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27. Hmmm...

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sun Jul 8, 2018, 09:14 AM

Jul 2018

… I would wonder if the person was trying to hide a foot condition, although people wear shirts in pools... There are worse things that could be hidden under a bathing suit!

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A Property Manager Was Fired For Calling The Cops On A Black Man For Wearing Socks In The Pool [View all] left-of-center2012 Jul 2018 OP

Behold the emboldened racist: Scurrilous Jul 2018 #1

look at the smug smirk Takket Jul 2018 #3

There seems to be a "type." Blonde, overweight, and superior. mainer Jul 2018 #17

I'd noticed the same thing re the pattern of overweight women. The superior Joe Chi Minh Jul 2018 #25

Having a little sexism with your outrage? SharonClark Jul 2018 #50

Simple observation. There is only so much you can fantasize into your own personal Joe Chi Minh Jul 2018 #59

Someone down thread called her the JustAnotherGen Jul 2018 #53

Post removed Post removed Jul 2018 #46

You might want a post of picture of yourself so we can see if you are SharonClark Jul 2018 #51

you my want to edit your post juxtaposed Jul 2018 #52

The new age of trump nwduke Jul 2018 #2

always been ok hidden but there and many times this blatent but because AllaN01Bear Jul 2018 #4

What better role model than the President of the United States? dalton99a Jul 2018 #41

This is an entirely wrong reason to call cops Bettie Jul 2018 #5

really? heaven05 Jul 2018 #19

I ask people about things I don't understand Bettie Jul 2018 #29

No harm to ask heaven05 Jul 2018 #36

Exactly, I ask about things I find unsual Bettie Jul 2018 #40

Except that it's none of your business or theirs Bob Loblaw Jul 2018 #38

But the hats were ok right? And the tshirts as well...the manager was fired so I would consider Demsrule86 Jul 2018 #30

No, the rules should be enforced on everyone or no one Bettie Jul 2018 #33

He wasn't swimming first of all and she didn't just ask...and I saw all sorts of get ups in the Demsrule86 Jul 2018 #34

Firing her was absolutely the right thing to do Bettie Jul 2018 #35

I agree...good for the apartment complex. Demsrule86 Jul 2018 #45

And just good to remind people Bettie Jul 2018 #48

Very true. I am sure the woman involved is shocked that she was fired over Demsrule86 Jul 2018 #49

This shit is going to far...people being profiled simply because they are black, brown, muslim, gay, iluvtennis Jul 2018 #6

I have noticed it is a lot women who are doing the calling (of police). I am not riversedge Jul 2018 #56

Yep. Women. The old stereotype of clutching their pocketbooks if a iluvtennis Jul 2018 #57

Earth to deplorables: Stop acting like a racist asshole in public - your employer might not like it. dalton99a Jul 2018 #7

This is weird on so many levels. Gore1FL Jul 2018 #8

I would think the fiber from socks could mess up the filtration system over time. RhodeIslandOne Jul 2018 #9

And that would be true. Any fiber that sheds could be a problem. pnwmom Jul 2018 #10

It doesn't mess up the filter at all. This woman is what we call a pool Nazi...and she doesn't Demsrule86 Jul 2018 #31

"They don't mess up the filter at all" RhodeIslandOne Jul 2018 #42

Not sure why she would care... I also wondered the same thing about wearing socks xor Jul 2018 #11

someone afraid heaven05 Jul 2018 #20

Swim socks? mwooldri Jul 2018 #43

He probably should have been arrested. JohnnyRingo Jul 2018 #12

Appropriate response by cop bucolic_frolic Jul 2018 #13

I wouldn't want to swim in a pool that people with socks regularly swim in. Trust Buster Jul 2018 #14

You'd call the police ? If you feel Joe Chi Minh Jul 2018 #15

The OP states that the request was made and ignored. Trust Buster Jul 2018 #16

really heaven05 Jul 2018 #21

Agree on the feet. My children would never be able to get in the community iluvtennis Jul 2018 #58

You have a strange idea of a polite request. Very strange. Moreover, you seem to Joe Chi Minh Jul 2018 #23

Good...and I am glad she was fired. Demsrule86 Jul 2018 #32

Sock sweat is the least of your concern in a pool NickB79 Jul 2018 #22

Socks, right. LanternWaste Jul 2018 #55

trump encouraged and enabled heaven05 Jul 2018 #18

Dangling feet in the pool while wearing socks and being black. milestogo Jul 2018 #24

... while registering a discernable pulse without expressing a scintilla of remorse. Joe Chi Minh Jul 2018 #26

Hmmm... Mike Nelson Jul 2018 #27

Maybe the poor guy thinks his feet aren't pretty. SallyHemmings Jul 2018 #28

Maybe the concrete around the pool was hot and he wanted wet socks. panader0 Jul 2018 #37

Bingo!!! Ikeoftheprairie Jul 2018 #39

I was thinking embarrassed about bad-looking toe nails. Lars39 Jul 2018 #54

Nothing like ruining a 4th of July by calling the police for some minor infringement. Hmm. YOHABLO Jul 2018 #44

The ACLU opposes consequences for 911 call abuse IronLionZion Jul 2018 #47

She didn't call the cops over socks. She called them MineralMan Jul 2018 #60