AFH2O
Visalia, United States
Today, I got chewed out by a parent for putting her kid underwater. I teach swim lessons. FML
Collection
Thanksgiving
Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
Same thing different taste
cplaner
United States
Little perv
Today, I was teaching swim lessons. I got felt up by a 6 year-old boy. Three times. FML
Cantswim
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
luh8r
Canada
Tyranny
Today, while teaching swimming to a bunch of five year-olds, one particularly bratty girl decided she didn't want to swim and led the entire class to strike, leaving the pool empty, and me without a job. Apparently I was teaching the next world tyrant to swim. FML
please don't get the succ
San Francisco, United States
Today, at my job as a sailing instructor, I had to stop kids from getting their asses sucked by a pool filter. FML
rowanjusmc
United States
Today, I got a concussion while teaching a kid how to be a safe and cautious swimmer. FML
poolboy
This FML is from back in 2009 but it's good stuff
United States
Teaching moment
Today, I was working as a swim instructor for kids. Teaching them not to be afraid of the water, I put my face in the water and blew bubbles. I asked them to try it. All of them did, except for one. I went right to him and blew bubbles again. He then said to me, "But I just peed in that water." FML
butisavedyourkid
United States
Today, I rescued a little boy who looked like he was drowning in a public pool. His mother then smacked me in the face for "touching him". FML
chlorinesmells
United States
Today, a kid I taught to swim became my new boss, at the pool that I have worked at for nine years. FML
thanks dad
In my day…
Today, we were slowly introducing my daughter to the pool to help her get over her terrible fear of water. My father-in-law scoffed, called us pussies, and tossed my daughter straight into the water. When I threw him out, he insisted he was just trying to teach her to swim "the right way." FML
Anonymous
Springfield, United States
Today, while taking part in a lifeguarding exercise, I was supposed to "drown" to get another guard to save me. After all was done, my boss called me into his office and screamed at me for "drowning the wrong way," and threatening our reputation. FML
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Wizardo 34
Sounds like her brain is water logged. Don't hold your breath and dive into the deep end with this one, dangerous and annoying waters.
maggieisbatman 10
Apparently nobody bothered to "tech" you how to spell.
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Aquila_Umbrae 26
That's like someone taking their kid to McDonald's and chewing them out for giving them a happy meal.
darlingdollie 24
There will always be irrational people, OP. Maybe the parent thought you were moving too fast for the kids pace, but who knows. Keep your head up :) Pun intended
dreamweaver1227 11
Learning how to dive to get toy rings was part of my swim course that I took when I was young. Sorry for the parent's misunderstanding, OP.
rileyrae 11
I don't think the mom understands swimming
allison12197 23
Unless her child is Jesus, he/she is going to be submerged underwater at times while swimming.
Enslaved 38
The way this FML is worded seems odd to me. "Putting her kid underwater" gave me the impression of OP just throwing the kid in the pool and teaching the-- sink or swim method.
littlekellilee 45
Sometimes you can't coax kids to go under, and if it's part of the lesson, like level one or salamander or what have you, you need to help. Most kids are scared of the unknown, so you just tell them to blow bubbles with their nose, grab their sides, and quickly dunk them. They're underwater for less than a second normally. It's equivalent to moving their arms during front crawl.
sleepyhead978 4
"All parents screw up their kids"- Dr.House #overprotectivenessisannoying
askullnamedbilly 33
#whywouldyouuseahashtagonFML
slyde32 12
why use hash tags anywhere
miliaras93 17
Over protective parents , gotta love em
LennyComa 39
That'll teach you OP, Doing your Job properly how dare you.
ShortyJorty 9
Right because it's totally normal to swim overwater not underwater. Air swimming, it's the new rage.
katties 27
That's not what's happening here -_- When a child learns how to swim by themselves, the easiest way to teach them is by letting them swim completely underwater first - you can do that with much lesser effort that having your head over water, so they become confident in themselves and learn how to keep balance in the water. Apparently, the parent didn't know that it's normal to put the whole child under water.
kingdomgirl94 29
nudge nudge, hint hint, sounds like sarcasm is strong with this one. There is no other way to swim unless you think the kid should be taking flying lessons.
blazerman_fml 17
I think I'm gonna give up on the sarcastic comments.People misunderstand and think the rest of us are arrogant bastards!its really hard to express tone while typing out a text!
ShortyJorty 9
The force is not strong with #47.