rowanjusmc
United States
Today, I got a concussion while teaching a kid how to be a safe and cautious swimmer. 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.
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Anonymous
United States
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
Icci
United States
Today, at work I was playing football with one of my camp kids in the indoor-pool. I saw a co-worker walking by and I decided to hit him with the football. The football slipped out of my hand and I hit a lady in the face, breaking her nose, and causing her to fall and get a concussion. FML
not_very_smart
United States
Sweaty
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
cplaner
United States
Little perv
Today, I was teaching swim lessons. I got felt up by a 6 year-old boy. Three times. FML
AFH2O
Visalia, United States
Today, I got chewed out by a parent for putting her kid underwater. I teach swim lessons. FML
myheadhurts
Vancouver, Canada
Today, I got a concussion. It was when an entire shelf of bicycle helmets tumbled onto my skull. FML
LiveGuard
United States
Today, I was taking a lifeguard certification test. I nearly drowned halfway through. FML
Cantswim
United States
Today, I had to go take swimming lessons because my mom has a fear I'll drown and I'm totally afraid of swimming anyway and never get anywhere near water. My instructor? A high school classmate of mine. My fellow swimming classmates? 5 and 6 year old kids. FML
humanshield
Rockland, United States
Today, while working my job as a swim instructor, my coworker sprayed me with the hose. I instinctively held up what I was holding to block the cold water. I was holding a 4 year-old. FML
mytoehurts
Ayr, Canada
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
Top comments
saIty 17
All the kid needs, to be careful, are floaties, noodles, and kick boards.
perdix 31
Nothing is more educational than a real demonstration of what NOT to do! It's effective for the students, but you're going to have a short career. I hope you don't also lecture on fire safety or teen pregnancy.
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saIty 17
All the kid needs, to be careful, are floaties, noodles, and kick boards.
jbunch2514 0
One time I jumped in on a diving board and a kid got above me with a duck raft!!!
Epic_Fail911 15
that's a good demonstration
EvilPotato 15
OP- "see kids all you have to do is this." *WHAM* *poke*, *poke* kid- "mommy I think he's dead.".
dre_bro11 12
OP, that's when you say 'And this is what will happen if you aren't one'.
Daralea 21
...and for OP to stop running by the poolside.
tkdgold03 5
well that's what your not supposed to do..
Blazingcrono 6
*a concussion. Let's go FML mod squad...
TheDeadlyTurtle 7
Alan! Alan! Alan! Alan! Alan! Wait that's not Alan... Steve! Steve! Steve Lol watch funny animal voice overs or night time day time :D
TheDeadlyTurtle 7
Haha me and my cousins would do that as children with seagulls it was hilarious
Miss_Attitude96 24
Nothing says safe like concussion.
KittyJay 3
If you ask me... It's better if OP got the concussion instead of the kid. Lawsuits are a bitch.
perdix 31
Nothing is more educational than a real demonstration of what NOT to do! It's effective for the students, but you're going to have a short career. I hope you don't also lecture on fire safety or teen pregnancy.
wishfulmidget 0
OP should be a driving instructor
DropBearHunter 8
No doubt he'd be switching professions to crash test dummy.
Sionnach 10
Good luck in your career as a lifeguard :P
kings1fan 6
Take it easy next to time Phelps
Glitterhinoceros 14
If you know how to swim, you shouldn't need training on how to be safe and cautious. Isn't the point to not drown, or am I just doing it wrong.
daniel1_1 13
Your doing it wrong.
CryMoreFMLs 15
Your what? You forgot the noun. Unless of course... You meant "You're"...
Buttsexpirate 9
Water said knock you out!
dadof2 4
ummmm i think your doing it wrong
fantasydragon 10
It's October, stop swimming.
Livencountry 5
Indoor pools. Almost as common as outdoor pools in Missouri.