So at the pool tonight, I had the chance to play head guard for an hour. I am not an official head guard but the real head guard had to leave early and with my experience, he asked me to be in charge for an hour. WEll i did so and I had some of the first patrons yell at me and I am not an official Head Guard. WEll want to know what they were yelling about?
Well, at the hot tub at our facility, you have to be at least age 10-17 to be in the hot tub WITH parent supervision and 18 and over to sit by yourself. Well some lady had a freakin cow! She was freaking out because the sign did not say anywhere that children 9 and under are NOT permitted. (a little common sense needed there) and then they were sitting with a baby on their lap and I had to say again, "you may call me crazy, but you cannot have the baby on your lap even though you are not in the pool you may fall in or fall backwards or what not" well then they got mad again so i said i will go and grab my supervisor (because i am not confident in handling ticked off patrons yet) and then the instand the supervisor and I walk in the area one of the ladies comes up and starts to yell something like this, I AM 51 YEARS OLD, MY CHILDREN ARE BLUE, (this is the best part) I HAVE A DEGREE IN MEDICINE, I THINK I SHOULD BE ABLE TO DECIDE WHAT MY CHILDREN CAN AND CANNOT DO. Well my supervisor said calmly, well it is our policy and is for health code violations that your young children cannot be in the hot tub, go warm them up with a towell or something. The lady snaps back again, WELL IF YOU WONT LET ME IN THE HOT TUB WITH MY KIDS, YOU NEED TO WARM THE WATER UP BECAUSE IT IS REDICULUS THAT THEY ARE TURNING BLUE. They ended up leaving the facility, but the thing that got me the most is when she said she had a degree in medicine... huh....shouldn't someone with that high of a degree know that to treat someone with a cold related emergency, you should warm them up GRADUALLY and not instantly from freezing cold to burning hot? I so should have told the lady, well if your kid is turning blue, we should probably call 911 or something. I wonder what she would have said to that comment..... HUM>>>> what do you all thinK?
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I think you handled it wonderfully. Good job! Welcome to a world full of idiots who claimt they have degrees in medicine.
Children have died in hot tubs after a short exposure to them. Just tell them that. If they keep yelling at you, kindly ask them to leave and take their money elsewhere where they'll let the child risk their life for a stupid hot tub.
(and there isn't supposed to be a "t" in "claimt." My bad.)
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