A network of public swimming pools have started evicting parents who are too engrossed in their phones to pay attention to their children. A spokesperson from the Hamburg Bäderland network of 25 public pools in Germany said the new policy is due to an increase of near drownings at their pools. The network has instructed its staff to tell supervisors of small children to leave if they ignore one verbal warning to put away their phones and watch them. Spokesman for Bäderland Michael Dietel told The Times parents were ignoring flyers distributed in the pools asking them to put their phones away. …
