S/o: stealing at the pool

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Most kids keep an extra suit, cap and goggles in their swim bags. Never heard of kids going to lost and found. Borrow another kid, sure but not stealing.

If your kid is not a serious swimmer, which not every summer swim kid is, then why would they have extras?

The coaches at our pool regularly have to tell kids to go borrow a pair of goggles from the lost goggle bin at the desk. And then the kids return them after practice.

If your kid is in a pool regularly or summer swim you should be prepared and not steal. That’s not borrowing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most kids keep an extra suit, cap and goggles in their swim bags. Never heard of kids going to lost and found. Borrow another kid, sure but not stealing.

If your kid is not a serious swimmer, which not every summer swim kid is, then why would they have extras?

The coaches at our pool regularly have to tell kids to go borrow a pair of goggles from the lost goggle bin at the desk. And then the kids return them after practice.

Better yet, our swimmers lend each other gear....as teammates should. Nobody takes anything out of each others' bags.

This, kids will just ask.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Most kids keep an extra suit, cap and goggles in their swim bags. Never heard of kids going to lost and found. Borrow another kid, sure but not stealing.

If your kid is not a serious swimmer, which not every summer swim kid is, then why would they have extras?

The coaches at our pool regularly have to tell kids to go borrow a pair of goggles from the lost goggle bin at the desk. And then the kids return them after practice.

+1. It's more like a sanctioned lending library.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most kids keep an extra suit, cap and goggles in their swim bags. Never heard of kids going to lost and found. Borrow another kid, sure but not stealing.

If your kid is not a serious swimmer, which not every summer swim kid is, then why would they have extras?

The coaches at our pool regularly have to tell kids to go borrow a pair of goggles from the lost goggle bin at the desk. And then the kids return them after practice.

If your kid is in a pool regularly or summer swim you should be prepared and not steal. That’s not borrowing.

So you view a pool goggle box as stealing, even when the existence of said box is known around the pool, the board regularly messages to members to reclaim lost items, the coaches tell the kids to borrow, and the kids put things back after they use them?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most kids keep an extra suit, cap and goggles in their swim bags. Never heard of kids going to lost and found. Borrow another kid, sure but not stealing.

If your kid is not a serious swimmer, which not every summer swim kid is, then why would they have extras?

The coaches at our pool regularly have to tell kids to go borrow a pair of goggles from the lost goggle bin at the desk. And then the kids return them after practice.

+1. It's more like a sanctioned lending library.

Its stealing. Buy your kids what they need.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most kids keep an extra suit, cap and goggles in their swim bags. Never heard of kids going to lost and found. Borrow another kid, sure but not stealing.

If your kid is not a serious swimmer, which not every summer swim kid is, then why would they have extras?

The coaches at our pool regularly have to tell kids to go borrow a pair of goggles from the lost goggle bin at the desk. And then the kids return them after practice.

If your kid is in a pool regularly or summer swim you should be prepared and not steal. That’s not borrowing.

So you view a pool goggle box as stealing, even when the existence of said box is known around the pool, the board regularly messages to members to reclaim lost items, the coaches tell the kids to borrow, and the kids put things back after they use them?

Yes, I do as if someone is looking for it and its not there because your child took it they cannot get it back. Its also unsanitary to use goggles without at least washing them with soap and water, and caps should not be shared. The team rep should have a donation box with spares but responsible parents will keep two sets in swim bags.

It is really frustrating to those of us who have to buy pricier goggles, like prescription googles.

Teach your kids not to steal.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:At an A meet yesterday I overheard a big group of girls who were probably 11/12 in a bathroom. One of them didn’t have her team suit and another was missing a cap. Some of the girls chimed in and were like “just take one from lost and found or look for one in someone’s bag”.

I did intervene and got a bunch of rolled eyes, but it reminded me of the towel stealing. Obviously this is something kids do, but how alert do you need to be to it and how can it be stopped if kids see it as normal?

I send my kids with bags that zip and our team caps have the kids’ name on them, but goggles definitely seem to considered fair game if left unattended for even a minute. Our pool and team are small so it’s not like there are 1000 families and 300 kids and it’s an anonymous crime.

Were they wearing kneeskins or doping in the bathroom? We should have volunteers posted in the bathrooms and at the lost and found to help curb the behavior of 12 year old girls from taking things that aren't theirs.

OP and I was actually the bathroom volunteer and my job is supposed to be to stand by the sinks (not the stalls or changing area) and stop cellphone usage/potential videoing before it happens.

Most insane part of this post isn't taking a pair of goggles or towel from the lost and found but the fact that a pool has to have a bathroom monitor for an A meet. That is insane and speaks volumes to the types of kids at that pool.

Volunteer at a pool and we were told a bathroom monitor is a Safesport requirement.

Well they lied to you. I’ve attended a ridiculous number of swim meets and there are not bathroom monitors. I’ve snap taken safe sport training and no mention of bathroom monitors.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most kids keep an extra suit, cap and goggles in their swim bags. Never heard of kids going to lost and found. Borrow another kid, sure but not stealing.

If your kid is not a serious swimmer, which not every summer swim kid is, then why would they have extras?

The coaches at our pool regularly have to tell kids to go borrow a pair of goggles from the lost goggle bin at the desk. And then the kids return them after practice.

If your kid is in a pool regularly or summer swim you should be prepared and not steal. That’s not borrowing.

So you view a pool goggle box as stealing, even when the existence of said box is known around the pool, the board regularly messages to members to reclaim lost items, the coaches tell the kids to borrow, and the kids put things back after they use them?

Yes, I do as if someone is looking for it and its not there because your child took it they cannot get it back. Its also unsanitary to use goggles without at least washing them with soap and water, and caps should not be shared. The team rep should have a donation box with spares but responsible parents will keep two sets in swim bags.

It is really frustrating to those of us who have to buy pricier goggles, like prescription googles.

Teach your kids not to steal.

I can understand your concern over specialized equipment and your anxiety about losing prescription items. My 5-for-15-dollars generic goggles were never in the same category, which is why I'm fine with the sort of churn of kid exchange that happens at our pool. I'll be quite glad to stop a kid headed home with what looks like a new-to-them souvenir, and so will the other parents I know. But borrowing and returning a cheap generic item from the well-known active lost and found at the pool doesn't ring up as theft in my book as long as the borrowing is sanctioned by the adults and the item is returned unharmed (or immediately replaced).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Could “take one from the lost and found” have meant just for practice? It’s very common at our pool to take & then return items from lost and found.

Yes, ours too, and I don't have a problem with that as long as the item goes right back where it came from after practice is over. Our pool has a "goggle box" and a "toy box." The toy box is a rotating hodgepodge of lost and abandoned items, mainly small dollar-store diving toys and things like that (we don't allow inflatables, and there are enough balls on property that no one needs to bring those on their own). Most of the goggles in the goggle box are of the toy rather than the sport/racing category, but I always made sure my kids put them right back after borrowing them.

The culture of the pool itself is such that a lost item is usually right where you left it a day or two later, or even well beyond that. I've found towels of ours months after they were accidentally abandoned, because they were at the bottom of the lost-and-found textiles hamper - yuck!

Bring your own toys and goggles and stop stealing others.

Stop leaving your cr*p all over the pool so it doesn't end up in the lost and found.

We don’t and it still gets stollen. You are proud you steal?

So people are going through your pool bag to steal goggles and toys..ugh huh.sure. totally happening.
more like you kid leaves their stuff all over and it get lost

DP. Yes. This happens. It’s not always on purpose, but when everyone has the same, exact swim bag it’s pretty easy to go into someone else’s bag and take something. DS had his goggles taken from his bag once. They have a pretty big name tag folded over the strap though so it was pretty easy to spot the person who did it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most kids keep an extra suit, cap and goggles in their swim bags. Never heard of kids going to lost and found. Borrow another kid, sure but not stealing.

If your kid is not a serious swimmer, which not every summer swim kid is, then why would they have extras?

The coaches at our pool regularly have to tell kids to go borrow a pair of goggles from the lost goggle bin at the desk. And then the kids return them after practice.

If your kid is in a pool regularly or summer swim you should be prepared and not steal. That’s not borrowing.

So you view a pool goggle box as stealing, even when the existence of said box is known around the pool, the board regularly messages to members to reclaim lost items, the coaches tell the kids to borrow, and the kids put things back after they use them?

Yes, I do as if someone is looking for it and its not there because your child took it they cannot get it back. Its also unsanitary to use goggles without at least washing them with soap and water, and caps should not be shared. The team rep should have a donation box with spares but responsible parents will keep two sets in swim bags.

It is really frustrating to those of us who have to buy pricier goggles, like prescription googles.

Teach your kids not to steal.

I can understand your concern over specialized equipment and your anxiety about losing prescription items. My 5-for-15-dollars generic goggles were never in the same category, which is why I'm fine with the sort of churn of kid exchange that happens at our pool. I'll be quite glad to stop a kid headed home with what looks like a new-to-them souvenir, and so will the other parents I know. But borrowing and returning a cheap generic item from the well-known active lost and found at the pool doesn't ring up as theft in my book as long as the borrowing is sanctioned by the adults and the item is returned unharmed (or immediately replaced).

Borrowing is asking per missing and getting a yes. Stealing is taking without permission. Be responsible and pack extra goggles. Or, donate to a spares bin. But, you are stealing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Could “take one from the lost and found” have meant just for practice? It’s very common at our pool to take & then return items from lost and found.

Yes, ours too, and I don't have a problem with that as long as the item goes right back where it came from after practice is over. Our pool has a "goggle box" and a "toy box." The toy box is a rotating hodgepodge of lost and abandoned items, mainly small dollar-store diving toys and things like that (we don't allow inflatables, and there are enough balls on property that no one needs to bring those on their own). Most of the goggles in the goggle box are of the toy rather than the sport/racing category, but I always made sure my kids put them right back after borrowing them.

The culture of the pool itself is such that a lost item is usually right where you left it a day or two later, or even well beyond that. I've found towels of ours months after they were accidentally abandoned, because they were at the bottom of the lost-and-found textiles hamper - yuck!

Bring your own toys and goggles and stop stealing others.

Stop leaving your cr*p all over the pool so it doesn't end up in the lost and found.

We don’t and it still gets stollen. You are proud you steal?

So people are going through your pool bag to steal goggles and toys..ugh huh.sure. totally happening.
more like you kid leaves their stuff all over and it get lost

DP. Yes. This happens. It’s not always on purpose, but when everyone has the same, exact swim bag it’s pretty easy to go into someone else’s bag and take something. DS had his goggles taken from his bag once. They have a pretty big name tag folded over the strap though so it was pretty easy to spot the person who did it.

My child’s bag was stollen and it clearly had the name on it in huge letters. I emailed the other coach as another child told mine who walked off with it. The coach was super pissed as I asked without naming names in a parent group trying to get it back. The kids dump their bags in one area but it’s not normal to have theft.

It’s also gross to share googles with punk eye and other infections

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most kids keep an extra suit, cap and goggles in their swim bags. Never heard of kids going to lost and found. Borrow another kid, sure but not stealing.

If your kid is not a serious swimmer, which not every summer swim kid is, then why would they have extras?

The coaches at our pool regularly have to tell kids to go borrow a pair of goggles from the lost goggle bin at the desk. And then the kids return them after practice.

+1. It's more like a sanctioned lending library.

Its stealing. Buy your kids what they need.

This person has inspired me to wear a t-shirt tomorrow that I picked up at the lost and found at my pool 25 years ago. Thanks for the inspiration: Go Colonials!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At an A meet yesterday I overheard a big group of girls who were probably 11/12 in a bathroom. One of them didn’t have her team suit and another was missing a cap. Some of the girls chimed in and were like “just take one from lost and found or look for one in someone’s bag”.

I did intervene and got a bunch of rolled eyes, but it reminded me of the towel stealing. Obviously this is something kids do, but how alert do you need to be to it and how can it be stopped if kids see it as normal?

I send my kids with bags that zip and our team caps have the kids’ name on them, but goggles definitely seem to considered fair game if left unattended for even a minute. Our pool and team are small so it’s not like there are 1000 families and 300 kids and it’s an anonymous crime.

Were they wearing kneeskins or doping in the bathroom? We should have volunteers posted in the bathrooms and at the lost and found to help curb the behavior of 12 year old girls from taking things that aren't theirs.

OP and I was actually the bathroom volunteer and my job is supposed to be to stand by the sinks (not the stalls or changing area) and stop cellphone usage/potential videoing before it happens.

Most insane part of this post isn't taking a pair of goggles or towel from the lost and found but the fact that a pool has to have a bathroom monitor for an A meet. That is insane and speaks volumes to the types of kids at that pool.

Volunteer at a pool and we were told a bathroom monitor is a Safesport requirement.

Well they lied to you. I’ve attended a ridiculous number of swim meets and there are not bathroom monitors. I’ve snap taken safe sport training and no mention of bathroom monitors.

It’s a good idea but never seen it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Could “take one from the lost and found” have meant just for practice? It’s very common at our pool to take & then return items from lost and found.

Yes, ours too, and I don't have a problem with that as long as the item goes right back where it came from after practice is over. Our pool has a "goggle box" and a "toy box." The toy box is a rotating hodgepodge of lost and abandoned items, mainly small dollar-store diving toys and things like that (we don't allow inflatables, and there are enough balls on property that no one needs to bring those on their own). Most of the goggles in the goggle box are of the toy rather than the sport/racing category, but I always made sure my kids put them right back after borrowing them.

The culture of the pool itself is such that a lost item is usually right where you left it a day or two later, or even well beyond that. I've found towels of ours months after they were accidentally abandoned, because they were at the bottom of the lost-and-found textiles hamper - yuck!

Bring your own toys and goggles and stop stealing others.

Stop leaving your cr*p all over the pool so it doesn't end up in the lost and found.

We don’t and it still gets stollen. You are proud you steal?

So people are going through your pool bag to steal goggles and toys..ugh huh.sure. totally happening.
more like you kid leaves their stuff all over and it get lost

DP. Yes. This happens. It’s not always on purpose, but when everyone has the same, exact swim bag it’s pretty easy to go into someone else’s bag and take something. DS had his goggles taken from his bag once. They have a pretty big name tag folded over the strap though so it was pretty easy to spot the person who did it.

My child’s bag was stollen and it clearly had the name on it in huge letters. I emailed the other coach as another child told mine who walked off with it. The coach was super pissed as I asked without naming names in a parent group trying to get it back. The kids dump their bags in one area but it’s not normal to have theft.

It’s also gross to share googles with punk eye and other infections

Just wanted to comment that this post has the best typos ever. Perhaps it’s your punk eye that is is causing the typos?