"Adult Swim" is a Violation of the Federal Fair Housing Act- discriminates against families???

[Anonymous]

Oh come ON. The "fair" housing act is fair ONLY to parents of young children and if anything, discriminates against those without children. Respect that not everyone and every space caters to children at every moment and move on. Spaces that are not 100% child-centric are OKAY. This attorney sounds insufferable.

[Anonymous]

I'm six years old, but I identify as an adult.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s a safety check — of the bottom of the pool!

Does that take 15 minutes? And wouldn't it be easier to do without adults in the pool?

How many adults are actually in the pool for adult swim? At our pool, sometimes it's a couple adults. Sometimes it's no adults. And our adult swim time is 10 minutes.

At our pool, adult swim is full of adults who want to enjoy the pool for a few minutes in peace. I lost count of the times I almost got hit in the face with a ball over the weekend. The pools were very crowded (understandably). Ah my pool, many adults get in the water only for adult swim.

[Anonymous]

Well, being on the board of a local pool...the adult swim breaks allow the lifeguard ratio to go down so that each lifeguard gets to go pee or get something to eat/drink every other hour. If we cancel adult swim, we have to maintain both lifeguards at all times, meaning we have to hire more lifeguards, which will drive up prices, and then every single member will email the board complaining about the cost, blah blah blah. Or, we could cut the pool hours to keep costs down. I’m sure the members would love that.

[Anonymous]

I like it because it forces my kids to reapply sunscreen. I have had skin cancer and am paranoid about it. Bigly!

[Anonymous]

Adult swim is the only time we can actively taunt the children. Boo, bad lawyers!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm so glad about it. It's about time.
You don't decide whether my kid is tired or not. I decide that. Do I get 25% discount on my kids since pool is not available to them 15 minutes in an hour?
If lifeguards need a break, then all need to come out of the water. Nobody should decide who gets to be in it and how long based on gender, age,race or what have you.
If you decide that my kid needs a break, maybe your grandma needs a break and you. The sun can make anybody need a break.
If my kid needs to use a bathroom, maybe your grandma should use a bathroom and change her swim-diaper.
We don't decide who takes a break and who doesn't based somebody's age. Same goes for swimming ability-you don't decide that my 8-year old who can swim, can't swim but your grandma who never learned to swim can, or she woudln't be in the pool. Grandma can't swim but nobody would suspect her because why is grandma at the pool. So, while you are too busy getting the kids out who have guardians more likely than not, you don't see grandma drowning because grandma adult and you expect grandma to know better. Grandma lost her top long ago and wondered to the pool.
Even when experience tells you that kids need saving more often than grandmas, you don't decide to keep them out at some point. And if you do, the same break applies to all. What's the big deal if breaks are so important?
They are not important. They are there to give grown-ups the time and many have come to love that time. Even if you love that time and have convinced yourself that this is the best for the kids, it's against FHA.
You don't want kids at your pool, you go to grown-ups only pool. You want kids out, you also take the grown-ups out for the same amount. Problem solved and all happy. Don't argue with the law. Go change it if you don't like it, but don't act like it isn't there. In fact, it's time to apply it.
You want grown-up only time, match it with children only time. [u]All happy, all get a break at some point. except grown-ups don't want the break. Well, neither do kids.

I think this takes the cake for the most ridiculously unsafe solution. Taking the adults out of the pool is a really bad idea.

I think there are already many precedents in the law for different rules based on age. If "adult swim" is age discrimination, is it also age discrimination to require carseats of one group and not another? Driver's license age restrictions? Age limits for school? I think there's a lot of legal precedence for the idea that while children might be equal to adults, they aren't the same, and that health and safety is one area where this is obvious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s also to clear the pool so they can see if someone is at the bottom. Remember that lady a few years ago in NJ or wherever who was at the bottom of the pool for two days before they found her? That’s why.

This and to check for poop.

[Anonymous]

They do it so the kids can get a 15 minutes rest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm so glad about it. It's about time.
You don't decide whether my kid is tired or not. I decide that. Do I get 25% discount on my kids since pool is not available to them 15 minutes in an hour?
If lifeguards need a break, then all need to come out of the water. Nobody should decide who gets to be in it and how long based on gender, age,race or what have you.
If you decide that my kid needs a break, maybe your grandma needs a break and you. The sun can make anybody need a break.
If my kid needs to use a bathroom, maybe your grandma should use a bathroom and change her swim-diaper.
We don't decide who takes a break and who doesn't based somebody's age. Same goes for swimming ability-you don't decide that my 8-year old who can swim, can't swim but your grandma who never learned to swim can, or she woudln't be in the pool. Grandma can't swim but nobody would suspect her because why is grandma at the pool. So, while you are too busy getting the kids out who have guardians more likely than not, you don't see grandma drowning because grandma adult and you expect grandma to know better. Grandma lost her top long ago and wondered to the pool.
Even when experience tells you that kids need saving more often than grandmas, you don't decide to keep them out at some point. And if you do, the same break applies to all. What's the big deal if breaks are so important?
They are not important. They are there to give grown-ups the time and many have come to love that time. Even if you love that time and have convinced yourself that this is the best for the kids, it's against FHA.
You don't want kids at your pool, you go to grown-ups only pool. You want kids out, you also take the grown-ups out for the same amount. Problem solved and all happy. Don't argue with the law. Go change it if you don't like it, but don't act like it isn't there. In fact, it's time to apply it.
You want grown-up only time, match it with children only time. All happy, all get a break at some point. except grown-ups don't want the break. Well, neither do kids.

Holy crap, wall of text. Something about my grandma?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Adult swim is the only time we can actively taunt the children. Boo, bad lawyers!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Safety, hygiene, rest.

For all these reasons, it’s best to keep it.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s a safety check — of the bottom of the pool!

Does that take 15 minutes? And wouldn't it be easier to do without adults in the pool?

How many adults are actually in the pool for adult swim? At our pool, sometimes it's a couple adults. Sometimes it's no adults. And our adult swim time is 10 minutes.

I stay in the pool for adult swim. It’s nice to be able to float without getting kicked or splashed. And there are others at my pool that do. Maybe 20 people on a weekend? During the week it might just be me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s a safety check — of the bottom of the pool!

Yep. With the added side bene that it makes leaving the pool so much easier: “ok, we’re leaving at the next break!” Rather than disrupting their pool play to get them to leave.

[Anonymous]

The fair housing act can discriminate against age. It's the only demographic that does allow discrimination. Hence senior living communities where you have to be over a certain age to live there.