Anonymous
09/04/2023 19:36
Subject: Where are people’s manners?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:ICYMI: pool toys are for everyone. They are universally known to be communal property.
Didn’t you teach your kids that when they were little? Anytime we went to the neighborhood pool I brought extra toys and reminded my little ones that anything we brought to the pool would be shared.
As an adult hosting guests at a vacation home, you let the other kid use the item for 15 minutes and then you let the other parent know that your Larla shared her floaties with Johnny and now she would like to have a turn.
Adulting really isn’t hard…
First of all, these are not little kids. These are teenagers and they don’t take turns.
Secondly, not in our pool. Who told you others’ pool toys are yours to take?
You have no concept of personal boundaries, do you?
I never saw these universal rules at our neighborhood pools or pools at hotels. Kid's pool toys weren't shared unless the kids started playing together which didn't happen all the time. Also I'm not obligated to provide sleeping arrangements for someone I've invited for dinner.
Public pools are not the same as private pools where presumably you know everyone. Different rules apply. These weren't strangers sharing a hotel pool in OPs case. Sharing of pool floats would be the norm. And usually the kids all play together on them. I'm getting the sense that OP has toddlers and was wildly unprepared for what much older kids are like talking about not sharing toys and eating all the snacks of which there can't have been many of.
Even at more public pools, sharing pool toys happens a lot.
Anonymous
09/04/2023 19:36
Subject: Where are people’s manners?
Anonymous wrote:https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/908921.page
I’d recognize you anywhere, bacon lady!
This is definitely Bacon Lady. I can't believe the other post was three years ago. I remember it like it was yesterday. Follow travellers - too funny
Why does she keep inviting these families?
Anonymous
09/04/2023 19:21
Subject: Where are people’s manners?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
Lol. You don’t have snacks if 2 tweens can eat all the snacks.
You are not cooking proper meals for your kids if they are consuming gallons of chips and crackers between meals.
Perhaps, you are lazy and don’t want to cook. So you buy cereal for breakfast and sandwich stuff for lunch. And what’s for dinner? A frozen pizza?
This. Clearly the Lout Family decided not to feed their kids before or during the trip to the beach house.
Yeah. It kind of sounds like they didn’t come directly to the beach house from home and didn’t stop for lunch.
Anonymous
09/04/2023 19:20
Subject: Where are people’s manners?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:ICYMI: pool toys are for everyone. They are universally known to be communal property.
Didn’t you teach your kids that when they were little? Anytime we went to the neighborhood pool I brought extra toys and reminded my little ones that anything we brought to the pool would be shared.
As an adult hosting guests at a vacation home, you let the other kid use the item for 15 minutes and then you let the other parent know that your Larla shared her floaties with Johnny and now she would like to have a turn.
Adulting really isn’t hard…
First of all, these are not little kids. These are teenagers and they don’t take turns.
Secondly, not in our pool. Who told you others’ pool toys are yours to take?
You have no concept of personal boundaries, do you?
I never saw these universal rules at our neighborhood pools or pools at hotels. Kid's pool toys weren't shared unless the kids started playing together which didn't happen all the time. Also I'm not obligated to provide sleeping arrangements for someone I've invited for dinner.
Public pools are not the same as private pools where presumably you know everyone. Different rules apply. These weren't strangers sharing a hotel pool in OPs case. Sharing of pool floats would be the norm. And usually the kids all play together on them. I'm getting the sense that OP has toddlers and was wildly unprepared for what much older kids are like talking about not sharing toys and eating all the snacks of which there can't have been many of.
Anonymous
09/04/2023 19:14
Subject: Where are people’s manners?
Weve entered the phase of this thread where the OP is sock puppeting like crazy to make it appear she has allies
Anonymous
09/04/2023 19:05
Subject: Where are people’s manners?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
Another question: do you belong to a country club or neighborhood pool? Do you sit in a corner and avoid interacting with others? It’s normal for little kids to play together and share toys rather than play alone.
For 100th time, these are adults and teenagers. They don’t “play together”.
And no, at our neighbourhood pool people don’t share floaties.
So let me get this straight. OP invite a family over to their weekend rental and gets mad when the other family’s teenagers grab the floaties? Did her teenager not use the floaties too? She is really complaining about this?
What a disingenuous recounting of what happened. The family had no boundaries and one family ate all the snacks meant for two families for the weekend, took over a person's bedroom without asking, and took over the pool. They didn't politely ask to do any of this. They also didn't bring a single crumb to help provide food.
They are louts.
Try to keep up. This specific comment thread was about the floaties. From the OP: “The kids take our floaties without asking.” Clearly she was pressed over it if she brought it up.
Anonymous
09/04/2023 18:51
Subject: Where are people’s manners?
Anonymous wrote:
I think the generation below mine is horrible for this. I moved in to a neighborhood of very nice homes. Got to know a neighbor who rented the house across the street. These were educated professional people but they destroyed the house. She let the kids draw on every wall with whatever they wanted. They had a dog that they treated terribly that had crapped all over the place. They never picked up after the dog and their yard was filled with dog crap. They turned a beautiful house in to a hovel. Her kids were actually pretty well behaved because their private school set them straight. At home they were terrors.
Me too. I have friends who worked at a university and when they were renting a house, they let their kids completely destroy it. All the walls were covered in stains and drawings, they let their kids spill all kinds of drinks on the carpet, the cabinets were destroyed.
After that they bought their own house and didn’t treat their house as bad.
They let their dog roam free even after neighbours complain. Their dog poops on neighbour’s porch and they still let it out.
Sometimes I wonder if I need friends like these, but otherwise they’re nice people.
Anonymous
09/04/2023 18:48
Subject: Where are people’s manners?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:In general, after travelling with different families, I’m so disappointed in humanity. People are selfish pigs.
I feel some sympathy to VRBO property owners. We arrive at a brand new clean house and when we leave it’s completely filthy. People let their dirty dog sleep on the couch, pee/poop, their kids spread cake icing across carpet, leave handprints on the walls and cabinets.
They get mad that the neighbors tell them the dog is not welcome at their porch. They are lazy and don’t want to cook for their own families. Their kids feel entitled to all personal items that belong to other families. This is not just one family, but many.
There is zero respect for other people’s property, zero responsibility, only entitlement. What happened to society?
+100
I think the generation below mine is horrible for this. I moved in to a neighborhood of very nice homes. Got to know a neighbor who rented the house across the street. These were educated professional people but they destroyed the house. She let the kids draw on every wall with whatever they wanted. They had a dog that they treated terribly that had crapped all over the place. They never picked up after the dog and their yard was filled with dog crap. They turned a beautiful house in to a hovel. Her kids were actually pretty well behaved because their private school set them straight. At home they were terrors.
Over 2000 years ago, Romans were complaining about moral decline. I think you just experienced some a--holes Every generation has them!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/06/15/humanity-morality-decline-illusion/
Anonymous
09/04/2023 18:47
Subject: Where are people’s manners?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
Lol. You don’t have snacks if 2 tweens can eat all the snacks.
You are not cooking proper meals for your kids if they are consuming gallons of chips and crackers between meals.
Perhaps, you are lazy and don’t want to cook. So you buy cereal for breakfast and sandwich stuff for lunch. And what’s for dinner? A frozen pizza?
This. Clearly the Lout Family decided not to feed their kids before or during the trip to the beach house.
Anonymous
09/04/2023 18:43
Subject: Where are people’s manners?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
Another question: do you belong to a country club or neighborhood pool? Do you sit in a corner and avoid interacting with others? It’s normal for little kids to play together and share toys rather than play alone.
For 100th time, these are adults and teenagers. They don’t “play together”.
And no, at our neighbourhood pool people don’t share floaties.
So let me get this straight. OP invite a family over to their weekend rental and gets mad when the other family’s teenagers grab the floaties? Did her teenager not use the floaties too? She is really complaining about this?
What a disingenuous recounting of what happened. The family had no boundaries and one family ate all the snacks meant for two families for the weekend, took over a person's bedroom without asking, and took over the pool. They didn't politely ask to do any of this. They also didn't bring a single crumb to help provide food.
They are louts.
Anonymous
09/04/2023 18:41
Subject: Where are people’s manners?
Anonymous wrote:In general, after travelling with different families, I’m so disappointed in humanity. People are selfish pigs.
I feel some sympathy to VRBO property owners. We arrive at a brand new clean house and when we leave it’s completely filthy. People let their dirty dog sleep on the couch, pee/poop, their kids spread cake icing across carpet, leave handprints on the walls and cabinets.
They get mad that the neighbors tell them the dog is not welcome at their porch. They are lazy and don’t want to cook for their own families. Their kids feel entitled to all personal items that belong to other families. This is not just one family, but many.
There is zero respect for other people’s property, zero responsibility, only entitlement. What happened to society?
+100
I think the generation below mine is horrible for this. I moved in to a neighborhood of very nice homes. Got to know a neighbor who rented the house across the street. These were educated professional people but they destroyed the house. She let the kids draw on every wall with whatever they wanted. They had a dog that they treated terribly that had crapped all over the place. They never picked up after the dog and their yard was filled with dog crap. They turned a beautiful house in to a hovel. Her kids were actually pretty well behaved because their private school set them straight. At home they were terrors.
Anonymous
09/04/2023 18:35
Subject: Where are people’s manners?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:ICYMI: pool toys are for everyone. They are universally known to be communal property.
Didn’t you teach your kids that when they were little? Anytime we went to the neighborhood pool I brought extra toys and reminded my little ones that anything we brought to the pool would be shared.
As an adult hosting guests at a vacation home, you let the other kid use the item for 15 minutes and then you let the other parent know that your Larla shared her floaties with Johnny and now she would like to have a turn.
Adulting really isn’t hard…
First of all, these are not little kids. These are teenagers and they don’t take turns.
Secondly, not in our pool. Who told you others’ pool toys are yours to take?
You have no concept of personal boundaries, do you?
I never saw these universal rules at our neighborhood pools or pools at hotels. Kid's pool toys weren't shared unless the kids started playing together which didn't happen all the time. Also I'm not obligated to provide sleeping arrangements for someone I've invited for dinner.
Anonymous
09/04/2023 18:27
Subject: Where are people’s manners?
Anonymous wrote:I think it’s equally rude to invite people over for the day and tell them to bring their own snacks and dinner for potluck. Their behavior isn’t great but this is crazy host behavior especially while criticizing them.
They could have declined to come. Clearly it didn't bother them. They're just parasites.
Anonymous
09/04/2023 18:25
Subject: Where are people’s manners?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
Also if OP wasn't willing to share anything then she should have stated up front what the daily use charge of this rented place was and indicate everything they might need for the day would have to be brought with them. Food, drinks, floats, toilet paper, towels, plates, cups, cutlery, etc. all were not to be shared. Every family fends for itself.
If I invite you over to our rental and I have to provide you with towels, floats, sunscreen, bug spray, chairs, snacks, breakfast, lunch and dinner, drinks, dog food and entertainment… then please don’t come. I’m not your mommy.
LOL. Quel horreur!
Was the entertainment you doing an act in 3 parts impersonating a bad host?
Anonymous
09/04/2023 18:22
Subject: Where are people’s manners?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
Lol. You don’t have snacks if 2 tweens can eat all the snacks.
You are not cooking proper meals for your kids if they are consuming gallons of chips and crackers between meals.
Perhaps, you are lazy and don’t want to cook. So you buy cereal for breakfast and sandwich stuff for lunch. And what’s for dinner? A frozen pizza?
Maybe you should have had bananas or something for snacks, you self righteous dweeb.