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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know pools are pretty chaotic, but I’m so frustrated with having to be super vigilant about possessions at a private club.

Things walk away at our pool fairly regularly. It doesn’t help that it is a big pool that hosts early morning workouts for age group clubs and has hosted a ton of home meets this year. Most recently my DD’s Birkenstocks were taken while she was in the pool during practice. They were under her backpack so they wouldn’t get wet (yes, I know it was a mistake to not zip them inside, and she does, too, now) so someone was pretty deliberate about taking them.

[b]I’m guessing that some kid lost their shoes and took my DD’s so they wouldn’t have to tell their parents theirs were lost.
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We live in a pretty affluent area and it seems like a lot of kids are pretty loosey goosey about their stuff. We also had a thing with kids losing team shirts and then taking any shirts that weren’t on someone’s body to replace them. When confronted and shown the name on the tag of a stolen shirt, one kid just said they didn’t know it wasn’t theirs and the matter was dropped. I’ve had a sweatshirt taken off a chaise while I was swimming laps- it was one that lots of people ordered that season but it was also very clearly with my things and had my name on the tag.

Is there anything we can do as a pool community to change this culture? I didn’t grow up with much so losing things makes me absolutely bonkers, and the idea of kids taking stuff and not seeing it as a big deal really disgusts me.

For anyone asking why DD doesn’t just wear cheap flip flops- she does for the shower, but we walk to the pool and she has Sever’s so she has to wear shoes with more structure for that.[/quote]

Odd you created a whole narrative about the theft. [/quote]

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