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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Same thing different taste
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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Comments (36)
FREEDOM_from_fml 2
Seeing what not to do probably sunk in so much more to the kids...
brianjman14 23
You're not very good, are you?
iggz 0
Did the kid save you?
thaduck 0
You sure you know how to swim?
skinthesnakes 6
I guess you got a-head of your self!
You_Need_Soap 6
Don't do that. It's too early.
thiscrazything 1
That sucks, hope you are alright, and hope you didn't scare the crap out of the kid you were teaching.
awkwardaredevil 5
You were showing him what not to do, right?
SkardeyKat 3
Not as bad as the guy who blew his head off while teaching women about gun safety...
RedPillSucks 33
Cheer up. Even a bad example can be a teaching tool.
Cmdr_Shepard 17
I did a ton of swimming as a kid and there wasn't a single opportunity for me to get a concussion. So I don't know WTF you were doing but YDI.