The Swimming Pool

Mrs Jessup and her husband lived in a lovely house with an in ground pool in the back yard. Mrs Jessup didn’t like the hot weather and in summer would have her industrial strength air conditioner turned on as soon as she woke in the morning. The addition of the pool was part of her attempt to escape the hot summer days.

During their first summer living on The Boulevarde she was very welcoming to her new neighbours and invited them over for a swim. They were very excited and jumped into the pool ready for some cool relief after a hot week at work.

Soon however they began to feel uncomfortable and tried to work out how to politely ask about the water temperature.

“Mrs Jessup your pool is lovely, thank you for the invitation. It must have been very hot this week because the water is quite warm.”

“Oh thank you,’ said Mrs Jessup. I hate being in cold water so I always keep the water temperature warm just like a bath!”

The new neighbours soon made their goodbyes but not before they learnt that even with a beautiful beach house down on the Peninsula Mrs Jessup never swam at the beach either because the water there was even colder!!