Children shouldn't be on vacation unsupervised.

I'm gonna tell you guys a story about a family vacation gone wrong for EVERYONE.

When I was in High school, about 14 years old, my family and I went on a beautiful vacation to Mexico. We were all excited to relax with family, check into our hotel and go out to the pool the hotel had and relax, taking in the warm sun. When we arrived, we ate, got our towels and sunscreen on and bathing suits and we went to the pool. Once there, my mom and I took a spot with chairs and umbrella and laid back with a content sigh. As the early day turned to mid afternoon, I decided to take a nice swim in the pool. I spent about an hour there, got out and dried myself off. Back to the sun. Now this pool was a family pool, meaning adults and kids had to be together so little kids were there. Sadly but I didn't let it ruin my relaxation. Until....

As we were relaxing, letting the sun dry off my wet skin and hair, one of the employees started walking around and talking briefly to the guests. After that, the guests started to get up and leave. I thought "wait what happened? Why is everyone leaving?" Then the employee got to us. It turns out a child pooped in the pool. I am not joking. Someone found a floating brown deposit in the water. So for health concerns, we were all told to leave the pool as it would be closed to get rid of the poop and sanitize. I have never seen a kid make everyone evacuate and ruin the relaxation that quick. I mean this affected everyone. No one could use the pool. I was not happy but it was fine. We had a week of staying here after all.

So second time was the charm. We waited. Next day, the pool was opened again. We were back on track. Relaxation time! My eyes were closed, back in my chair. Then it happened.

Deja vu. Everyone was leaving, just like yesterday. That's right. The poop brat struck again. Another deposit floated in the water. For the second time that week, the pool was closed for everyone. People were getting annoyed. They just wanted to relax and swim and this unattended child was ruining it for everyone.

On the third day, the pool was opened once again. Finally we got to go in the water. I finally got to go for another swim after waiting for 2 days. I was relaxing in the water, floating on my back and then just swimming and diving down and up and as I was swimming, I saw it up close. The poop. Whoever this kid was, I despised him (it was a boy) I swam back and I had to report it. You know the drill by now. Evacuation. People had enough and so did the staff. The mom and poop brat were banned from the pool, putting an end to this disgusting injustice once and for all. I don't know why they didn't do it the second time it happened but I was just glad that no one had the leave on the 4th day and the rest of the days after.

Moral of the story. Even when they get to travel, neglectful parents and ill mannered children always find a way to ruin the fun.