AFH2O
Visalia, United States
Today, I got chewed out by a parent for putting her kid underwater. I teach swim lessons. FML
Collection
Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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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Comments (86)
blazerman_fml 17
If you walk on water they will say you can't swim.Keep this in mind OP you can't win everyone over..Some people are just dicks for no reason.Hope this incident doesn't bring you down!Good luck :)
Llama_Face89 34
I hated parents like that when I was a swim instructor! Part of the reason I much preferred to teach the adult beginner and tri classes.
vlalam 24
lol, u got owned..
leeloo900 9
Put her underwater!
worldclassrager 41
Were you teaching them the dead mans float?
fantasyworld 39
How dare you do your job.
bryanjamieluke 17
At least you didn't throw him off a boat and screamed, "Swim, bitch!"
Sniper_Chick4110 20
Yeah, that's how my grandfather taught us (his grandkids) how to swim. Awesome memories. Can't really blame him though, his first experience of swimming was to jump off a bridge with a watermellon he was stealing. It was that or starve. I agree, Some people really need to man up and get over things.
BeepBeepSwerve 9
yes because all kids are going to react the same way and learn how to swim using that method...just because it worked for you doesn't mean it'll work for everyone else.
amisenho 11
Jeez, did I misread this one. I kept seeing, "Today I got chewed out by a parent for putting on her kid's underwear," until I read the last sentence.
JJ_86 22
Dirty minds!
hickfromthestick 5
I would have held her under until the bubbles stopped coming up.
ImmaAstronomer 3
Maybe it's the method of how you did it she didn't like.