Pool Changing room etiquette
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Imagine you enter a swimming / leisure centre with those universal / mix changing rooms that you typically see in almost all public swimming pool.
Obviously, you need to change, say you had 2 kids with you, do you:
1- find a family size changing room that's free (door open) and proceed to change etc..Once you finished, put your bag into a locker (insert £1 to lock type) that are situated all around the changing room, and then proceed to swim/sit down to watch as a parent. Once the lesson has ended, you proceed to do the above in reverse.
Or
2) find a family size changing room that's free (door open) and proceed to change etc. Once you finished, just leave all your gear inside the changing room (with door open), but you now deem this room "reserved" purely for your own use. You walk away then proceed to swim/ sit down to watch as a parent. Once the lesson has ended, you proceed back to find someone using your "reserved", and then proceed to b
h that it's a reserved room!
Obviously, you need to change, say you had 2 kids with you, do you:
1- find a family size changing room that's free (door open) and proceed to change etc..Once you finished, put your bag into a locker (insert £1 to lock type) that are situated all around the changing room, and then proceed to swim/sit down to watch as a parent. Once the lesson has ended, you proceed to do the above in reverse.
Or
2) find a family size changing room that's free (door open) and proceed to change etc. Once you finished, just leave all your gear inside the changing room (with door open), but you now deem this room "reserved" purely for your own use. You walk away then proceed to swim/ sit down to watch as a parent. Once the lesson has ended, you proceed back to find someone using your "reserved", and then proceed to b
h that it's a reserved room!chip* said:
Imagine you enter a swimming / leisure centre with those universal / mix changing rooms that you typically see in almost all public swimming pool.
Obviously, you need to change, say you had 2 kids with you, do you:
1- find a family size changing room that's free (door open) and proceed to change etc..Once you finished, put your bag into a locker (insert £1 to lock type) that are situated all around the changing room, and then proceed to swim/sit down to watch as a parent. Once the lesson has ended, you proceed to do the above in reverse.
Or
2) find a family size changing room that's free (door open) and proceed to change etc. Once you finished, just leave all your gear inside the changing room (with door open), but you now deem this room "reserved" purely for your own use. You walk away then proceed to swim/ sit down to watch as a parent. Once the lesson has ended, you proceed back to find someone using your "reserved", and then proceed to bh that it's a reserved room!
And they say PH has gone downhill in recent yearsObviously, you need to change, say you had 2 kids with you, do you:
1- find a family size changing room that's free (door open) and proceed to change etc..Once you finished, put your bag into a locker (insert £1 to lock type) that are situated all around the changing room, and then proceed to swim/sit down to watch as a parent. Once the lesson has ended, you proceed to do the above in reverse.
Or
2) find a family size changing room that's free (door open) and proceed to change etc. Once you finished, just leave all your gear inside the changing room (with door open), but you now deem this room "reserved" purely for your own use. You walk away then proceed to swim/ sit down to watch as a parent. Once the lesson has ended, you proceed back to find someone using your "reserved", and then proceed to b
h that it's a reserved room!Definitely 1. The cubicles are there to get changed in, not to reserve for the duration of the swimming lesson by leaving all your stuff in them. That’s what the lockers are for.
At our pool they’ve actually put signs on the cubicles specifically telling people not to leave their belongings in them, presumably because it had become an issue.
Ours aren’t unisex changing rooms either, so the family cubicles are particularly useful as you’ve got plenty of parents taking kids who aren’t really old enough to sort themselves out yet. Leaving one occupied for an hour while nobody is actually using it just means another parent who genuinely needs it can’t.
At our pool they’ve actually put signs on the cubicles specifically telling people not to leave their belongings in them, presumably because it had become an issue.
Ours aren’t unisex changing rooms either, so the family cubicles are particularly useful as you’ve got plenty of parents taking kids who aren’t really old enough to sort themselves out yet. Leaving one occupied for an hour while nobody is actually using it just means another parent who genuinely needs it can’t.
Hmm, well...i think most normal people will do #1. But sadly i can imagine people doing #2.
I suppose it's similar mindset to reserving towels around the pool on holiday and then buggering off for the day!
I would think nothing ofchucking the stuff out of the carefully moving the stuff to one side and using the 'reserved' changing room though.
I suppose it's similar mindset to reserving towels around the pool on holiday and then buggering off for the day!
I would think nothing of
chip* said:
Imagine you enter a swimming / leisure centre with those universal / mix changing rooms that you typically see in almost all public swimming pool.
Obviously, you need to change, say you had 2 kids with you, do you:
1- find a family size changing room that's free (door open) and proceed to change etc..Once you finished, put your bag into a locker (insert £1 to lock type) that are situated all around the changing room, and then proceed to swim/sit down to watch as a parent. Once the lesson has ended, you proceed to do the above in reverse.
Or
2) find a family size changing room that's free (door open) and proceed to change etc. Once you finished, just leave all your gear inside the changing room (with door open), but you now deem this room "reserved" purely for your own use. You walk away then proceed to swim/ sit down to watch as a parent. Once the lesson has ended, you proceed back to find someone using your "reserved", and then proceed to bh that it's a reserved room!
If someone's forgotten to lock their belongings away you could always help them out by doing it for them if you have a spare pound. Maybe leave the key at the front desk for them as I'm sure they would be looking for a key to their locker there and would find it immediately.Obviously, you need to change, say you had 2 kids with you, do you:
1- find a family size changing room that's free (door open) and proceed to change etc..Once you finished, put your bag into a locker (insert £1 to lock type) that are situated all around the changing room, and then proceed to swim/sit down to watch as a parent. Once the lesson has ended, you proceed to do the above in reverse.
Or
2) find a family size changing room that's free (door open) and proceed to change etc. Once you finished, just leave all your gear inside the changing room (with door open), but you now deem this room "reserved" purely for your own use. You walk away then proceed to swim/ sit down to watch as a parent. Once the lesson has ended, you proceed back to find someone using your "reserved", and then proceed to b
h that it's a reserved room!arandomstranger said:
I would think nothing of chucking the stuff out of the carefully moving the stuff to one side and using the 'reserved' changing room though.
Precisely what I did, but next time, I am inclined to "place" their belongs randomly outside the cubicle 
I think my mistake was moving my girls' swimming lessons to a pool located at a less than optimum area!
itsallyellow said:
Public swimming baths..... Council!
Sorry wrong thread
Sorry wrong thread
I am ashamed to admit it, but their independent school facilities doesn't extend to a pool. To upgrade to the nearest independent school with a pool would cost an extra £3k per term x 2, so I need work a little harder!
chip* said:
Imagine you enter a swimming / leisure centre with those universal / mix changing rooms that you typically see in almost all public swimming pool.
Obviously, you need to change, say you had 2 kids with you, do you:
1- find a family size changing room that's free (door open) and proceed to change etc..Once you finished, put your bag into a locker (insert £1 to lock type) that are situated all around the changing room, and then proceed to swim/sit down to watch as a parent. Once the lesson has ended, you proceed to do the above in reverse.
Or
2) find a family size changing room that's free (door open) and proceed to change etc. Once you finished, just leave all your gear inside the changing room (with door open), but you now deem this room "reserved" purely for your own use. You walk away then proceed to swim/ sit down to watch as a parent. Once the lesson has ended, you proceed back to find someone using your "reserved", and then proceed to bh that it's a reserved room!
Answer is 1. If 2 happens then everything is abandoned and should be place in lost property/a bin.Obviously, you need to change, say you had 2 kids with you, do you:
1- find a family size changing room that's free (door open) and proceed to change etc..Once you finished, put your bag into a locker (insert £1 to lock type) that are situated all around the changing room, and then proceed to swim/sit down to watch as a parent. Once the lesson has ended, you proceed to do the above in reverse.
Or
2) find a family size changing room that's free (door open) and proceed to change etc. Once you finished, just leave all your gear inside the changing room (with door open), but you now deem this room "reserved" purely for your own use. You walk away then proceed to swim/ sit down to watch as a parent. Once the lesson has ended, you proceed back to find someone using your "reserved", and then proceed to b
h that it's a reserved room!chip* said:
arandomstranger said:
I would think nothing of chucking the stuff out of the carefully moving the stuff to one side and using the 'reserved' changing room though.
Precisely what I did, but next time, I am inclined to "place" their belongs randomly outside the cubicle I think my mistake was moving my girls' swimming lessons to a pool located at a less than optimum area!
I've done this a couple of times and proceeded to get a mouthful from an entitled Karen. Both times I've tried my best to remain calm, while my piss boils. In one case I had to resort to asking her to stop shouting as she was scaring my children. Didn't stop her. I just disengaged and once finished, reported it to reception, who are minimum wage teens totally uninterested (and rightly so) in getting between a Karen and her entitled environment.
In the other, the basis of the complaint was as much about not having access to their stuff as "her baby was freezing cold". I'll be honest, I don't think suggesting they take better care of their child and not let them get cold in the pool helped, but it did make me chuckle.
The bottom line is that a lot of people are simply c*nts. It's why I tell my kids, if in doubt, just be nice. It costs nothing.
The Gauge said:
_Rodders_ said:
The same people park in parent and child spaces
Wait! So that's what they are for? I've been using them as secret 'BMW only' car parking spaces. No wonder I sometimes get stared at!!!itsallyellow said:
Public swimming baths..... Council!
Sorry wrong thread
fSorry wrong thread
king hell yes.You're swallowing filthy other people's filth.
Let's see .,....
There's s
t, piss, smeg, pus, virus particles, dissolved fart gas, old clunge discharge.I could go on, but I'm feeling a little unwell at the very thought of using a public anything that I don't have to in order to survive.
I believe Claude v11 is the one that saw this leading to the great cull of 27.
Nothingburger Burnham did manage to negotiate an agreement to ensure that Manchester was neutralised humanely though.
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