NBR: speaking of pools

Superchicy

Anyone else see this article?  It is funny how dead on it is.  I worked at a pool for 6 years, managed my last 2, and all of this is true...and more.  Pool bathrooms (at least where I worked), were absolutely terrible.  How girls miss, I don't know...and I'm not talking about #1.   

ETA:  I take it back, #2 wasn't true for us once we got AC and there weren't flies all over concession.  We actually had good food for a public pool.

teacherjess

Haha, I saw this article a few days ago and emailed it to my sister. She's a lifeguard at a fitness center and spends most of her time bored and, when the pool is empty, texting me. She said it's dead-on.

Klmorgan83

I was a lifeguard for 6 or 7 years, lots of it is very true!  I definitely remember the stormy days when we were so happy to blow the whistle every time it thundered, and our food was pretty good too!  I worked at a private pool where you had to pay to be a member, so we knew everyone.  We knew who could swim and who couldn't, so that definitely helped cut down on any "rescues" we had, but even though we were trained it was definitely scary when I did have to go in after people, and it was usually because they ran off from their parents and got in the pool alone.

Superchicy

Our pool was packed, we would get 3-4 daycares and end up with close to 300 people in the pool.  I didn't guard full time but had probably 10 saves and was primary on 3 spinals in the time I worked there.  We had lots of low-income kids and knew all of their stories, who'd been in juvie...it really changed my perspective about "bad" kids who just happen to have really crappy parents or situations.

kelklump

I was a pool director for years but luckily we didnt have concession stand or have to clean the bathrooms. We never did have the chance to play the caddyshack part but I can tell you some of those things are true. I will say that they ALWAYS closed the pool for accidents because it was a chance for a break. that is the only time they could get out of guarding. I will say the tan lines were usually brutal however, the straps down was a huge issue for most of my guards and I can say that we did let them put them down to the point they could jump in and the straps would come up.