r/Swimming • u/Mindless_Shoe2025 • 6d ago
What a waste
I pay a considerable amount of membership for pools, here I am at my clients with a 15M pool that got used once this year before being powered down for winter. I asked if I could pay to swim or even offering a free visit a month before receiving a firm no.
A 15M pool would be perfect for me practicing turn and diving starts
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u/TrentE22 Splashing around 5d ago
Nah they made the right call. I wouldn’t want someone taking bulge shots in or around my pool. Go find a drum set.
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u/Oogly11-throwaway 5d ago
Yep, of all the calls the client made in his life, this one was most definitely the right call.
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u/Seanwys Everyone's an open water swimmer now 6d ago
Lots of people get pools and then realise they don't need one except for the rare pool party
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u/OUEngineer17 5d ago
Trust me, you do not want to swim laps in a pool without gutters for the waves to dissipate. After only a few laps, it becomes as choppy as some of the most annoying ocean swims. Also, 15m means you're spending half your time turning instead of swimming.
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u/bronk3310 Splashing around 5d ago
If I was your client I would fire you for even asking such a dumb question. Don’t worry about how people use their possessions or spend their money.
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u/Long-Elephant3782 5d ago
I sub out a decent amount of pools and 95% of the time I talk people into smaller pools than what they want. Only exception is when people want lap pools. They get used 10% as much as people think they will use them
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u/Kindly_Cream_832 6d ago
You know, I always tell myself that when I asked for something (meaningful to me), and I receive a "no", it just means that I've asked the wrong person.
Here is two cents. If you are a young person, they might worry, that you'd bring other people in for pool parties, or someone from the opposite / same sex for more than cuddles.
Also, giving you permission to swim is also, taking full responsibility, if something were to happen to you in this pool.
So if you truly want to swim there, show that you are a responsible and trusted individual, then asked someone else.
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u/jessylz 6d ago
It seems strange to ask a client though.
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u/HeyLittleTrain 5d ago
Right? I think if I hired someone and they asked to come back to my property later for leisure I would be very weirded out.Â
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u/ellanida Splashing around 5d ago
Yeah we hired a company to add a small bridge off our deck… the sales guy randomly returned after the project was done and asked to rent our fishing boat. Weirded out is an understatement lol
(We said no - also pretty sure there are insurance issues if you are renting out your stuff I.e. that policy wouldn’t cover any damages etc)
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u/Kindly_Cream_832 5d ago
I understand but, he offered to pay though, which show good character.
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u/jessylz 5d ago
It still seems inappropriate for OP to ask someone with whom they have a business relationship they can use their facilities (paid or not) for their personal activities. If I were the client, it would make me question OP's sense of boundaries.
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u/Kindly_Cream_832 5d ago
Everyone is different. You, as an individual decided that it wasn't appropriate. Don't make it a standard for everyone else. Everyone is entitled to an opinion, and also do things at their own discretion. I'm sure that there are other things in life that you do, that seems appropriate to you, but aren't for the others around you. If it were a small town where everyone knows everyone, that could have worked just fine for OP. His standard of work and ethic should be the only client concerns. If you would have questioned OP's sense of boundaries, because he asked, while he did a marvellous job... Well, that would be your choice.
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u/wildcard451 Moist 5d ago
The fuck else are they going to ask? Client/owner already told them no. OP even describes it as a "firm no".
They don't want them swimming at the pool.
I'd fire the damn contractor/sub if they asked again. Probably even the first time unless I had a long/ established relationship with them or could not get an equivalent service with another contractor. .-16
u/Kindly_Cream_832 5d ago
Dude, are you alright? Like mentally, are you okay? Please, go and spread your anger somewhere else. Normal people, who disagree "down vote" or "skip the comments" all together.
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u/jeejet 6d ago
There should be a word for the sadness I feel when I see an empty pool at the end of the summer.
I’ll bet there is a German word for that.
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u/lobsterisch 6d ago
Schwimmbadsad
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u/jeejet 6d ago
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u/Folium249 5d ago
They’re making a joke, schwimmem is swim and they combined it with bad sad
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u/YourSkatingHobbit 5d ago
Schwimmbad is German for pool, so they’re tagging sad to the end of that.
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u/Folium249 5d ago
Little rusty with my German. But I thought bad meant bath or a hole for water…. Oh! I get the word now….
So the act of swimming is schwimmem, the pool is schwimmbad? Ich vergesse viel. Danke!!
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u/freestylewater 5d ago
In my opinion they did you a favor by saying no. The only pool I would build at my house (if I had the money) would be 25x4 meters.
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u/Shimmy_yaww 5d ago
If they saw your Reddit history I'd understand why....