Well, we only got to swim about 700 meters tonight before we got kicked out of the pool. Lightning? Noooo..... While we were swimming they were teaching lessons on one side of the pool. Apparently some kid threw up into the pool. They made everyone get out. The manager said that any time they have "liquid fecal matter or vomit" they have to super-chlorinate the pool.
It reminded me of a time a few years ago when I went to a local Y for their annual 100 100s on 100 seconds. We were going to start at 9:00pm on a Friday night. At about 8:30pm, a kid threw up in the pool. The Y people were trying to tell us that we might not be able to swim. One of the Masters swimmers, a doctor, kept saying, "But vomit is sterile!"
I tried to use that argument tonight but it didn't work...
What is the policy at your pool?
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Our Y is the same, clear the pool for barf. Unfortunately, our Y closes once a week for a poo/barf incident. It's infuriating.
To their credit, the Ys post huge signs saying that non toilet trained kids must wear both a swim diaper and plastic pants over the diaper. A swim diaper is completely insufficient, might as well let them swim naked for all the good they do.
As to hurling, I don't think there's a lot you can do about that except keep the kids home if they are sick. But, when kids gotta barf, they generally can't stop it.
Our Y is the same, clear the pool for barf. Unfortunately, our Y closes once a week for a poo/barf incident. It's infuriating.
To their credit, the Ys post huge signs saying that non toilet trained kids must wear both a swim diaper and plastic pants over the diaper. A swim diaper is completely insufficient, might as well let them swim naked for all the good they do.
As to hurling, I don't think there's a lot you can do about that except keep the kids home if they are sick. But, when kids gotta barf, they generally can't stop it.
