children in communal changing rooms

notanewuser

Person_one wrote: »

At my nearest council pool there are no communal areas at all and no separation by sex.

There are just rows and rows of cubicles of various sizes and the showers are all at the poolside so you do need to keep your costume on.

Its the best setup I've seen, but it was built for the Commonwealth Games so probably had a bigger budget than most!

Ours is like that. I don't swim, so had time to count the number of cubicles. 64.

The showers are in their own, seperate cubicles. There are 6 showers.

There's never any problem getting a cubicle, but you have to queue for about 25 minutes for a shower. Who thought that was a good idea?!

It's not long been built either!!!

Person_one

bestpud wrote: »

I'm afraid I put them on the floor when people do that as there is no need - it's just selfish when they know there is not enough cubicles.

I do the same when people put towels on chairs at poolside cafes and disappear too though.

I'm bolshy, I know! :rotfl:

That's so vindictive and unnecessary. For the crime of taking up space they are potentially left with only soaking wet and dirty clothes to go home in? Including underwear?

Why not just hand them in at reception as lost property, or shove them in an empty locker?

lostinrates

notanewuser wrote: »

Ours is like that. I don't swim, so had time to count the number of cubicles. 64.

The showers are in their own, seperate cubicles. There are 6 showers.

There's never any problem getting a cubicle, but you have to queue for about 25 minutes for a shower. Who thought that was a good idea?!

It's not long been built either!!!

That's my changing room pet hate. I want to have time to wash the chlorine off skin and hair, and to quickly clean before getting in, but hate holding others up. With long hair I often end up taking ages to shampoo and rinse properly.

I never feel like a shower with a costume on is adequate though, the chlorine smell doesn't leave my costume and stays on my skin. I would rather have somewhere where it was acceptable to get naked ( preferably privately, but shared if necessary, to stop me getting horrid dry skin on my body from not clearing the chlorine adequately.

jellyhead

notanewuser wrote: »

Ours is like that. I don't swim, so had time to count the number of cubicles. 64.

The showers are in their own, separate cubicles. There are 6 showers.

There's never any problem getting a cubicle, but you have to queue for about 25 minutes for a shower. Who thought that was a good idea?!

It's not long been built either!!!

Ours is like that too, and it was only built a few years ago. It's a lot smaller with fewer facilities than the old leisure centre.

There are male and female toilet/shower areas with 3 showers for each sex so it takes forever to get a shower. My son's okay in the men's shower, but I don't have time to queue for the female shower, so I have one when I get home.

I like having a range of mixed cubicles for dressing in. The old pool had nowhere for a man to change a baby's nappy!

Person_one

Quizzical_Squirrel wrote: »

I'm a middle-aged woman and grew up with communal changing rooms everywhere so I'm not fazed by them. Not just at school but I remember Top Shop, Dotty P's etc having just one big (sweaty) mirrored room. So nudity holds no terrors for me.

Oh God I'd forgotten about those! They still had them in Bay Trading, Topshop and New Look when I was first old enough to be going shopping with my friends and they were awful. They all disappeared just as I was getting to the age where I was less bothered!

bestpud

Person_one wrote: »

That's so vindictive and unnecessary. For the crime of taking up space they are potentially left with only soaking wet and dirty clothes to go home in? Including underwear?

Why not just hand them in at reception as lost property, or shove them in an empty locker?

You're missing the point.

If there was empty lockers they'd have no need to selfishly block one and I'd have no need to clear a space so I can get changed.

Why don't I take them to reception? Erm, it's 2 corridors away and we aren't allowed out there without clothes on.

ETA just realised you said locker and not cubicle.

Most do this because they want to make sure they keep a cubicle.

I'm not going to start faffing about moving their stuff around because they are too selfish to do it themselves.

Do I feel guilty? No.

MrsE_2

poet123 wrote: »

Not one single person suggested that

If I am correct those cubicles are in the communal area. There is a separate family area with private showers. The OP didn't say they were all taken.

Strangers of the same sex though. Not males.

How do you know what they are thinking? Anyway, it isn't all about the child. Women in a womens changing room have the right to feel comfortable and if an 8 year old boy is there many wouldn't. The family facilities exist to get around this, so use them.

Thats right, first you come past the & disabled cubicles, then you enter the communal changing rooms & the 2 little private cubicles are in there.

Lunar_Eclipse

MrsE wrote: »

I think the presence of dedicated family facilities means there is no excuse for any boy older than a toddler to be in there.

I agree with you. As a general rule, if they are old enough to dress themselves, they have no need to be in the female changing rooms. So I'd say up to and including 5/6 would be ok. I think women generally fall into two categories here: those that aren't bothered by this at all so don't bat an eyelid at boys even older being around, and those that do who dislike it beyond the toddler stage.

On the basis that family rooms are available, I wouldn't even use the communal area at all.

Person_one

bestpud wrote: »

You're missing the point.

If there was empty lockers they'd have no need to selfishly block one and I'd have no need to clear a space so I can get changed.

Why don't I take them to reception? Erm, it's 2 corridors away and we aren't allowed out there without clothes on.

ETA just realised you said locker and not cubicle.

Most do this because they want to make sure they keep a cubicle.

I'm not going to start faffing about moving their stuff around because they are too selfish to do it themselves.

Do I feel guilty? No.

I'm not missing the point, you are annoyed by them being selfish.

Fair enough.

In retaliation, you do something to them that's a heck of a lot worse than what they did to you.

Not fair enough.

Two wrongs and all that. Shift the clothes, but don't deliberately ruin the rest of someone's day to get your own back. Especially if they're just teenagers, we all got it wrong at times when we were that age.

~Chameleon~

lostinrates wrote: »

That's my changing room pet hate. I want to have time to wash the chlorine off skin and hair, and to quickly clean before getting in, but hate holding others up. With long hair I often end up taking ages to shampoo and rinse properly.

I have the same problem and can often be in a shower cubicle a good 15-20 mins

In the gym it's not often a problem as there are more shower cubicles but in the pool area, as there's only two, I tend to wash my hair under the communal showers then nip into the enclosed shower to strip off for a quick body wash when it's busy.