Screaming children at my apartment pool

[Anonymous]

I think it would be nice if pools had kid-free adult hours each day or, at the very least, no kids in pool periods for 15 minutes each hour so that adults could swim laps. My former club pool did this and it was also good for safety as it forced kids to rest out of pool periodically. Skating rinks should do this, too.

[Anonymous]

You sure don't live in our building. Here the old folks call and complain about the noise even when there is nobody at the pool. The kids of another pool are much louder than our kids. Their pool is only about 20 meters away, but no visible since it's up the hill and separated by a fence.
Pool is not a library, OP. Move out.

[Anonymous]

Op should move out and go to a retirement community.

[Anonymous]

Geez you sound like my son. He was born an old man and was complaining about the annoying kids yesterday at the pool. I saw a large group of kids loudly playing and having fun. He loves visiting my parent's retirement community in Florida where no one is in the pool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it would be nice if pools had kid-free adult hours each day or, at the very least, no kids in pool periods for 15 minutes each hour so that adults could swim laps. My former club pool did this and it was also good for safety as it forced kids to rest out of pool periodically. Skating rinks should do this, too.

Every pool we have joined have had breaks for 10 or so minutes every hour where only adults can swim. Which pools do not?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We (myself, sibling, neighborhood kids) did NOT let out those high pitched shrieks when I was younger. We might have talked or yelled loudly ("The telephone pole is the goal!"), but not that ear-piercing squealing noise. I sympathize with OP.

Ha, You didn't shriek but you yelled loudly? I bet you can't remember half of the loud things you did, I sure can't.

[Anonymous]

Ask your apartment if they have "lap swimming only" hours. Our pool has this.

Apartment pools tend to be very very small compared to the number of people. Figure out hours when there aren't kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We (myself, sibling, neighborhood kids) did NOT let out those high pitched shrieks when I was younger. We might have talked or yelled loudly ("The telephone pole is the goal!"), but not that ear-piercing squealing noise. I sympathize with OP.

Ha, You didn't shriek but you yelled loudly? I bet you can't remember half of the loud things you did, I sure can't.

Surprisingly, I can. None involved shrieking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These children are outside. Yelling/shrieking is allowed outside.

False. Raised voices from happy play are allowed. Screaming and shrieking should only be allowed in case of emergency. Parent your children, please.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These children are outside. Yelling/shrieking is allowed outside.

False. Raised voices from happy play are allowed. Screaming and shrieking should only be allowed in case of emergency. Parent your children, please.

I'm going to tell my kids to scream extra loud today.

[Anonymous]

I'd be annoyed too. Can you appeal to the management to institute 2-3 kid free hours a day? Like 7-9 am and 7-9 pm or something like that?

[Anonymous]

How about bring earbuds?

[Anonymous]

OP? Do you have kids? I can't wait till you do.

I don't like it when my kids shriek and make too much noise in public, but there is a time and place for it, and sometimes, they get really excitable at the pool. I would probably tell my kids to tone it down a bit, but I know 10 sec. later, they'll be right back at it. When they are having fun, it's hard for them to control their shrieking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These children are outside. Yelling/shrieking is allowed outside.

False. Raised voices from happy play are allowed. Screaming and shrieking should only be allowed in case of emergency. Parent your children, please.

? Have you ever been to an amusement park where people, including adults, shriek and scream? I don't consider being on a roller coaster ride an emergency. And I mostly hear adults shrieking and screaming on some of those rides.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have two children, OP, and cannot stand the screamers. Parents who let their kids do it are inconsiderate and self-centered, raising kids who will be the same. Children can have plenty of fun without shrieking to the point it disturbs others around them. Unfortunately, I don't think there's much you can do besides shoot the evil eye to the kids.

Screaming at the grocery store? Inconsiderate. Screaming at the pool? Normal! They're playing. What is wrong with you?