Are pool pee or poop sediments suddenly just supposed to become non-gross after they come in contact with chlorine or other pool chemicals? I ask because today I visited some friends in Grand Rapids, and we all went swimming in a pool in a neighborhood, and we noticed someone had definitely lost their bowels in the deep end, because there was a massive amount of diarrhea everywhere. The lifeguard just told us to ignore it and that the pool chemicals would "take care of it." I've always been wary of public pools because of peoples' tendencies to urinate freely and without remorse, but watching a brown cloud of human waste spread throughout the pool sent me to my breaking point. Isn't there some kind of safety violation being broken here? Or is it perfectly safe to swim in urine and ****? Just wondering.
I think pee gets taken care of pretty quickly, but at the community pool we swim in if they find poop in the pool, they close the pool immediately, re-treat it with chemmicals and don't re-open until the next day. A couple of summers ago, there was some stomach virus going around and the pool was getting closed about 1 out of every 10 days and they asked parent's not to bring infected kids to the pool.
I always thought pee was sterile? Anyway, community pools are gross, you know all those little kids pee in it. It's like swimming in a big toilet.
When I was in high school (briefly), the swim instructor informed the class that if you peed in the pool, there would be a chemical reaction that would result in your being surrounded by a violet-colored pee cloud, after which you would be subjected to degradation and humiliation by your classmates. Not true. My classmates simply stopped making eye contact with me in the hallways.
Pee is mostly a sterilizing agent. Poop, otoh, is the cause for stomach illnesses such as salmonella and e coli. There was a 20/20 segment awhile back that mentioned traces of those bacteria on public gym equipment... and not just the benches. What I got out of it is that not everyone wipes their asses squeaky clean, so that chlorine has its work put up for it. Of course, there has been outbreaks of chryptosporidia (sp?) among children and elderly swimming in public pools, so the chlorine tolerance isn't always standard (with the standard being healthy adults). It's a matter if you're willing to live in a bubble or acknoledge that poo germs are around you all the freakin time.
I sure hope it's not ok to swim with poop in the pool. When I was a lifeguard we used to toss a dog turd in the pool before anybody got there and then used that as an excuse to close things down and do a chlorine treatment for a few hours while we relaxed. I know, I'm a jerk.
Going to a public pool is like diving into a big bowl of ass-soup, especially if children frequent it.
Damn swilkins, beat me to it. There is nothing like taking a good crap in the pool. You don't have worry about wiping.
They are definitely not supposed to let you swim when they see poo in the pool. Two years ago, while we were vacationing in Florida, a kid crapped in the pool and they closed the pool immediately. They even drained the pool and put new water in it.
I never heard that story before candycane. The only places I swim are in lakes, which are probably worse than pools anyway but the chemicals that they use in pools irritates my skin and eyes. If it weren't for that, I'd probably still go swimming in pools.
was there corn and okra seeds everywhere? on a serious note. that's disgusting. i've gone swimming in a community pool only once in the past 15 years (of course i've gone to friends' pools). was in louisiana a long while ago on vacation, went swimming in a really huge community pool, and woke up the next day with a 103 temp. i remember it being the worst i ever felt, so... yah... i don't do it much anymore.
When I was a kid my uncle had a sign by his pool, it said... Welcome to our OOL. Notice there is no P in it. Lets keep it that way. I wouldn't worry about P in the pool. The cholorine will take care of that. Poop on the other hand is not acceptable at all and the life guard should be fired.
Just when you thought there were no more ideas for piss and poop threads, somebody whips one out... finalsbound, I'm so proud of you, I almost broke down in tears...Damn, I love this site...
Gross and awesome at the same time. I would leave the pool, but I am grossed out more frequently by the smells coming from the men's restroom here at work. Man I wonder what some of the crew guys eat. The most awesome thing here is a woman started a poop and pee thread. Somewhere Fatty is proud.
Sometimes you think you can't like somebody more than you already do... then she starts a poop and piss thread.
We used a Baby Ruth bar at the bottom of the deep end. It's not like anyone was going to inspect it real close.
