Hellobee Boards

This was the rule growing up in the Midwest! I've evrn seen it enforced at hotel pools/resorts. I don't remember it bing a big deal - we played games on the deck chairs and got snacks.

Yep, this is a rule at my neighborhood pool.

I remember that happening when I was a kid. Although they rebuilt the pool when I was in middle school and I don't remember adult swim happening anymore at that point.

This was a rule when I lived in Texas, but it was in order to give the lifeguards a chance to take a break or switch out.

this was a thing at our local community pool and at the country club growing up.... but i can't recall it happening as an adult! the Y we went to had family swim hours though.

@Cherrybee: Like @mrsrain: mentioned, the 10 minutes was also used to give the lifeguards a break!

@Cherrybee: our pools used the time to scan the water for hazards, switch lifeguard shifts, and I think it was good as a kid to have to take a little break. Swimming is tiring! As a mom, ten minutes of relaxing in the water while my children and all the others have to stay out sounds pretty good, actually.

@MrsSRS: I think I'm imagining something totally different when it comes to the pool. Outdoor pools are not really a thing here because the weather is so bad. I'm sure they exist but all my local pools are indoor, chlorinated ones; you wouldn't sit around the pool - there are no sun loungers or anything. If you were sat at the side of the pool (eg kids swim lessons), you'd be fully dressed. "Adult swim" means lane swimming (adult only being necessary because kids get in the way). You wouldnt "relax in the pool" at my local pool. I had visions of them putting the lane ropes out for 10 minutes every hour while all the kids shivered on the side and their parents got in 10 minutes of swimming!!

@MrsSRS: I'm imagining being on holiday abroad, in the Mediterranean, relaxing around the hotel pool, and I'm sooooooo jealous that this is your"local pool" experience! Its our tradition to get a hot chocolate after swimming, not an ice lolly!

@Cherrybee: I live in a four seasons climate. Snow on one end and blistering hot on the other.

I grew up in a military family and moved a lot. All over the southeast, west coast. Lived both on and off base. I was in the pools basically as soon as they opened. I always remember having adult swim! Everywhere! I didn't realize that wasn't a thing!

Also, for keeping warm, it might look a bit silly, but what about a hat? Over half of body heat is lost through the head....