Our pool closed twice in the last month for filtration issues. The pool was so cloudy, you could barely see your way through the lane. It still is cloudy, hence, management has put up some very stringent shower rules, which, of course, are not enforced by the guards. Needless to say, people still get in without showering, do not wear caps even with long hair, etc. Does anyone know if there is a law that showers must be taken prior to entering pools? Seems to me that if management is going to go through the motions of posting rules, and threatening membership cancellation, they should enforce it. If I really thought about what people who don't shower bring into the pool, I would never swim. :D
I had a brief, not altogether pleasant, period where I was an LA Fitness member. This was a few years ago. My membership period apparently overlapped with a corporate decision to outsource maintenance of their pools (at least here in the Chicago area). I believe that fundamentally meant that their staff either lost all information necessary to maintain the pool properly, or were perhaps instructed not to mess with it. I remember pool closings, cloudy water, low water level, credit from LAF for several months of membership fees (the pool was all I used), etc. At one point, I corresponded with the health inspector here in Evanston who said they had ongoing problems with LA Fitness related to their pool. Problems which put them on the health inspector's radar screen are going to be caused my more than a few sweaty weight lifters hopping into the pool without showering. I had to struggle to cancel my membership. Not long after that, they had a big problem with their pool at the location I used. Something leaked, and it flooded the store on the floor below.
Never again...
I had a brief, not altogether pleasant, period where I was an LA Fitness member. This was a few years ago. My membership period apparently overlapped with a corporate decision to outsource maintenance of their pools (at least here in the Chicago area). I believe that fundamentally meant that their staff either lost all information necessary to maintain the pool properly, or were perhaps instructed not to mess with it. I remember pool closings, cloudy water, low water level, credit from LAF for several months of membership fees (the pool was all I used), etc. At one point, I corresponded with the health inspector here in Evanston who said they had ongoing problems with LA Fitness related to their pool. Problems which put them on the health inspector's radar screen are going to be caused my more than a few sweaty weight lifters hopping into the pool without showering. I had to struggle to cancel my membership. Not long after that, they had a big problem with their pool at the location I used. Something leaked, and it flooded the store on the floor below.
Never again...
