incident

there was actually an incident at the pool last night.

there was a pool party with a dozen small children (maybe 7 - 9 years of age).
i was actually out on the deck for the entire hour, but i would get distracted, talking to people like arturo.

at 7 o'clock, everyone hops out of the pool and into their respective locker room.
i thought, "that was way too easy, usually the kids have to get yelled at for at least 5 minutes before they get out."

come to find out, one girl didn't head straight for the locker room.
she was holding her head and sobbing.
a parent was at her side looking somewhat frantic.

he asked for a first aid kit.
i busted ours out, and grabbed some gauze for her head.
it was bleeding pretty heavily, but with any head wound right at the hairline, that's going to happen.

but what had transpired was that one of the kids in the pool thought it would be a good idea to throw one of the rubber 2-pound weights around in a conjested area of the pool.
she got smacked and everyone booked.

one of the dads seemed to know what he was doing, so i let him take over.
i mean, really, what can you do other than clean up the wound and apply pressure and wait for bleeding to cease? that's what he did. he just looked more professional cuz i got him latex gloves to wear. i found some ice in our freezer as well, and we applied that for a bit.

the pool actually came through in an emergency. i was thoroughly shocked!
however, the next time an incident rolls around, i bet they're going to be short stocked on gauze.
i mentioned they should get some. we'll see how that goes.

as for the girl, she handled it rather well. yeah, she was sobbing for a while and choking on tears, but after a while she calmed down and was coherent enough to give phone numbers to call parents.
she said she wanted to go home, but i think the other girls who were showing the deepest compassion, convinced her to stick around for a while.
the girl's mother did eventually come, but i didn't happen to see if they left early.

(and i love this part.)

later on, one of the 7 - 9 year-old girls picked up a random weight that looked like the one that could have been the weapon of choice for whoever the marksman was, and brought it to the front desk. she complained that we should not have stocked the pool with such weights.
well. my rationality, is that if you know this, why the hell were you throwing it in the first place?
this is why people suck.
instead of blaming themselves or one of their friends, the blame is transferred to the object, and thus the owner of the object, the pool.
kids at that age should be well enough away of the consequences of throwing weights across a pool. this is why we also supply the pool with ample amounts of balls.

but there's always gotta be some fucktard that isn't strong enough to confront their friend or take the blame for themselves so they blame whoever is the most convenient and most removed from them.
fuck that. people are stupid and the courts thrive on that.
mcdonald's: your dumbass spilled your own coffee.
you paid for it, it's now yours. it didn't malfunction. you did.
gah. idiots!