Screaming children at my apartment pool

[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.

+1 The people complaining here have the shriekers

[Anonymous]

Forget bout the screaming. You know them kids is peeing in the pool. Don't open your mouth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Forget bout the screaming. You know them kids is peeing in the pool. Don't open your mouth.

Please. The adults are too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP is complaining about people at the complex’s pool (gross btw) yet lives in an apartment. Just buy a SFH, OP.

I assume OP is a single person, and it makes sense for them to live in an apartment. maybe the screamers should move to a SFH?

HA! Good point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How old are you? Buy a nice condo.

Condos aren't exempt from federal laws preventing discrimination against families with children. My coworker is the sole single man in a condo that was all singles and DINKs. Then everyone had babies. There are strollers and trikes lining the halls. He is the only one with a problem with it. Can't sell fast enough.

But 55+ housing is? Not trying to snark, it's something I've been wondering about as my local jurisdiction continues to court development of 55+ housing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Forget bout the screaming. You know them kids is peeing in the pool. Don't open your mouth.

Please. The adults are too.

Right? It's like some people think the chlorine is there just for funsies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Until you are 55+, you probably won't be able to guarantee no little kids in any apartment building you rent. Even if no kids live there at the time you sign the lease, new people with kids could move in and existing tenants could give birth, adopt, foster, etc.

Yeah, fair point. Although what really bothered me is that the mom of the screamer was yakking on the phone for an hour while her child shrieked and annoyed everyone else.

At my former apartment, running on the pad, splashing, loud noise/screaming would get you booted from the pool. Some of it is a safety hazard. Sometimes though people call anything not to their liking screaming, so it is hard to say whether this is the case with OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Had to vent. I (unfortunately) accidentally rented in a building that for some reason has a lot of children. Every time I go to the pool to relax I am surrounded by children screaming, slapping each other with pool noodles, splashing other people, high pitched shrieking, etc. cannot wait to move to a building without a lot of little kids.

Kids + Pools = screaming. If you knew your building had a pool when you turned in the application, then you have nobody to blame but yourself for your irritation.

Also: weren't you ever a kid? Sheesh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Had to vent. I (unfortunately) accidentally rented in a building that for some reason has a lot of children. Every time I go to the pool to relax I am surrounded by children screaming, slapping each other with pool noodles, splashing other people, high pitched shrieking, etc. cannot wait to move to a building without a lot of little kids.

Kids + Pools = screaming. If you knew your building had a pool when you turned in the application, then you have nobody to blame but yourself for your irritation.

Also: weren't you ever a kid? Sheesh.

Sadly, most DCUM posters were born middle-aged.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Had to vent. I (unfortunately) accidentally rented in a building that for some reason has a lot of children. Every time I go to the pool to relax I am surrounded by children screaming, slapping each other with pool noodles, splashing other people, high pitched shrieking, etc. cannot wait to move to a building without a lot of little kids.

Kids + Pools = screaming. If you knew your building had a pool when you turned in the application, then you have nobody to blame but yourself for your irritation.

Also: weren't you ever a kid? Sheesh.

Sadly, most DCUM posters were born middle-aged.

And they think the world only revolves around themselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Until you are 55+, you probably won't be able to guarantee no little kids in any apartment building you rent. Even if no kids live there at the time you sign the lease, new people with kids could move in and existing tenants could give birth, adopt, foster, etc.

Yeah, fair point. Although what really bothered me is that the mom of the screamer was yakking on the phone for an hour while her child shrieked and annoyed everyone else.

At my former apartment, running on the pad, splashing, loud noise/screaming would get you booted from the pool. Some of it is a safety hazard. Sometimes though people call anything not to their liking screaming, so it is hard to say whether this is the case with OP.

I this thread alone we have people making strong distinctions between shouting, loud yelling, screaming and shrieking. I highly doubt all these people mean the same thing by each term.

Kids yell at pools. So it goes.

[Anonymous]

I really believe parents should control their kids!!!! If the little monsters are screaming at the top of their lungs, then they need to be told to tone it down!!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Until you are 55+, you probably won't be able to guarantee no little kids in any apartment building you rent. Even if no kids live there at the time you sign the lease, new people with kids could move in and existing tenants could give birth, adopt, foster, etc.

Yeah, fair point. Although what really bothered me is that the mom of the screamer was yakking on the phone for an hour while her child shrieked and annoyed everyone else.

You were at a pool. Get over yourself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Had to vent. I (unfortunately) accidentally rented in a building that for some reason has a lot of children. Every time I go to the pool to relax I am surrounded by children screaming, slapping each other with pool noodles, splashing other people, high pitched shrieking, etc. cannot wait to move to a building without a lot of little kids.

Complain to lifeguard and resident manager. The lifeguard should have stopped this behavior the first time it happened.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Had to vent. I (unfortunately) accidentally rented in a building that for some reason has a lot of children. Every time I go to the pool to relax I am surrounded by children screaming, slapping each other with pool noodles, splashing other people, high pitched shrieking, etc. cannot wait to move to a building without a lot of little kids.

Complain to lifeguard and resident manager. The lifeguard should have stopped this behavior the first time it happened.

Yup. I wrote earlier that I was a lifeguard + put a stop to screaming kids. There are noise level codes in most jurisdictions.