Ok..I've been to this aquatic center a few times with my son. Each time he uses the life vest I bought him. Each visit to pullen park no one has said anything about this life vest. It fits perfectly, he stays afloat, and he jumps in with no fear because he loves the water. Now this visit was different...So my son who is thrilled to have a pool day jumps in the deep end. I do note he had his life vest on. For me, no big deal he's a toddler let me grab him and move him out the swim lane. Before the embarrassing part I want to note that my son was floating, head above water, and happy to be in the pool. So..as I'm reaching in to pull him out the lane this older life guard is screaming NO NO NO!!I see him approaching and state that I'm getting him out. He proceeds to blow his whistle as loud as possible, jump in the pool and bring my son out. Now come on sir..I was grabbing my perfectly safe son who was in no danger out the pool and he made a huge scene. After he grabbed my son out the pool the life guard said nothing to me I was just confused. The life guard proceeded to ignore me and then kicked his red life guard tube in anger and walked away from us. I was so shocked and embarrassed! Confused, I had asked another life guard what is the fuss about? He said toddlers can't be in the deep end..I said ok why couldn't that other life guard say anything instead of loosing his temper and kicking his equipment?? So my son and I moved to the shallow end. So he jumps in and AGAIN the same life guard that got angry finally spoke up and he screamed at us HE CANT HAVE THAT LIFE VEST ON. Considering this is the third time he's been here and the third time he has had this life vest on I was confused. A closer life guard asked me if that life vest was safe to use and I told him yes he's been using it all summer. I asked the kinder lifeguard how come no one had said ANYTHING before but today I'm getting screamed at, a lifeguard looses his temper, and getting whistled at every time my son jumps in? He just said I don't know but use our life vest. Ok so I get out and take my sons life vest off and put on their old, moldy, worn out vest they have there on. I mean they were disgusting!! So my son grabs a ball we planned on playing with together. He jumps in with the new vest on and it was 10x's worse than the one he already had on. At least the one I bought kept him higher above the water!! So we get in with his new moldy pullen vest and start playing with his ball. Again the angry lifeguard scolds is the whole time. Finally a nicer life guard said "I was just told you couldn't use the ball in the water". I said ok..wow what can I use?! He just shrugged his shoulders. So I took the ball out the water. The rest of my visit my son still had a blast even when we had nothing to play with. I will never return to this place! I used to be a life guard, I actually did some of my training at pullen, and was on the swim team for school and rec. When I was a life guard I was never that mean to someone. I don't know the name of the life guard but you were not saving my son, you were making a scene. You never spoke to us but kicked your equipment in anger. Put yourself in my shoes..you don't think that's a little much?..But don't worry I'm never coming back read more