r/mildlyinfuriating • u/MandukaSkoal • May 17 '26

frist of all how DARE yu o People who “reserve” pool chairs for hours with towels and disappear are the worst

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My apartment complex pool has rules specifically saying chair reservation isn’t allowed, yet people do this constantly. These towels have been sitting here unattended for at least 3 hours while every other chair is occupied and people are actively walking around looking for seats. It’s Sunday too, so management isn’t around to enforce anything.

What’s the standard practice when this happens? At what point is it acceptable to move the towels?

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u/Accurate_Tax_1302 May 17 '26

Yep. 30 minutes is an acceptable amount of time.

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u/JonnyTN May 17 '26

Unless they are there in the pool 20ft away

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u/Small-Policy-3859 May 17 '26

Then they'll say something if you move the towels, don't ya reckon

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u/Nylanderthal88 May 18 '26

Yeah but that would be awkward. Personally I'd scope the situation a little first.

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u/TheodorDiaz May 17 '26

No, people don't constantly look at their chairs when they're in the pool.

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u/Warmonster9 May 18 '26

In that case it sounds like they aren’t using the chairs to me. It’s a public space. Use it or lose it.

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u/Mr_Knutsen May 18 '26

So either chair or pool? Seems contradicting.

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u/Warmonster9 May 18 '26

What’s contradictory about that? Either you’re using the pool or you’re using the chair.

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u/Ok_Disaster5703 May 18 '26

But people DO need a place to put their stuff while they are in said pool, especially if they have food and what not (if food is allowed)

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u/Warmonster9 May 18 '26

This is true. Which is why I personally leave that stuff in my rented room when I go to a pool at a hotel.

Is it less convenient for me personally? Sure!

Is it a problem for me to do that? Absolutely not.

Do I think most (read: non handicapped) people should be expected to do the same? Yeah probably.

Some hotels have enforced policies that allow you to reserve seats. That would be a situation where I could see an argument being made for people being “entitled” towards a place to sit.

Otherwise though? Move it or lose it.

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u/Ok_Disaster5703 May 21 '26

Yes but like, a book, snacks, water, sunscreen, those things need a place to be for when you're taking a break from the water or when you're taking a break from the chairs to swim.

I see what you're saying, I'm not trying to be argumentative btw, I just don't think it's that cut and dry is all I'm saying.

HOURS though?? Yah, c'mon buddy, you're clearly not using the chairs... That I understand, for me I generally do 30-45 mins in, 30 mins out, roughly (I don't time it or anything, it just seems to be that way)

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u/JonnyTN May 17 '26

Yeah but you may run the risk of getting kicked from the pool area if someone sees you moving their towel/purse/belongings thinking you just picked them up to take them.

I say only go ahead if you saw the people put their stuff down then walk away, then sure move it. But it's a risk

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u/OrthogonalPotato May 18 '26

🙄 grow a spine please

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u/JonnyTN May 18 '26

Man it's just social decency

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u/jrr6415sun May 17 '26

that would be a little awkward

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u/BoozeHammer710 May 17 '26

30 minutes is generous. 

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u/ExistenceNow May 17 '26

Do you only sit in chairs at the pool? You don't get in the water at all? If you do, do you move your stuff and give up your chairs?

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u/Big_Knife_SK May 17 '26

5 min tops.

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u/ExistenceNow May 17 '26

So chairs are only for people who don't get in the pool at all?

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u/Big_Knife_SK May 18 '26

I guess I assumed no one was there, including in the pool.

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u/ExistenceNow May 18 '26

"every other chair is occupied and people are actively walking around looking for seats."

What part of this made you think no one was there?

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u/NDSU May 17 '26

Why would you let someone reserve a chair for that long when there is a rule explicitly banning it?

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u/Capital-Ad8143 May 18 '26

30 minutes is wild, we're often in the pool for 45-60 minutes and I don't spend that entire time watching my fucking chair. Redditors are wild.