Aaaand she misses again! (Prudie and pools) September 28, 2015 | Registered: 15 years ago Posts: 6,607 |
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Q. Pool Problem: My neighbors have three young children who sneak in to use my pool. None of them are tall enough to open the pool gate so they drag an outdoor furniture over to unlatch it. Aside from the nuisance of finding them in my pool after coming home I am terrified one of them might drown and I get sued. I have talked to the parents and they say they will stop the kids from coming over, yet evidently they are not doing enough. I don’t want to see things escalate where I call the cops or get lawyers involved. How do I get them to stop using my pool?
A: You are absolutely right to be scared. And what is wrong with these parents? If they have small children who are surreptitiously using a neighbor’s pool, they should be scared out of their minds. Since the parents are being so irresponsible, you need to invest in technology to keep the kids, and you, safe. Get a serious lock for the gate, and get an alarm for the pool that sounds when an unauthorized body enters it. Since you’ve spoken kindly to the parents and they haven’t stopped this, I think a letter from a lawyer would be worthwhile. It does not have to take a hostile tone, it just has to lay out the extreme danger that is presented when children enter a pool uninvited. Speaking of which, if you do like these people, and you wouldn’t mind doing so, you can perhaps open your pool, say, once a month for these neighbor children—and their supervising parents!—so that your oasis is less of an enticing taboo.
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Speaking of which, if you do like these people, and you wouldn’t mind doing so, you can perhaps open your pool, say, once a month for these neighbor children—and their supervising parents!—so that your oasis is less of an enticing taboo.
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Do they even make motion sensor alarms for pools? And to be honest, would it make any difference if the homeowner isn't home to tell the brats to get out? A pool alarm could just as easily be like a car alarm, which are seen as noisy nuisances more than indicators of crime. I would also say to invest in a good lock and hope the fuckers don't figure out how to climb over the gate around the pool. Also, yes, speak to a lawyer. Have said lawyer tell the idiot parents to keep their fucking brats out of her yard. I might also suggest reporting the breeder neighbors to the police or CPS, saying that they let their kids trespass and swim in the pool without permission, so obviously said neighbors are neglecting their kids by allowing them to swim unsupervised and on someone else's property.
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Cambion
Do they even make motion sensor alarms for pools? And to be honest, would it make any difference if the homeowner isn't home to tell the brats to get out? A pool alarm could just as easily be like a car alarm, which are seen as noisy nuisances more than indicators of crime. I would also say to invest in a good lock and hope the fuckers don't figure out how to climb over the gate around the pool. Also, yes, speak to a lawyer. Have said lawyer tell the idiot parents to keep their fucking brats out of her yard. I might also suggest reporting the breeder neighbors to the police or CPS, saying that they let their kids trespass and swim in the pool without permission, so obviously said neighbors are neglecting their kids by allowing them to swim unsupervised and on someone else's property.
Yes there are motion sensors for pools now. I saw this home improvement show once in which they showed pool security devices and it was pretty ridiculous. They had a special lock on the door going outside to the pool area, an alarm on that door, along with a spring on the door to close it automatically. The pool had a big fence around it with some other sort of lock on the gate, and they had a motion alarm for if anyone got into the pool. In some places, all of this security is required by law to have a pool. I grew up in a house with an in ground pool and all we had was a fence around the yard and we never had any problems. These days, both the yard and the pool have to be fenced and locked. I honestly wonder why anyone puts in a pool anymore since it sounds like so much of a hassle these days.
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Is Prudie high?
These idiots have been using the pool WITHOUT PERMISSION. People like this need a clear message: Don't use my pool, ever. That means lawyers, certified letters, etc. Inviting them over just makes them think they can keep doing it.
This is a liability nightmare. They need to draw the line in the sand in case these kids drown. You can bet Mummy and Duddy will try to sue.
As an aside, about 20 years ago I had a friend who was married to a lawyer. He represented the family of a chyyyyld against a swim club. The brat was maybe like 10 or 11 and he SCALED A SIX FOOT FENCE to gain access to a pool area. It was after pool season and there was a tarp on the pool and Bratley fell in the pool and drowned.
The family got a TWO MILLION DOLLAR settlement. Sleazy ass lawyers.