Today, I was at work as a lifeguard. The temperature was absolutely stifling, but I tried to tough it out. A couple of hours into my shift, I passed out, fell off my stand, and crashed into the water. Or so the medics tell me. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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, I was working as a lifeguard. A woman began to have a seizure. Nervous, I went into shock and walked into a tree, knocking myself out. Post seizure, the woman stood up and walked away. Later, I woke up in the hospital. The ambulance had arrived to take her, but ended up taking me instead. FML
Today, it was an extremely hot day so I hit up the beach for a swim. Just as I entered the water, the first wave approached me. I tried to jump it and lost my footing, managing to dislocate my hip. I had to be dragged from the water by the lifeguards. FML
Today, we were hanging around the pool with a couple of friends and a crush of mine. Thinking I would be able to impress her with a well-performed dive off the diving board, I went up and attempted my best dive. I slipped as I jumped, hitting my head on the board. I had to be saved by the lifeguard. FML
Today, while at work I tripped and fell in the pool while moving a waste basket. I nearly drowned and had to be saved. I don't know which is worse the fact that I nearly drowned or the fact that I'm a lifeguard. 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, 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
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
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
Today, I was taking a lifeguard certification test. I nearly drowned halfway through. FML
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peniiis 8
How ironic. A lifeguard needed to be saved from the water.
TBelle4Ever 15
Here in its natural habitat, the lifeguard would rather pass out from dehydration, than to drink from the watering hole like everyone else. Fascinating!
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Comments (60)
yaniggamatt 3
one does not simply 'crash' into water
actyankee 5
I don't think this is a nature show, rather the begining of an episode of House and OP has an incurrable disease.
rygorg 3
this is why I refuse to go outside until fall.
fooltemptress 36
You, as a lifeguard, should know not only how important it is to stay hydrated in this weather but the warning signs of heat exhaustion and heat stroke. You can't simply tough this stuff out and expect to be okay. Heat exhaustion and heat stroke are DEADLY. People die from heat stroke ... and you could have been one of them!
sulljason 0
At least u didn't pass out and hit the concrete.
doglover100 29
Sorry. Well you didn't hit the concrete. Now you know to drink water all the time.
arsenicalhumor 30
FYL for sure!!! I'm prone to heat stroke, and I used to have an outdoorsy job, I ended up having to quit when the heat became too much. I hope things are better for you now
Wealthyparrot 9
YDI. There are one thousand and one ways you could have dealt with this, and you chose not to. You paid the price. Learn from this experience, and come with sun screen, shade, a couple cold water bottles, and/or a fan. If you work in heat YOU are responsible for finding a solution.
alicelouise66 5
that's ridiculous. if it was that hot why didnt you quickly get wet. ydi
Cc411 11
Medics = paramedics that came