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
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Thanksgiving
Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
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
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 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, 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, 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, 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, at my job as a lifeguard, the kids in the pool decided to start a new game. The game involved spreading out to different parts of the pool and pretending to be drowning at the same time. Whoever was "saved" first, won. FML
Today, I got a concussion while teaching a kid how to be a safe and cautious swimmer. 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 got a really bad cramp while I was swimming in my neighborhood pool. I started to go under until the lifeguard jumped in and saved me. I guess it would have been great, if I wasn't a fellow lifeguard. FML
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whatmarielsaid 0
LOL isn't there a rule there saying, "no running around the pool area"? or something along those lines. jeez.
playwithmeh 0
lol least you tried, that's all matters.
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Comments (127)
plexico 4
You get to sit all day outside, flirt with girls and get paid to do absolutely nothing 99.99% of the time. This unproductive activity is justified by the promise that you will save someone's life from time to time. You completely failed. Look for another line of work -- bookkeeping could be good for you.
manga_fml 15
the number one rule! no running on deck....
Dead_and_Gone 0
TOTAL FAIL
Failurewithacapi 0
I do a quick walk at the pool I swim at and I get told to stop running, and yet you run, Isn't that the most important rule?
cookiesFTW 20
I would of jumped into the pool and swim to the kid.
YouGotJizzed 0
"Always save yourself before attempting to save a drowning person."
venomlash 9
As everyone else is saying, it isn't smart to run near a pool. Do a quick walk if you can, but keep it to a walk: that is, keep at least one foot on the ground throughout your entire gait. Running uses your legs like pogo sticks (just touching down and pushing off quickly), and therefore it's less stable. Like they said in CPR training: Step 1. MAKE SURE THE SCENE IS SAFE.
darkmis1 18
For everbody saying the OP was supposed to walk, think about it: if you were drowning, would you want the lifeguard to take his time walking over?
butteredbuns 0
fail.
dmipotc 0
being a lifeguard - you're doing it wrong!
thesadpiggy 0
o.O c'mon you're a lifeguard?! why would you run on the deck?!