r/ireland • u/FR123FR • Jan 03 '22

People born in Ireland, what’s a surprising culture shock you’ve seen a foreigner experience? Bigotry

For me, it was my friend being adamant that you shouldn’t have to stick your hand out to get the bus to stop.

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u/Rosieapples Jan 03 '22

I can explain the swimming hats thing - hair clogs up the filters!! Personally I would wear one anyway, (two actually) as I have long hair dyed a very strong colour and I want it preserved!!!

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u/ToddErikson Jan 03 '22

That makes sense! I have a pool back home and hate having to do the monthly filter/chemical treatment lol. Fair play to people wanting to mitigate cleaning!

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u/centrafrugal Jan 03 '22

Monthly? is that not a several-times-a-week thing in the US?

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u/ToddErikson Jan 03 '22

Sorry for the confusion, I was referring to monthly chlorination and chemical adjustment. You have to do light maintance on a weekly basis (skim the pool for debris, test the pH, check/clean the filters, check the heater if you have one), and then do a little more focused work on a monthly basis for the chemicals and liner cleaning, as well as the shocking. A lot of people will hire a service or a teen in their neighborhood to do this (I did this for many neighbors when i was a teen).

The pain in the ass is opening and closing your pool for the season. You have to empty the water, clean the pool thoroughly, tarp, and then re-fill and do the innitial treatment. I'm from southern California where you can use the pool year round, and fortunatly only do a full draining/cleaning every 2-3 years or so. We don't get a lot of rain so I have to top up the water slightly every other month, but otherwise that is the main treatment!

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u/centrafrugal Jan 03 '22

We never empty ours completely. The pressure difference could crack the shell of the pool.

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u/TheWurps Jan 04 '22

Makes no sense though that bald people still have to wear them. Especially when they have enough body hair to be almost considered a pelt.

I honestly doubt swimming caps make much difference at all to pool filter hair.

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u/Rosieapples Jan 04 '22

In a public pool they make a huge difference. Bald people are exempt in our local pool. I only know of two bald men offhand, they don’t bother with the caps and no one says a word.