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)
avapaige1234 19
Throw the mom in the pool and walk out of the scene.
Christala 8
Should've backhanded her, Ike Turner style, and said "Maybe next time I'll let your little crotchfruit die, bitch." Then kicked her in the baby-oven so she couldn't spawn more. I'm a woman, but even I hate stupid, over-paranoid parents.
hawkdoc60 3
I would have let him drown. This reaction by his mom is exactly why I do not get involved or try to help anyone. It will likely bite me in the ass. Therefore, I would have watched as the last bubbles came to the surface.
Elfkid21 19
ungrateful bitch. (almost). shoulda let her little brat drown!!
misfortunate17 6
I would've push the kid back in and let it drown.
TallMist 32
To everyone that said to drown the kid just because his mother smacked the OP, think about this: Why should the kid be punished just because he has a bad mother? The mother slapped OP for saving her kid. The mother, from what I can gather, didn't care enough to keep from watching the kid to make sure he's safe. The mother, again, from what I can gather, didn't care enough to save her kid. And the kid? Nearly drowned. Where does it say the mother's kid did anything wrong? Nowhere. Where does it say the mother did anything wrong? It's written all over it. I wouldn't say drowning a person is the answer here, but if it was, I'd say to drown the mother, not the kid.