Work, Swimming pool and Kids: Baywatched out

Baywatched out

By Username - 01/09/2010 00:35 - France

Today, I was lifeguarding at a community pool when I noticed a toddler go underwater. I quickly jumped in but suddenly got a cramp, which caused me to stall. When I looked up, I saw an old woman saving him, and got a shoe thrown at my head. I was fired. FML

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By Anonymous - 30/06/2009 02:23 - United States

Today, I was at work lifeguarding and saw a kid drowning on the far end of the pool. I decided running would be the quickest way to get to her, but as I ran across the pool deck I slipped and hit my head. The kid's mother jumped in to save her child and then called an ambulance for me. FML

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By t - 17/05/2011 03:26

Today, I got a really bad cramp while I was swimming in my neighborhood pool. I started to go under until the lifeguard jumped in and saved me. I guess it would have been great, if I wasn't a fellow lifeguard. FML

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By mytoehurts - 26/06/2015 13:09 - Canada - Ayr

Today, I was at my lifeguarding exam. Everything was going well until I went to 'save' someone and slipped and bellyflopped into the pool. I broke my toe, and the person I was supposed to save ended up saving me instead. FML

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By Anonymous - 11/06/2011 00:14 - United States

Today, I was swimming at the water park, when out of nowhere a lifeguard bombed into the pool, grabbed me, and hauled me to the surface, running his hands over my chest in the process. Apparently, the way I swim makes it look like I'm in my drowning death throes. FML

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By Soap0015 - 16/08/2012 09:57 - United States

Today, I was at work as a lifeguard. The temperature was absolutely stifling, but I tried to tough it out. A couple of hours into my shift, I passed out, fell off my stand, and crashed into the water. Or so the medics tell me. FML

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Sick moves, bro

By Fish - 19/03/2009 15:47 - United Arab Emirates

Today, we were hanging around the pool with a couple of friends and a crush of mine. Thinking I would be able to impress her with a well-performed dive off the diving board, I went up and attempted my best dive. I slipped as I jumped, hitting my head on the board. I had to be saved by the lifeguard. FML

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You deserved it 55 376

By humanshield - 10/04/2016 16:49 - United States - Rockland

Today, while working my job as a swim instructor, my coworker sprayed me with the hose. I instinctively held up what I was holding to block the cold water. I was holding a 4 year-old. FML

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By lifeguard down - 01/08/2010 04:23 - United States

Today, while at work I tripped and fell in the pool while moving a waste basket. I nearly drowned and had to be saved. I don't know which is worse the fact that I nearly drowned or the fact that I'm a lifeguard. FML

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By Higgs - 02/06/2009 19:10 - United States

Today, I went to the pool. When I hit the water the top of my swimsuit came off so I tried to put it on underwater. The lifeguard thought I was drowning and pulled me out in front of everyone. Topless. FML

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By Lifeguard - 04/04/2009 19:03 - United States

Today, I was fired because a patron complained that she didn't like the way I kept staring at her kids. I was a lifeguard. FML

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schwancy 2

Wednesday 1 September 2010 9:04

That's unfair. Obviously you were making an attempt to save the child. People suck.

ohSNAPyall 26

Wednesday 1 September 2010 9:27

Are you kidding me? It's a major safety issue. If OP didn't either: a) prepare for work by stretching to prevent cramps [knowing that the job requires sitting for long periods of time], or b) keep moving through the pain until after rescuing a child, then OP should not be a lifeguard.

Comments

lucidlucia 0

Wednesday 1 September 2010 19:26

OP...you totally deserved to get fired. You should do a job where nobody has to depend on you.

ashleeyka 13

Wednesday 1 September 2010 19:56

That sucks, you don't deserve that, the stupid parents who let their toddler go underwater without them noticing deserve it!

goosiesmom123 0

Wednesday 1 September 2010 20:30

If it were my kid drowning and you were being a b*tch with a charlie horse, you'd have got a whole lot more than a shoe thrown at you. Stop whining about being fired. You deserved it

remy3106 10

Wednesday 1 September 2010 21:21

your supposed to stretch before saving toddlers!!! Gosh!! when will you learn!!!

thescyphozoa 6

Wednesday 1 September 2010 22:55

Did you epicly dodge the shoe like George W. Bush?

surferchik3000 0

Thursday 2 September 2010 3:21

well I still wouldve been trying to haul ass as much as I could

california4a4a4a 0

Thursday 2 September 2010 6:05

is anyone here an actual lifeguard?! these comments are ridiculous! from one lifeguard to another (and to everyone who has a million opinions and zero facts): The safety of the lifeguard comes first. You learns that first thing first on the first day of training. You do not attempt a rescue when you yourself are at risk of drowning, harming yourself, or endangering your health. If the Charlie Horse was actually that bad, this guy/girl would not have been able to fight through it enough to rescue the kid without drowning themselves. Then you've got a double drowning on your hands. And I seriously doubt any lifeguard in their right mind would have actually stalled unless it was a legitimately terrible Charlie Horse. Which means it must have been so bad that he/she could not have preformed their duties and would have just made the situation worse. So seriously, everyone with a million opinions needs to just shut up. Also, with that being said: the OP still deserves to be fired. Why? Because during training we learn how to deal with preventing cramps like that by constantly drinking water and getting enough potassium. There is no excuse for you to get a cramp that terrible if you had been doing what you were supposed to be doing and staying hydrated. So no, they should not have ignored something that bad and endangered themselves, but yes, they completely deserved to be fired. But look on the bright side dude: it's September, the pools are closing, no one will remember this next summer so just get a job at another pool. You've lost the last two weeks of pay, max. Not a big deal.

kisseshugsdrugs 5

Tuesday 7 September 2010 22:00

i am a lifeguard and i still think he deserved it because it couldve been prevented. if he was seriously injured, then he should have called over another guard for assistance. also, if he entered the water properly [they teach you that in lifeguard training also] he could have prevented straining himself and would have been able to rescue the toddler.

kittycat75472 0

Friday 3 September 2010 1:57

ok dude from california i totally agree. there r reasons to b fired. and the fact that u didnt take neccesary precautions that u knew u should have taken could b one of those. on the other hand i dont think that old lady should have hit u. and again to the dude from california obviosly u know ur facts and i also agree that these comments are completely ridiculous. when someone posts that they got fired it is not the page to start a stupid argument about where u come from and what makes u stupid. and to whoever posted this it sucks that u got hit. and fired. but next time just remember to b more careful. and it is a bright side cause u wouldnt have been able to work soon anyway