Entitled mom and kids use private pool to cool off, ruthless resident kicks them out despite the children's tears: “If word got out that anyone can swim in our pool, anyone would”

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    AITA for kicking a family out of our condominium pool just because they don't live here?

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    I was enjoying my coffee poolside at our condominium on a Sunday morning. A mother and her two kids arrived who were clearly not residents because they drove up with all of their pool stuff in
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    their car and changed into their bathing suits in the bathroom. A resident would just walk here (the association isn't that big) and would have changed in their unit.
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    It's been almost 100 degrees for a week. The kids jumped in the pool and started splashing around having a great time. Yeah, they were noisy but they were just being kids. I started thinking about what if all the kids from the surrounding apartment buildings (that don't have pools) started using our pool.
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    Was ITA for pointing out the sign that said "RESIDENTS ONLY" and making them leave? After all, they weren't really harming anything. The kids were so disappointed that I made them leave that they started crying. It has been so hot that I'm sure being in the pool was a great relief.
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    OTOH, we pay for the pool, plus if they got injured they would sue the condo association. If word got out that anyone can swim in our pool, anyone would. And before you go there, everyone involved in this story is same race.
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    wesmorgan1 NTA, but, in the future, you probably want to inform property management and let them handle it. You aren't paid to be the Pool Police, and one never knows how folks are going to react to such things.
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    WattHeffer Is property management available on a Sunday morning though?
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    MikeMiller8888 I'm confused why the HOA wouldn't have already installed a locking gate around the pool whose key is only provided to residents. Because yeah, no one wants to be the pool police!
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    Enforcing the HOA's rules is a thankless job, as is being a board member in general. Anything that makes it easier for the residents and the board is a win win in my book.
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    Wyshunu Even then there are people who either pull the "I forgot my fob, could you please let me back in?" or some other excuse to try to get people to let them in. When we lived in a condo we were right across from the pool and people would knock on our door and ask if we could swipe them in. It was crazy.
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    florida_lmt My property management takes weeks to respond. They would never do anything about something like this
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    BewildredDragon Um, sorry everyone but I have to say NTA. I have a home in an HOA Community and we do NOT need a lawsuit because some non-residents were hurt at
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    the pool they weren't supposed to be at in the first place. I'm sorry OP, that you were put in that position but I would strongly encourage you to advise your management to place a locked gate, they are just asking for trouble without one.
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    Sea_Fig_428 100% this. This is a liability issue
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    daddys_princess_1990 God this is happening to our apartments. It got so bad the shut down the pool closest to another apartment complex because their residents wouldn't stay out of our pool that we pay almost 300 extra each month for (tbh it's 2 pools, tennis court,
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    basketball court, pet friendly facilities, as well as pet safe chemicals used on the property so I'm not complaining) now my family has to drive to the other pool that's like 1.5 miles away because of this. Yes the apartment complex is this big.
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    kitchencupboards I came here to say this as well! Residents from the complex across the street go to my sister's complex had to close their pool for a week last summer because non-resident guests broke a glass salsa jar and shards fell into the water. It got especially bad when the unattended kids were out of school for the Summer. These amenities are for residents only! NTA.
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    Gruff Cassquatch In my old apartment complex, I went to swim one morning and a guy said no, we're doing swim classes, the pool is closed. I asked for the details and pretended I might want my (imaginary) child to take classes. They gave me a flyer listing a HUGE number of times for regular lessons. Multiple hours every day.
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    I walked around the corner to the building management office and asked them about these swim classes and showed them the flyer. Unsurprisingly, the classes were totally unapproved and management shut it down immediately. The person doing the lessons didn't even live there! They knew a resident who was letting them in.
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    AshnZan NTA. I dealt with this a lot when I was babysitting my niece. The more often people get away with doing this the more entitled they feel to continue doing it. And then they invite friends, and more friends, and pretty soon the people who live there can't even get
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    a spot at the pool. Management and residents have to stop this kind of thing right away and be very clear that it's not allowed. I would definitely speak to the management and ask them to maybe post something or to at least give residence a number to contact if there is an issue.
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    His GirlFriday1983 They may have been in the wrong and you may have been in the right but you're still the AH. Imagine caring that much that you watched them drive up, watched them get their stuff out of the car, watched them go into the bathrooms to change. A lot of
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    places don't have public pools that are affordable. I just can't imagine caring about some people having fun that were not doing anything disrespectful. They were not going to sue btw. That case would be thrown out immediately bc they were trespassing. Technically you are right but morally YTA
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    Balerionmeow Totally agree. Let the kids swim. Begrudging children of an hour of fun and for what. Lame.
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    Suchafatfatcat You might want to check the law. Even someone trespassing onto private property (like, a pool owned by a condominium association) can sue if injured. Even if they went to extreme measures to gain access to said property. This is why homeowner's insurance is required to secure a mortgage.

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