This isn't about the park itself, it's about Tremont Pool, the public pool located by the park…read more
I went with my friends almost everyday during the summer, everything was great, the prices were a bit extreme and it racked up quickly.
However it soon proved to me that it's not even worth the money.
The last time I went, I took my 6 year old little brother. Along with my older brother, his girlfriend and her daughter who was 2.
A whole mess of things happened, and I was left with the children, which I was okay with, however problems happened with the 2 year old, and I had to get out, leaving my little brother in close eyes view, in the kiddie pool.
I turn my back for 2 seconds and he's vanished. From what he said after, he was trying to swim out to our older brother, and started drowning. I saw this and immediately jumped in the 4ft of water, to save my little brother, mind you he was directly in front of 2 lifeguards, who weren't paying any attention what so ever.
I did make a comment, a rude one, because this is their job. Yes leaving him unattended wasn't the responsible thing to do, but that is exactly what the lifeguards are there for.
I took him out of the water, and got him relaxed, then walked over to tell my brother and his girlfriend what happened, also asking them to go grab the toy that some other family had stole from us, and in the corner of my eye
I see the same lifeguards in the corner, laughing at me.
This didn't bother me any, but it's the blatant disrespect this pool has shown, especially to a 6 year old.
I reported this behavior, and the situation to the manager, who was also extremely careless. He was at least professional, and said he would talk to the lifeguards, but that truly isn't good enough.
Being a lifeguard isn't just about spending all summer at the pool, you are there to try and save lives.
We need to stop hiring disrespectful, incompetent teenagers.