So I work at an indoor heated pool. Actually there are two of them. One is kept between 86 and 88 degrees and the other between 80 and 82 degrees. It never really changes. True one week a year and a half ago something broke and wasn't working right and the one pool get up to 90 degrees for like three days but that is the only time I can remember it being off in the past three years that I have worked there.
Now despite this fact we have at least ten people a day complain that the pool is "colder" than usual. What is funny is that even 82 degrees is warm compared to most pools, especially for competition. Of competitive swimming the pool should be from 78 to 83. I used to inform the patrons that as lifeguards we have no control over the temperature of the pool and that it is very constant and the fact that the pool is uniquely warm compared to other pools but despite many attempts I was never successful in conveying these facts. Now after three years when people complain that it is two cold or that it "is much warmer today than the other day" I simply smile and say that I am either sorry or that I am glad they feel that way.
My question is way do these people who have been members for several years some more than 13 years still ask us about the pool temperature. I mean what do they think causes the change in the temp. It doesn't rain inside or snow, or get really windy or cold at night. This really baffles me. Sometimes I think that they think we just put ice in the water so they will be uncomfortable. For those of you who think this I can assure you we do not. We as staff tend not to spend any more time down at the pool than we have to so going out of our way to change the temp of the pool is a no. And since the temp doesn't change all of this is really just in your imagination.
Love From Liberty,
Peggy
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