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
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Today, I saved a woman from drowning at a pool where I lifeguard, but when I got her out of the water she started screaming about sexual assault. Apparently I accidentally brushed her breasts when pulling her up and out of the water. She wants to sue me. FML
Today, I was at the pool with two boys I babysit. The eldest wouldn't get out of the pool so I pretended to call his dad. He then ran out of the pool, pushed me down, grabbed my phone, chucked it into the pool and then ran back into the pool. FML
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
Today, a little kid accidentally ran into me at the pool. He apologized by biting my leg. FML
Today, I was swimming at the water park, when out of nowhere a lifeguard bombed into the pool, grabbed me, and hauled me to the surface, running his hands over my chest in the process. Apparently, the way I swim makes it look like I'm in my drowning death throes. FML
Today, I was verbally and physically attacked in a public pool, because I was swimming in what a grandma claimed was her part of the pool. Since I'm a very tolerant person, I calmly tried to talk some reason into the elderly lady. The lifeguard had to come to protect me. FML
Today, I saved a young girl from drowning in a hotel pool with no lifeguards on duty. The girl's mother was too busy on her phone to notice what was happening, and when I called out to her, she started yelling at her daughter for going in too far. Never bothered to thank me for saving her kid either. FML
Today, I went to the pool. When I hit the water the top of my swimsuit came off so I tried to put it on underwater. The lifeguard thought I was drowning and pulled me out in front of everyone. Topless. FML
Today, I was teaching swim lessons. I got felt up by a 6 year-old boy. Three times. FML
Today, I was lifeguarding at a community pool when I noticed a toddler go underwater. I quickly jumped in but suddenly got a cramp, which caused me to stall. When I looked up, I saw an old woman saving him, and got a shoe thrown at my head. I was fired. FML
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TrinityisLife 22
Push her in.
purebliss_fml 19
You're a hero in my eyes OP. Hope she apologised after you explained the situation.
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Comments (85)
nietzche 8
You should have thrown her to the pool
DocBastard 38
I feel sorry for the kid. First he nearly drowns, then he has to go home and put up with that ungrateful moron for the rest of his life. I wonder if she spanked him for giving her a handmade ashtray for Mother's Day because it wasn't a good enough present.
Epikouros 31
I just read that half of all children who drown in the US, drown while their parents are near, sometimes even looking at them without realizing what's going on. People who are drowning don't look like people who are drowning (on TV). There's no screaming or waving. When kids are quiet while swimming, that's when you should worry.
Enslaved 36
I remember awhile back reading about a child drowning at Tommy Lee's son's birthday party. Since there were so many people there-- all the surrounding parents thought the other was watching the kids in the pool.
Jemm_fml 29
So ironic, I just closed a tab on an article explaining that exact thing, how to spot someone while drowning. It's scary. Apparently they look like they're climbing an invisible ladder.
QueenOrangeSoda 21
Correct-a-mundo! That's what I thought when I read this. Common tell-tale signs: -silent (they can't scream when drowning) -arms extended, instinctively trying to push the water down and back (don't have enough strength to thrash them) -mouth near surface, gasping, then submerging -climbing an invisible staircase The whole thrashing arms, screaming, "drowning on TV" thing is when someone is about to drown. Drowning, by medical definition, tends to carry the tell-tale signs listed.
outoftown 26
^^^ Thanks, Epikouros, and all in this thread for the detail! That's just what was like for me when I almost drowned. *shudder*
Doxy 22
She's a mind bender. Making people lose their sanity and calm is her speciality.
worldclassrager 39
Like the name... You Did the right thing..,who cares what she thinks you were doing...
thatnucca 36
Yet another FML story to drive home the fact that no good deed goes unpunished these days...
kb021 18
No act of charity goes unresented.
Cazz91 21
Oh you know... I pretend to save little kids lives all the time to cup a feel. I am sorry you had to encounter another ungrateful and stupid mother on this planet OP.
yepusuckarse 7
Been there done that. Sorry OP... Some parents are really that evil!
JustAReaderZZZZ 10
Good on you for saving that little boy! Its amazing to me when I see how many parents don't watch their children while at the pool. As for the mother, just let it go in one ear and out the other. You can't always please everyone and in this case it seems she was taking her anger for herself out on you.
perdix 29
In such a panic situation, it's possible to grab someone's private parts accidentally when trying to save their life. That's what I told that large-breasted girl I rescued last week. She brought up the petty detail that we were at the concession stand at the time.
MrSarcasmic 10
gotta hate those technicalities
skyeyez9 24
Rubbing her nips in a circular manner while "saving her" again perdix?