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By rowanjusmc - 26/10/2011 04:31 - United States

Today, I got a concussion while teaching a kid how to be a safe and cautious swimmer. 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 Icci - 12/12/2009 22:54 - United States

Today, at work I was playing football with one of my camp kids in the indoor-pool. I saw a co-worker walking by and I decided to hit him with the football. The football slipped out of my hand and I hit a lady in the face, breaking her nose, and causing her to fall and get a concussion. FML

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By not_very_smart - 24/07/2013 06:44 - United States

Today, it was so hot in the un-airconditioned gym that when I got up off the floor, I slipped in my own pool of sweat and got a concussion. FML

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By cplaner - 04/02/2009 12:56 - United States

Today, I was teaching swim lessons. I got felt up by a 6 year-old boy. Three times. FML

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By AFH2O - 14/07/2014 23:04 - United States - Visalia

Today, I got chewed out by a parent for putting her kid underwater. I teach swim lessons. FML

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By myheadhurts - 12/11/2013 02:14 - Canada - Vancouver

Today, I got a concussion. It was when an entire shelf of bicycle helmets tumbled onto my skull. FML

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By LiveGuard - 28/03/2012 05:30 - United States

Today, I was taking a lifeguard certification test. I nearly drowned halfway through. FML

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By Cantswim - 20/05/2009 15:45 - United States

Today, I had to go take swimming lessons because my mom has a fear I'll drown and I'm totally afraid of swimming anyway and never get anywhere near water. My instructor? A high school classmate of mine. My fellow swimming classmates? 5 and 6 year old kids. FML

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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 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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saIty 17

Wednesday 26 October 2011 12:08

All the kid needs, to be careful, are floaties, noodles, and kick boards.

perdix 29

Wednesday 26 October 2011 12:13

Nothing is more educational than a real demonstration of what NOT to do! It's effective for the students, but you're going to have a short career. I hope you don't also lecture on fire safety or teen pregnancy.

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FREEDOM_from_fml 2

Wednesday 26 October 2011 13:00

Seeing what not to do probably sunk in so much more to the kids...

brianjman14 22

Wednesday 26 October 2011 13:02

You're not very good, are you?

iggz 0

Wednesday 26 October 2011 13:09

Did the kid save you?

thaduck 0

Wednesday 26 October 2011 13:19

You sure you know how to swim?

skinthesnakes 6

Wednesday 26 October 2011 13:23

I guess you got a-head of your self!

You_Need_Soap 6

Wednesday 26 October 2011 14:18

Don't do that. It's too early.

thiscrazything 1

Wednesday 26 October 2011 13:40

That sucks, hope you are alright, and hope you didn't scare the crap out of the kid you were teaching.

awkwardaredevil 5

Wednesday 26 October 2011 14:44

You were showing him what not to do, right?

SkardeyKat 3

Wednesday 26 October 2011 15:37

Not as bad as the guy who blew his head off while teaching women about gun safety...

RedPillSucks 31

Wednesday 26 October 2011 15:46

Cheer up. Even a bad example can be a teaching tool.

Cmdr_Shepard 17

Wednesday 26 October 2011 16:00

I did a ton of swimming as a kid and there wasn't a single opportunity for me to get a concussion. So I don't know WTF you were doing but YDI.

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