I don’t even want to rinse off in the showers - they are open plan to the pool and I’ve watched men spit in them. 🤮

But what kit do I need? A towelling robe? A dry robe? Sandals?

I have this for my pool dashes. I also sometimes wear towelling trousers as well. Plus my normal light puffa jacket. I run cold, have been known to swim in a rash vest at this time of year. Plus some croc style shoes.

No I like it much better too. I am only naked in the privacy of a cubicle and am fine having a rinse in the shower in my costume - after all I've just been in the pool with all the men too, and the showers are completely open to the poolside with lots of hooks along the wall. So you can leave your towel and shampoo there and not worry it will get nicked.
At my council pool they run swimming lessons for about 4hrs per day every day. I was in the kids pool this morning with my DD and DS just for a swim and the number of families way outnumbered solo swimmers. So the changing village works really well as about 20% of the cubicles are "large" ones and lots of those have changing tables/playpens in. They also have 2 disabled and 2 changing places rooms. The gaps between ceiling and floor are minimal. Now I think about it, it's really well thought through for the local population.

Not the point of the thread but thank you for helping me work out why the cubicles at the council pool I use have a grid over the top of the cubicle above the seat, that I always bang my arms on when getting changed.

I thought it might be a clothes/towel rack but ,sadly, it's probably necessary to stop perverts standing on the seat to look into the adjacent cubicles.

And it goes the other way to. Dads aren't always happy letting their DD go into the ladies alone either.

They also work better for school groups teachers / parents helpers rather than having the class split between two changing rooms.

Same here. Ireland. I stopped using the local public pool because I regularly saw males spit in the shower. Teenage boys ogle and men leer at the women in the showers, which are at the sides of the pool. Filthy changing village with gaps under and above the cubicles too.
I lived close enough to go home to shower properly. Weather depending, I just wore slip-on sandals and went commando in joggers and a big hoodie. A dry robe would be easier if you just want to leave without doing any changing.

Why would you not just get dressed? You’ll be freezing. You don’t need to shower. Just get dry and put your clothes on?

I am based in England and our local council pool is pretty new- built within the last 10 years. It's exactly like this. And so are all the other nearby council pools

I think it depends on the age of the pool perhaps. My local one is from the 70‘s and has separate male and female changing rooms with closed showers and space to change on benches but also quite a lot of cubicles. Only problem can be that no one puts anything in a locker they just put their bag and clothes in a changing room ready for when they get out and hang their coats on a peg in the middle of the changing room. They’ve made the lockers free now and I wonder if that’s to encourage people to use them.

No I won’t be freezing. I run hot and the changing village is hotter than the surface of the sun. I can’t dry as sweat replaces the water as fast as I can dry off.

I’m happy in a T-shirt in -1° temps…

So give yourself a quick rub with a towel, pop loose t shirt and joggers on over the cozzie and drive home. That's what I do. Maybe with addition of fleece too.

This is exactly the same as the local authority pool where my kids do swimming. There were also 3 showers with doors but again gaps above/below door.

I'm like you, I want to have a decent shower and not one where I've got to stand in my swim suit because everyone can see everything, so I literally bung on a poncho towel (which you can buy very cheaply on Amazon), stick my flip flops on and go to the car. I do stick an extra towel on the car seat to make sure it doesn't get soaked.

I find that so much easier than trying to put any form of clothing on. I do get the odd look sometimes but that's their problem, not mine.

I’d get a teddy material jumpsuit and a dry robe

https://poshmark.com/listing/Savage-fenty-jumpsuit-64b4615f32c1dc99077c1b42

I have two of these they’re great for errands etc. absorbent if you’re a bit damp. This and a dry robe should do it.

The gaps between ceiling and floor are minimal.

If I'm there alone (normal for me because I'm autistic and hate people) and I black out (also normal for me) and smack my head on the way to the floor, no one will realise I'm in there until the pool staff come to hose the floor at the end of the day, and the lack of a gap means that the door won't open easily over my unconscious or dead body. Cubicles with a small or no gap are extremely dangerous for epileptics, fainters, and anyone else prone to losing consciousness.