Most Disturbing Hotel Pool Sign. Ever.
October 2, 2011 21 Comments
After a hard day hiking, I thought about taking a refreshing dip in the hotel’s saltwater pool.
Thanks for the heads up, hotel management. Next time I have a flaming case of diarrhea, I will definitely think twice about getting in the pool. Also, what the fuck is up with the nice brown streak in the middle of the water? Nice graphics touch.
Maybe another time.
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I shouldn’t be, but I am amazed that such a firm exists. In light of our current listeria outbreak, I can only imagine the ambulance chasing occurring.
Well, some of these diseases are pretty serious, so it’s not just a litigation lottery issue. It would suck to have a kid on dialysis for life. 😦
Apparently there’s a fancy name and even an awareness campaign on diseases acquired in swimming pools. Oh, and I don’t even want to *know* how they figured out the data in the fourth paragraph of this article! I guess this is why some are taking more than a mere “cover your ass” approach to the issue.
Interestingly, there seems to be no rule prohibiting those with diarrhea from entering the pool. The sign only addresses “swimming.” I wonder how many of the Over-60 Aqua Aerobics class that morning might have fallen into this category.
Equally disturbing is the lack of pronoun/antecedent number agreement in bullet point #3. How can we take seriously those who can’t decide how many diarrheic juveniles to proscribe from their pool?
The pronoun thing makes me insane. Maybe they should just have a check in sheet with a box for Diarrhea? ____ yes _____ no. Number in party? ______. That might solve the hotel’s inability to manage pronoun agreement. Also, bonus points for the correct spelling and usage of the word ‘proscribe’.
Jim, you’re right on both counts…but the bullet point no. 3 issue is most disturbing…Drives me NUTS when people do that!
Jean…What hotel is that??? What is the empty oval up above the text for? 🙂
This is the hotel we stayed at in Zion 2 weeks ago. I meant to post it then and forgot.
Wow…they are pretty serious about other people’s bowls…
*bowels…unless of course your poo comes from a bowl, then I think that would mean bigger problems than not swimming in a pool.
I thought bowls was the more interesting option. Since I have dogs, most of the poo I deal with comes from them, but the hotel was not concerned with their bowls or bowels.
They apparently care a lot. Enough to diagram it for me in straightforward, poorly written English. I will never look at a hotel pool the same way.
This reminds me of the signs people used to put up around their home swimming pools back in the 1960s: “We don’t swim in your toilet; please don’t pee in our pool.”
There was a pool in St Louis that I stayed at as a kid where the bar looked into the pool like it was a giant aquarium. I was in the bar with my parents (I had those kinds of parents) and I watched as three people pissed in the pool unaware that you could see them. Ick.
I meant there was a pool in a hotel in St Louis I stayed at. My parents would never let me stay at a pool with a bar unless they were there.
Ew. I’m most concerned that they felt that they NEEDED this sign.
Exactly. It’s like going to get a bikini wax and being forced to stare at a picture of a staph infection warning in the lobby. Kind of makes you decide to opt out.
Good thing they reminded us not to drink the water now that we know SOMEONE with a mad case of the Hershey squirts has besmirched it with their fecal juices, thus requiring actual signage to prevent any further occurences. Crikey!
Stacey and Jen said it – somebody had to have done it if they made a sign. Disturbing. Reminds me of the Nip/Tuck episode with Christian in the hot tub with his girl friend. Sparing you the rest of the details.
Now I need therapy. I saw that episode.
This is hysterical. Thanks for posting that sign! Disturbing indeed. I have a swimming pool at my home. Now I feel I may need to include signage such as this next summer. Thanks for the warning.
Well, shit.