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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.[/quote]

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.[/quote]

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

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?[/quote]

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.[/quote]

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).[/quote]

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.  [/quote]

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