file photo by Boyd Loving
the staff of the Ridewood blog
Ridgewood NJ,
For the safety of patrons, the Village Council has approved for the Ridgewood Department of Parks & Recreation to modify the hours at the Graydon Pool facility effective Saturday, June 25th, due to the national & local lifeguard shortage.
June 25th-August 5th, 2022
Monday-Friday / 10:00 am-6:00 pm
Stands 1, 2, 3, & 6 Open
Monday-Friday / 6:00-7:00 pm
Stand 1 – Adult Lap Swim Only
Saturday & Sunday / 10:00 am-6:00 pm
Important Notice: I Any stand may be closed due to weather, maintenance, staffing or any event that may put the public’s safety at risk.
For explanation of swim areas and stand coverage, please review the following information and attached map.
Stand 1-Deep Water Swimming, Adult Lap Swim, & 12 Ft Raft with Diving Board
Stand 2- Kiddie Area
Stand 3-Shallow Area with 3 ft dock
Stand 6-Deep Water with high and low dive
They should have started recruiting lifeguards earlier in the year. What a joke that place is. They definitely need a change in management.
The most user unfriendly operation I’ve ever seen. It’s all about the manager.
What could they do to make things better? Plz. be specific.
The manager is a self-centered egotist.
The facility is beautiful. It is a true gem. We should do everything possible to keep it open, and keep people coming!
Best pool in the area!
Fire the manager NOW!
Get someone in there who knows what their doing!
11:51 on Saturday and one lifeguard in the stand .
Key takeaway is that government intervention rarely makes economic issues better and usually makes them worse. When your legislators and executive branch officials are made up primarily of lawyers who know little about how markets work and only care about tipping the scales in favor of their campaign contributors, the less they intervene, the better. This labor shortage (while multifactorial) is just a micro symptom of the national effect. If people understood that, they would actually be better off. But they keep falling for it, like believing the line, “yes, I’ll love you in the morning”.
What could they do to make things better? Plz. be specific.
The Ridgewood Y still has not returned to the normal schedule….
This is what happens when you have miss management. They don’t even know how to do proper staffing throughout the town. In the department of public works we are short like four employees , We have full time employees doing seasonal Yard waste jobs.
Can man!
I remember when it was difficult to get a lifeguard spot. We had so much fun every summer.
You can’t pay people enough to put up with whiny and selfish Ridgewood residents. The lifeguards are too smart to subject themselves to that.
This is what happens when you raise entitled Everyone-Gets-A-Trophy kids who are unwilling to do any work involving physical labor or any type of inconvenience.
See Also … Unintended Consequences