点评:I'm a year round resident who uses this pool all 12 months of the year. The task of being "all things to all people" is daunting, given the diversity of the visitor types, from expert swimmers to brand new beginners, from adults to kids, from people frightened of heights to people who dream about going off the highest dive.
I gotta hand it to the City of Palm Desert for running such a widely popular, much appreciated pool, all 12 months of the year, during peak summer season and the coolest winter day, and everything in between.
Some people come to this pool, and write reviews about how their particular day spent her was disappointing. I won't take that away from them. However, as a permanent resident, who experiences the pool during the entire year--during the swings of tourism, weather, dust storms, and political jockeying, this pool is a terrific, successful part of the Coachella Valley experience for a wide swath of residents and tourists alike. It's a very hard task, being the perfect experience for all comers. Yet this pool delivers day in and day out, most days of the year, with expert maintenance, attentive lifeguards, all sorts of specialized programs for a wide variety of people--tourists and residents alike.
To say that you had a bad day at this pool might mean something more than a criticism of the staff or the schedule of events. Perhaps it might mean adjusting an internal viewpoint about how a pool should best serve an individual's needs, as opposed to doing what it has to do in order serve the most people under extraordinary, demanding circumstances, 365 days a year.
翻译:我是一个常年居民,一年12个月都会使用这个泳池。考虑到游客类型多样,从游泳高手到新手,从成人到儿童,从恐高症患者到梦想体验最高跳水的人,要“满足所有人的需求”是一项艰巨的任务。
我得为棕榈泉沙漠市政府点赞,他们一年12个月都运营着这样一个广受欢迎、备受赞誉的泳池,无论是夏季最热的时候还是冬季最冷的时候,以及两者之间的任何时间。
有些人来这个泳池,会写评论说他们那天的体验很令人失望。我不会否认他们的观点。然而,作为一个永久居民,我全年都会体验这个泳池——无论旅游业、天气、沙尘暴还是政治角力,这个泳池都是科切拉谷体验中一个非常棒、非常成功的一部分,对广大居民和游客来说都是如此。为所有来访者提供完美的体验,这并非易事。然而,这座泳池一年四季几乎每天都在运营,拥有专业的维护人员、细心的救生员,以及面向形形色色的人群(包括游客和居民)的各种特色项目。
说你在这个泳池度过了糟糕的一天,可能不仅仅是对工作人员或活动安排的批评。或许,这意味着你需要调整内心的观念,思考泳池应该如何更好地满足个人需求,而不是在一年365天、异常艰难的情况下,为了服务尽可能多的人而竭尽全力。