Today, I fell asleep while lifeguarding, thinking I could get away with it due to my sunglasses. When I woke up, I saw my boss waving at me. Apparently she'd been trying to get my attention for five minutes. 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 so obviously dozed off during a video call at work. Afterwards, my manager messaged me asking if I was OK. I was mortified, and now I'm "on his watch." FML
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, someone at my workplace yelled at me and filed a complaint for staring at them too often. I'm a lifeguard. FML
Today, I was really, REALLY tired at work. I went to the restroom to take a little break, and must have dozed off, because I was awoken by my boss, knocking on the door of the stall. Apparently, I had been snoring. FML
Today, I fell asleep at my desk. It's bad enough that it was for 45 minutes and that I was snoring. What makes it worse? My boss woke me up. FML
Today, while taking part in a lifeguarding exercise, I was supposed to "drown" to get another guard to save me. After all was done, my boss called me into his office and screamed at me for "drowning the wrong way," and threatening our reputation. FML
Today, while I was at the beach I decided to go into the ocean even though the waves looked rough. While I was in the water, I got caught by the riptide and needed to be saved. The reason I was at the beach? I'm a lifeguard. Now all my co-workers won't stop laughing at me. FML
Today, I yelled out while I was asleep. However, I was sleeping during a very important meeting with customers and my boss. 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, I got into trouble for sleeping at work. FML
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disney_blonde 16
You're lucky a kid didn't drown.
YLIF 0
YDI YDI YDI
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Comments (118)
TheSuitGuy 0
Here's hoping the OP gets hit by a car. Ambulance would come to help you, but, you know, they need their beauty sleep too. YDI, and much worse
666midnight 0
YDI i mean what the ****?! i hope they ripped up your qualification and told you to **** off, you have a huge responsibility as a lifeguard and you cant just sleep, tbh i hope you drown one day because the lifeguard is sleeping.
adidaskitten99 0
This is why we had VATs at our park when I guarded. Every once in a while, supervisors would throw in a shadow doll (that can be hard to see if you're not attentive or walking your water) or a dummy and you had x amount of time to see it and make the "rescue." If you failed, you got suspended and had to do extra training or you could lose your job. I hope you got fired though, between your being a total douchebag, the patrons, and the nap being a massive liability to the pool, you deserve it.
justaquietghost 0
The waterpark I lifeguard for does this as well, once every hour of every day. And you don't even get suspended, at the end of your shift they tell you not to come back, because they can replace you, easily, and can't afford any accidents.
CyclonePsycho 1
You aren't being paid to sleep.
canadian_girl91 0
To the dumbass that did this I have one question for you: Would you like a side of EPIC with your FAIL?!?!?!?!?!?!?! Seriously???? And to #58, things happen so often. This one time we had 15 DNSes in 2 hours (there were two school rentals booked at the same time, not guards being irresponsible)... Honestly, that's disturbing!
plethora 3
What the hell does paranoia have to do with it?
whensdinner 0
i was a lifeguard for quite awhile and while it is hard to stay awake sometimes GET UP AND WALK AROUND YOU DUMBSHIT. this is pathetic and i do hope that you got fired or at least resigned with the realization that this profession is not for you. YDI.
meddude 0
well you ******* asshole you better get fired. you are there to help people, even possibly save someone's LIFE!!!! i hope someone never lets you live this down you ******* piece of shit, because you truly deserve it.
TheLizardKing 0
Fall asleep while lifeguarding? Lol, one of the worst ideas
LayAcharya 0
Wow for all you folks who are trying to actually defend this sorry excuse for a "lifeguard" by pointing out a parent's responsibility in also watching their child while they swim, let me enlighten you with a little bit of information that people who are not foolishly indignant can scrounge up with their functioning brains. Point-en-blanc: if parent's or any non-minors were capable of performing the same duties as a certified lifeguard then we are wasting millions of dollars training and employing these people in water safety. I mean, heck yea we should all be required to know how to swim, what to do in emergency situations, and how to perform CPR. So what now geniuses of the world?