Would you make a good lifeguard?
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Came across these on YouTube and whilst I noticed a few of those in trouble, I was pretty rubbish overall. What is quite scary is how so many other people are oblivious to the person in trouble each time.
Here's a few to get you going but there are many more on the channel itself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sFuULOY5ik
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDpdBu-je6E
Here's a few to get you going but there are many more on the channel itself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sFuULOY5ik
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDpdBu-je6E
Yes. I was one for a few years in my yoof. Did both the open water and indoor exams - mostly only worked indoor pools.
It's scary, and boring.
Boring because you are just sitting there looking at people having fun, or exercising, or messing about.
Scary because if you zone out, get distracted or fall asleep (warm places, swimming pools) someone could die.
Only had to go in twice - once to retrieve a child that tried to climb out of her rubber ring while out of her depth (it caught on her feet and lifted them in the air) and once to retrieve a tosser that dived into the shallow end and fractured his skull.
Most of the job is crowd control, child minding and scrubbing hardened ps off urinals.
It's scary, and boring.
Boring because you are just sitting there looking at people having fun, or exercising, or messing about.
Scary because if you zone out, get distracted or fall asleep (warm places, swimming pools) someone could die.
Only had to go in twice - once to retrieve a child that tried to climb out of her rubber ring while out of her depth (it caught on her feet and lifted them in the air) and once to retrieve a tosser that dived into the shallow end and fractured his skull.
Most of the job is crowd control, child minding and scrubbing hardened ps off urinals.
Martin_M said:
Came across these on YouTube and whilst I noticed a few of those in trouble, I was pretty rubbish overall. What is quite scary is how so many other people are oblivious to the person in trouble each time.
Here's a few to get you going but there are many more on the channel itself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sFuULOY5ik
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDpdBu-je6E
Those are embarrassing, particularly the second one. If you're such a feckless oaf that you can't swim, you've got no business in a deep pool. What idiots.Here's a few to get you going but there are many more on the channel itself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sFuULOY5ik
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDpdBu-je6E
Gargamel said:
I guess they must be panicking, but you'd think with the side nearby and the ability to put both feet on the floor, you could make it out of the pool.
(The child in the first clip I can understand) but the second guy ?
You can see the bloke in the second clip can't put his feet on the bottom though, as he tries to do so and becomes completely submerged.(The child in the first clip I can understand) but the second guy ?
Fishtigua said:
NRS said:
ezi said:
I can barely swim so probably not
Same here!Though I spent most of my life at sea and scubadive, a very crap swimmer.
I did a power boat training course a few years ago, they asked if I could swim, their definition of this was being able to swim 250m fully clothed. Not a chance.
matchmaker said:
NRS said:
ezi said:
I can barely swim so probably not
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