Why such an aversion to pee in the pool, when other stuff is so much worse?

Question

I never hear anyone complain about people wiping snot off their noses that contaminates the pool (and you know it happens!) which has a lot more germs than urine. Not to mention sweat, hair falling out, stray sunscreen, or all the dirt and c**p that gets blown in by the wind or carried in on pool toys, which is a lot germier than urine. Urine is sterile when it leaves the body, and with all the chemicals in the pool it doesn't pick up anything gross.

Pee is just water and salt! So why are people so icked out by it, when there is so much worse stuff in the pool than that?

(BTW, there is no such thing as a pool chemical that turns color from pee. Check snopes.com)

Answer 1

I think people are grossed out by it because it comes from you know where. But i think you are right with the snot thing. lol

Answer 2

Pee is also ammonia, which changes the pH of the pool water and makes pool chemicals less effective.  Enough of it will also wear out vinyl liner after a while.  It's just nasty (as is wiping snots...)

Answer 3

Because why would anyone want to be swimming in somebody's pee? Or even your own? I assume you go and pee in every pool you use?