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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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)
Dragonmouth 4
You know that "no running" rule that you're always yelling about? It's there for a reason.
jomo_ily 0
if your kid was the one drowning, wouldn't you appreciate the lifegaurd "running by the pool"?
Dranoel_Nyletak 0
FYL. As a fellow lifeguard I know how little attention you pay to yourself when you're trying to rescue someone. Don't listen to the rude comments, people just don't understand how stressful our job can be at times. Just because we're "trained professionals" doesn't mean we're pool gods. :P
nerdgrl128 0
it was faster to get to the kid, u didn't do anything wrong just be careful next time
Hahatlc 0
yea i remember that I was the driver for the ambulance
Sokai_fml 0
Oh, the irony. But hey, you were trying to do a good deed and at least the child was rescued and the mother called an ambulance for you.
paleknight47 0
WTF?!? Am I the only one that sees the BIG red sign saying n " no running" Fyl At least you tried
xXlolololXx 0
WOW!! absolute and total epic fail. Your a life guard, normally the jerkoff that tells us to atop running around the pool area. Andd, swimming would be quicker?? You completely fail, YDI.
speedmastaflex 0
I really don't think he was in the wrong for running there. Sure he could have swam, but I don't think that would have been as efficient, because not only would he have to be some kind of elite swimmer to get there much faster than he would have power walking, but in his scramble to cut time through the water, he'd have expended quite a bit of energy..energy that could have been put to use dragging the girl out of the water. A sprint is much less exhausting than a power swim of the same distance. And if he hadn't made it in time trying to follow the rules, the majority of you would have called him a useless goody twoshoes and reprimanded him for not taking a riskier path of action. FYL OP
Sturmeh 0
As justified your actions are with intent of saving a life, any lifesaver should certainly understand the importance of their own safety in and around a pool or beach.