Pool stores, devils and anti-christs.

[waterbear]

Contrary to what some people here have said, pool stores are not filled with demons. They aren't the "antichrist". They are just ordinary people, doing ordinary jobs, in entirely ordinary ways.



Ben
"PoolDoc"

As someone who has worked in a pool store all I can say is "thank you, Ben".

However, I will add that in pool stores (as in all forms of retail) bottom line is most important so there is pressure to sell as many products as possible. My boss was much happier when someone walked out with algaecide, clarifier, phosphate remover, and a bucket of trichlor tabs than when they walked out with a few carboys of chlorine and a gallon of acid!. (the former using all the "pool store chemicals" and the latter dosing with liquid chlorine and basically doing what is promoted on here!)
However, he was very happy by the amount of Proteam Supreme Plus I would push! (Yes, it's just an expensive mix of borax and boric acid but it does work as an algaestat and pH stabilizer!)