Yes, yes, I know... you all think that your pool is the worst (except those that train at UT or IUPUI). But before you vote, consider this:
- indoor 6-lane 25 yard pool, L-shaped
- built in 1969, with negligible upgrades since
- heated to at least 85 degrees
- operated by the city at a significant loss every year
- closes for three to four weeks every year (two for upgrades - aka cleaning - and two for "budgetary reasons")
- shared by the city, the high school, the local university and the swim club
- vacuumed once a week ("whether it needs it or not")
- lifeguards cannot be moved from their plastic chairs on the deck
- for lap swim, only two lane lines put in - not in lifeguards' job description to put in more
- patrons blatantly ignore the lane signs indicating "fast", "medium" and "slow"
- lifeguards do not enforce the above
- patrons of all types refuse to circle swim, and instead swim next to each other (again, with few or no lane lines)
- healthy mix of college girls in bikinis, college boys in board shorts, noodlers, and elementary backstrokers
Poll opens now.
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I have two pools that top my worst
1) A Connecticut High School that I will not name
- Went to the HS for a meet, we followed the scent of chlorine to find the pool
- The locker rooms looked like something out of a Saw movie, sketchiest and grungiest place ever. They were dark, damp, and smelled of mold. In keeping with Saw, there was even a small amount of blood on the floor in the showers!
- Got in the water... Temperature was at least 85 degrees, it was like bathwater
- The water did not taste like chlorine despite the smell. It tasted like SWEAT.
- Everyone was disgusted to say the least
2) A certain YMCA in the Boston Area
- Pool is only 3 lanes
- The frequent Family Swim time takes reduces lap swimming to one lane and Water aerobics close the pool for lap swimming
- Has to be one of the oldest pools around, or that I've ever seen
- The water is 82-84 degrees
- Vacuumed... Never? Always a ton of sand in the bottom of the pool (I imagine they use a sand filter).
- I've had 2 CA-MRSA (staph) infections using this pool (I no longer go here to say the least)
- I've witnessed the only lifeguard talking on his cell phone for about a half hour
- Many patrons do not understand the concept of circle swim, and half that do don't understand that if they're doing *** and I'm doing anything else, they should not be in front of me.
- One time I was swimming and they turned off the lights to test a projector for their watching a movie in the pool event (just sounds dangerous thing to do- have a bunch of little children float around in an unlit room with everyone around them distracted by a movie)..
- Things I've found in the pool...
1) Hair Balls
2) A Baby Carrot (vomit????)
3) A Wrench
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There is a possible 3rd- Another high school in CT where the diving blocks were literally boxes made out of plywood that would wobble to back and forth on the uneven tile floor. It was a little dangerous and could throw off your drive. Additionally, the shallow end of the pool was probably just over 3ft deep and for some it was difficult to make a flip turn without touching the bottom with their feet.
I have two pools that top my worst
1) A Connecticut High School that I will not name
- Went to the HS for a meet, we followed the scent of chlorine to find the pool
- The locker rooms looked like something out of a Saw movie, sketchiest and grungiest place ever. They were dark, damp, and smelled of mold. In keeping with Saw, there was even a small amount of blood on the floor in the showers!
- Got in the water... Temperature was at least 85 degrees, it was like bathwater
- The water did not taste like chlorine despite the smell. It tasted like SWEAT.
- Everyone was disgusted to say the least
2) A certain YMCA in the Boston Area
- Pool is only 3 lanes
- The frequent Family Swim time takes reduces lap swimming to one lane and Water aerobics close the pool for lap swimming
- Has to be one of the oldest pools around, or that I've ever seen
- The water is 82-84 degrees
- Vacuumed... Never? Always a ton of sand in the bottom of the pool (I imagine they use a sand filter).
- I've had 2 CA-MRSA (staph) infections using this pool (I no longer go here to say the least)
- I've witnessed the only lifeguard talking on his cell phone for about a half hour
- Many patrons do not understand the concept of circle swim, and half that do don't understand that if they're doing *** and I'm doing anything else, they should not be in front of me.
- One time I was swimming and they turned off the lights to test a projector for their watching a movie in the pool event (just sounds dangerous thing to do- have a bunch of little children float around in an unlit room with everyone around them distracted by a movie)..
- Things I've found in the pool...
1) Hair Balls
2) A Baby Carrot (vomit????)
3) A Wrench
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There is a possible 3rd- Another high school in CT where the diving blocks were literally boxes made out of plywood that would wobble to back and forth on the uneven tile floor. It was a little dangerous and could throw off your drive. Additionally, the shallow end of the pool was probably just over 3ft deep and for some it was difficult to make a flip turn without touching the bottom with their feet.
