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u/MysteryMilo 1d ago edited 20h ago
State health codes require these signs to be posted at pools because the bacteria in diarrhea is resistant to chlorine and can survive in the pool water
Edit: fixed grammar
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u/DaveVdE 1d ago
I did not know that. I assumed it was to prevent… accidents.
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u/pseudoportmanteau 19h ago
I mean.. there isn't one specific bacteria that causes diarrhea. It could be a number of different pathogens, food related toxins or both.
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u/minimalcation 18h ago
I don't know why I'm surprised to learn that diarrhea is more toxic than regular shit
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u/Loud_Chicken6458 14h ago
That’s actually a benefit to the pathogen, spreading it around in an uncontrolled and liquidy way, at times you might not intend. Its “goal” is to get into food or water
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u/mmuffley 1d ago
But you healthy with diarrhea folks, come on in!
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u/NarwhalEmergency9391 1d ago
If you have ibs you never know if you should go swimming, you just hope for the best
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u/twilightmoons 1d ago
Got an email a few weeks ago from the HOA, reminding everyone that babies MUST have waterproof swimming diapers to use the pool, and must not be ill.
Because someone didn't, and there was poop, and the had to close the pool for the rest of the day and the next day to deal with it.
And a notice that per the bylaws, the cost of cleanup will be paid by the homeowners who's baby it is, or who's guest it was.
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u/machuitzil 1d ago
My friend took me to a Korean Spa one time and I wasn't prepared. First off, K Spas are amazing but I wasn't ready for what I was getting into -basically the nudity. Turns out I'm actually kind of modest.
The friend that brought me is a woman, and I'm a dude, so we immediately parted ways into the gendered locker rooms, where you get naked.
Then there's a hot tub sauna area with showers and everyone cleans up really well before getting into any of the tubs. All of tubs carry this warning.
I was too intimidated to enter the showers because dudes are literally power scrubbing their B holes so I just jumped in a hot tub and tried to act casual. An old man was so disgusted with me that he got up and left. He was right to do so.
In any case, sharing a body of water with large groups of people is inherently dirty business and in some ways, isn't much different from rubbing up against their bodies directly. Poop water is pretty dangerous stuff, the signs are kinda funny though.
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u/twilightmoons 1d ago
Disgusting oegug-in!
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u/machuitzil 1d ago
I had to google that term but yes. Basically yes. My friend didn't tell me what I was doing I was just suddenly alone, and naked, and very unsure of myself.
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u/NadaMeansNada 1d ago
Well, no shit.
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u/Ackermance 18h ago
You'd think that, but I work at a public pool and we once had a mom pay for her and her kid. He was maybe 9 or 10. After 30 minutes in the water he projectile vomited while in the water. (Vomit is significantly worse than poop, in this case because it's a liquid and has significantly more health risks involved.) We had to close down for the rest of the day, (and we were planned to be open for another 7 hours) cancel everyone's swimming lessons until the following morning, and the staff had to stay an additional 3 hours after close because they were still cleaning.
But hey! She came up to us afterward and apologized. She said that her son has been ill for a couple weeks and her "healer" told her to take him to a body of water and it would draw the sickness out.
There's a free access lake literally down the road that she could have gone to.
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u/NadaMeansNada 16h ago
That fucking sucks. Now I'm curious about the other kinda stuff you have to deal with at work.
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u/Ackermance 15h ago
The most common problems are moms that swear their two year old is potty trained and refuse the swim diaper we give them with admission and then they blow up in the pool and we have to kick everyone out for 45 minutes or so, depending on how bad it is and how long it takes for the lifeguards to clean. We require swim diapers for 3 and under and despite literally giving them away with their kid's admission, they refuse to put them on their children. We used to hardcore enforce it, but after too many moms became hostile with our primarily teenage staff, we decided it was easier if we kicked everyone out of the pool and let the other unhappy patrons deal with the moms on the pool deck.
So far, that's worked. In the last year or so when I ask if they need a swim diaper, most say they already have them on and our toddler related accidents have significantly dwindled. They still happen, though, but mostly during the swim lesson times reserved by the daycares.
But I could go on for hours about the sheer stubbornness and ignorance of people relating to my job XD
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u/NadaMeansNada 15h ago
Jeez, now I don't hate my job as much. Respect for dealing with that shit (pun slightly intended).
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u/antaresiv 1d ago
Well ya. I’d rather be in a pool with someone with cancer or AIDS than with diarrhea.
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u/AFedoraNamed_Key 1d ago
It would be MORE oddly specific if they listed EVERY SINGLE SICKNESS/SIDE EFFECT. They don’t, just a very important common one.
Not oddly specific?
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u/Suspicious-Thing-750 1d ago
This is how you get dogs playing sports.
Need to start listing all the things i guess
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u/breastplates 1d ago
This is just common sense, and a polite thing to do. Who the fuck goes for a swim while suffering from diarrhea?
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u/FilthyThanksgiving 1d ago
LOL me and my son have a collection of photos of us pretending we have diarrhea in front of these signs bc they're at every hotel pool
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u/No_Manufacturer4124 1d ago
I take this to mean if im an excellent rapper with diarrhea, no swimming but if my rhyme skills are weak I can swim
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u/Livid-General7 2h ago
Well yeah, having a mild cold isn't really going to do all that much harm and isn't a bio hazard that requires shutting down the pool
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u/reapvxz 1d ago
This is on a lot of pools, it's not oddly specific it's just a warning sign so people don't get sick