Are all of you people completely ignorant? 16 years is the minimum age you must be to get your NLS (National Lifeguard Service) award, and that course can only be taken once you've completed Bronze Medallion and Bronze Cross. You must also have your Emergency and Standard First Aid, and CPR-C courses. The minimum amount of training to complete these courses is 120 hours, and you must already have been a strong swimmer beforehand. Lifeguards know how to deal with many medical emergencies, such as heart attacks, strokes, seizures, broken bones (including compound fractures), dislocations, sprains, strains, asthma attackes, hyperventilation, major bleeding, collapsed lungs, and open pneumothorax, not just pulling struggling kids out of the water. Young people have fast reaction times and with the level of training lifeguards have, they are much less likely to freeze up in emergency situations than the average person. I am not just a lifeguard, I am also certified to teach and examine (award certifications) for all the courses I mentioned except NLS because I have been in the field for 7 years. Two of the children that I have taught first aid have gone on to save the lives of family members--and they were both 13 when they did. I know a single mother of three who was very greatful that her life was in her 13 year old's hands--and you're doubting a 16 year old? Another of my students saved his 11 year old brother's life. Just because you were a total retard at 16 doesn't mean there aren't plenty of teenagers that actually do something with themselves. I know there are other certifications systems in the US but in Commonwealth countries the way I described is the only way to become a lifeguard.

You are aware, of course, that the Spanish word for 'to bother' or 'to annoy' is 'molestar', which doesn't have anything to do with sexual assault. The guy probably was trying to tell your employers that you generally 'pissed him off' and they didn't quite take it the right way.

Cartman: Just call the police and tell them your parents are molestering you.

I guess the lives of lifeguards are completely ******. Every other FML on here has to do with a lifeguard, it seems. Hmm...

Wellll, why did you molest him in the first place?

The guy might have just been saying that she was annoying him and they thought he said molesting. In Spanish "molestar" means to bother.

Maybe in spanish, Molest, means something else?

i think 26 and 31 are right. "molestar" in spanish means "to bother"

sucks. I'm sorry. And I believe your story.

Are you sure your Spanish is good enough that you rejected him politely? Are you sure you didn't call his mother a "puta" by mistake? Wouldn't other people have noticed you in the men's locker room? How dainty is Senor Slimy that it could be credible that a 16-year-old girl could threaten him? Do you think your boss had other complaints about you?