Vandalia Recreation Center

Took the kids to go swimming as a treat on Tuesday February 17,2015 and the lifeguards are to strict and wouldn’t let the kids do ANYTHING it was ridiculous! One of the kids jumped into the water (which there is no No jumping in signs posted anywhere) and the lifeguard was blowing her whistle and telling her she couldn’t do that. We was being watched like Hawks and followed by the lifeguards as well as the 2 other families that was there. there was kids doing handstands in the water and the lifeguards was blowing there whistles at them telling them the can’t do that (what kid doesn’t do handstands in the water and since when is that not allowed) at one time one of the lifeguards grabbed my son to Check his arm floats to make sure they was coast guard approved, who grabs someone’s kid and does that without asking the parent? There is a frog slide for younger swimmers and no sign posted saying any rules but as our two four year olds was climbing into the mouth of the frog they was blowing the their whistles again saying one at a time which they wasn’t going down together just trying to get up into the frog. finally after 20 minutes and about 50 blows the their whistles I had enough and asked one of the lifeguards if they was going to let the kids be kids and she rolled her eyes at me a smirked. I felt like I was in a nazi prison it was horrible … So I got the kids and got out of there and went and talked to the manager and she apologized and gave our money back … Getting my money back was the best part of experience at the Vandilia rec center

fun, fun, fun