John Halligan
February 15, 2020 17:24
The Athletic Club at 105th and Barkley has two persistent problems:
1) I joined this club mainly because the pool offered many hours of lap swimming. But often when I go there to swim, I find that all the lanes are being used for swimming lessons or for another group purpose.
This is nothing new, but the big problem is that the no-lap-swim hours are not published. A sheet of paper outside the men's locker room lists some of the hours when individual members cannot use the pool--emphasis on "some." (I assume there's a similar list outside the women's locker room.).
Three times during the past two weeks, I could not swim because of this information deficit. I have not found the pool schedule on the website. When I've called, the people answering the phone have lacked information. Some staff have ignored or dismissed phone, e-mail and in-person requests for clarification; one person has sighed and glared at me. for asking.
Over the years I've belonged to 14 facilities in 10 metro areas and have never seen such an easy-to-solve problem be ignored.
2) The new owners have touted the remodeling that will take place between February 15 and February 26. I hope they remember to clean the tile in the men's shower stalls, the men's hot tub, and the pool's hot tub. In these places, the tile grout has brown smears. Cleaning the grout takes more work than simply waving a rag at the dirt.