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I have been lifeguarding for 6 years now and am what we call a "deck supervisor" which means I'm in charge of the pool if my boss isn't around. This is the first of two stories of suck involving this man.
SC: Grumpy old men with no respect for females, even if they're the ones responsible for his life
Me: Your friendly neighbourhood lifeguard.
CW: My friend and fellow guard.
It is a fun swim. There are 20 min left when a woman across the pool from me starts having what is clearly a seizure and falls to the deck. The guard closest to her runs to her, ascertains that she is having a seizure, and blows the whistle code for a "Major" (we need to clear all patrons out of the pool so all the guards are free to help with this emergency.)
As I am "the boss" at that point, I am running around organizing my guard team, grabbing first aid supplies, notifying facility management of what is going on, communicating with 911, etc. All this while 2 guards are taking care of the woman.
Procedure is to get everyone out of the pool except the victim and people who may know of her medical history, and lock the doors so the pool is safe (we don't want someone drowning while our backs are turned helping a seizure victim, obviously) so imagine my surprise when I get back on the deck and the doors are not locked because an SC is arguing with CW!
CW: Sir, I'm sorry, you have to leave the pool deck as we need to deal with a medical emergency.
SC: The showers are full. I'll wait out here until there's room.
CW: Sir, I understand, but we need to clear and secure the pool deck because I am needed to help with the emergency.
SC: This is ridiculous! There's 20 min left in the swim! I want my money back!
there's 20 min left of a 90 min swim! You were probably about to leave anyway! You are so unbelieveably lucky that I do not have heat vision else you would be a smoldering pile of entitlement on the floor, cretin!
CW: Well, sir, if you just stop by the front desk on your way out, they will be more than happy to provide you with a complimentary pass so your next swim will be free.
He's about to say more when I shoot him a look of absolute death from 20 feet away. I can silence and bend to my will huge screaming groups of children with various special needs ranging from lack of respect for authority to ADHD to severe autism without even having to raise my voice, buddy. You do not have a chance
SC (grumbling and heading into the changeroom): Do you have any idea how inconvenient this is for me and about thirty other people?!
(CW locks doors, gives me a shrug and WTF look)
Me: Yeah, cause it's definately not inconvenient for the WOMAN HAVING THE SEIZURE...
*The woman had already regained consciousness by the time the paramedics arrived and was fine!
I have been lifeguarding for 6 years now and am what we call a "deck supervisor" which means I'm in charge of the pool if my boss isn't around. This is the first of two stories of suck involving this man.
SC: Grumpy old men with no respect for females, even if they're the ones responsible for his life
Me: Your friendly neighbourhood lifeguard.
CW: My friend and fellow guard.
It is a fun swim. There are 20 min left when a woman across the pool from me starts having what is clearly a seizure and falls to the deck. The guard closest to her runs to her, ascertains that she is having a seizure, and blows the whistle code for a "Major" (we need to clear all patrons out of the pool so all the guards are free to help with this emergency.)
As I am "the boss" at that point, I am running around organizing my guard team, grabbing first aid supplies, notifying facility management of what is going on, communicating with 911, etc. All this while 2 guards are taking care of the woman.
Procedure is to get everyone out of the pool except the victim and people who may know of her medical history, and lock the doors so the pool is safe (we don't want someone drowning while our backs are turned helping a seizure victim, obviously) so imagine my surprise when I get back on the deck and the doors are not locked because an SC is arguing with CW!
CW: Sir, I'm sorry, you have to leave the pool deck as we need to deal with a medical emergency.
SC: The showers are full. I'll wait out here until there's room.
CW: Sir, I understand, but we need to clear and secure the pool deck because I am needed to help with the emergency.
SC: This is ridiculous! There's 20 min left in the swim! I want my money back!
there's 20 min left of a 90 min swim! You were probably about to leave anyway! You are so unbelieveably lucky that I do not have heat vision else you would be a smoldering pile of entitlement on the floor, cretin!
CW: Well, sir, if you just stop by the front desk on your way out, they will be more than happy to provide you with a complimentary pass so your next swim will be free.
He's about to say more when I shoot him a look of absolute death from 20 feet away. I can silence and bend to my will huge screaming groups of children with various special needs ranging from lack of respect for authority to ADHD to severe autism without even having to raise my voice, buddy. You do not have a chance
SC (grumbling and heading into the changeroom): Do you have any idea how inconvenient this is for me and about thirty other people?!
(CW locks doors, gives me a shrug and WTF look)
Me: Yeah, cause it's definately not inconvenient for the WOMAN HAVING THE SEIZURE...
*The woman had already regained consciousness by the time the paramedics arrived and was fine!
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