Reply #66: Former Lifeguard Here

[maggiegault]

Great America DID do their job. They provided entertainment for thousands of people that day. That is their job. Their job is NOT to babysit your poor unfortunate child.

Where I used to work, there were three pools. One was the baby pool, one was the intermediate pool, and one was the adult pool. We were very strict about who could swim where, and there were NO arguments and NO exceptions. This was also a public pool.

Children in the intermediate and baby pools had to be supervised by a parent or caregiver who was required to be on site at ALL times.

The rules for the adult pool were similarly strict.

Water can be a lot of fun but it can kill you in the blink of an eye. It is not a place for foolishness or carelessness. It is certainly not a place to permit your little one to go unsupervised so that the poor child can suffer an untimely and grisly death.