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this is a story from my cousin B's summer job.
a little bit of backstory first: she was NOT A LIFEGUARD. her job was to sit at the entrance to the pool at a condominium association. If you wanted to swim in the pool, you had to have a card stating that you were either a resident of the condos, or you paid a membership fee because you lived somewhere else, or that you were an authorised family member of either of the first two. B took these cards, and put them in a box until someone left, then she would dig out their card and give it back. so basically she was the bouncer of the pool. (15 years old, easiest job in the world, and getting minimum wage. and she still complained XD) she was allowed to read the whole shift as long as she did her job as well.
anyway, one day, this crazy woman comes up to B. (this is all verbatim what my cousin told me, so dialogue may not be exact, but who cares, lady was crazy.)
SC: Lifeguards aren't allowed to read.
B: I'm not a lifeguard.
SC: I went to the association meeting, and they said lifeguards have to watch the children in the pool.
B: Yes, and they do. I'm not a lifeguard.
SC: But you're reading! Stop reading!
B: Mam, I'm NOT A LIFEGUARD.
SC went over to a real lifeguard.
SC: That lifeguard is reading, make her stop and watch my children.
LG: She's not a lifeguard, she's the card person. She doesn't have to watch your kids.
SC: But lifeguards aren't allowed to reeeeeaaaadddd!
LG brushes crazy lady off and goes back to her job. SC sees the other on-duty lifeguard *gasp* IN THE POOL, guiding a little boy back to the shallow end because he was beyond his abilities in the deep end. (LG2 is also my cousin, and very sarcastic at that.
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SC: GET OUT OF THE POOL AND WATCH MY CHILDREN!!!
LG2: *ignores her*
SC: HEY! YOU!! YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE POOL!
LG2: *finishes helping the little boy and climbs out* What is your problem?
SC: You are not supposed to be in the pool! You are supposed to be WATCHING THE CHILDREN!
LG2: I was watching the children until I saw that boy having trouble, so I HELPED HIM. I GUARDED HIS LIFE. Because I'm a LIFEGUARD.
SC: BUT I WENT TO THE MEETING AND THEY SAID LIFEGUARDS HAVE TO WATCH THE CHILDREN.
LG2 walked back to her post.
SC huffed around the pool area for a bit, before apparently deciding to leave. The only exit is right next to my cousin.
SC: You still shouldn't be reading. I'm going to tell someone about you!
B: Whatever.
This lady had a reputation around the condos for berating everyone else for not being a mother for her. She would sit at the poolside and fall asleep tanning, but you know she'd be the first one to bitch if something happened to her little pweciouses. e_e B told her boss (our aunt) about this lady, just in case she decided to complain, and our aunt went, "Oh, her? Pfft, ignore her if she comes in again."
a little bit of backstory first: she was NOT A LIFEGUARD. her job was to sit at the entrance to the pool at a condominium association. If you wanted to swim in the pool, you had to have a card stating that you were either a resident of the condos, or you paid a membership fee because you lived somewhere else, or that you were an authorised family member of either of the first two. B took these cards, and put them in a box until someone left, then she would dig out their card and give it back. so basically she was the bouncer of the pool. (15 years old, easiest job in the world, and getting minimum wage. and she still complained XD) she was allowed to read the whole shift as long as she did her job as well.
anyway, one day, this crazy woman comes up to B. (this is all verbatim what my cousin told me, so dialogue may not be exact, but who cares, lady was crazy.)
SC: Lifeguards aren't allowed to read.
B: I'm not a lifeguard.
SC: I went to the association meeting, and they said lifeguards have to watch the children in the pool.
B: Yes, and they do. I'm not a lifeguard.
SC: But you're reading! Stop reading!
B: Mam, I'm NOT A LIFEGUARD.
SC went over to a real lifeguard.
SC: That lifeguard is reading, make her stop and watch my children.
LG: She's not a lifeguard, she's the card person. She doesn't have to watch your kids.
SC: But lifeguards aren't allowed to reeeeeaaaadddd!
LG brushes crazy lady off and goes back to her job. SC sees the other on-duty lifeguard *gasp* IN THE POOL, guiding a little boy back to the shallow end because he was beyond his abilities in the deep end. (LG2 is also my cousin, and very sarcastic at that.
)SC: GET OUT OF THE POOL AND WATCH MY CHILDREN!!!
LG2: *ignores her*
SC: HEY! YOU!! YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE POOL!
LG2: *finishes helping the little boy and climbs out* What is your problem?
SC: You are not supposed to be in the pool! You are supposed to be WATCHING THE CHILDREN!
LG2: I was watching the children until I saw that boy having trouble, so I HELPED HIM. I GUARDED HIS LIFE. Because I'm a LIFEGUARD.
SC: BUT I WENT TO THE MEETING AND THEY SAID LIFEGUARDS HAVE TO WATCH THE CHILDREN.
LG2 walked back to her post.
SC huffed around the pool area for a bit, before apparently deciding to leave. The only exit is right next to my cousin.
SC: You still shouldn't be reading. I'm going to tell someone about you!
B: Whatever.
This lady had a reputation around the condos for berating everyone else for not being a mother for her. She would sit at the poolside and fall asleep tanning, but you know she'd be the first one to bitch if something happened to her little pweciouses. e_e B told her boss (our aunt) about this lady, just in case she decided to complain, and our aunt went, "Oh, her? Pfft, ignore her if she comes in again."
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