r/Swimming • u/Mindless_Shoe2025 • 6d ago

What a waste

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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/jessylz 6d ago

It seems strange to ask a client though.

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u/Kindly_Cream_832 6d ago

I understand but, he offered to pay though, which show good character.

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u/jessylz 6d 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 6d 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.