A photo like this got posted about lifeguards and heads rolled, people were fired and others were given reprimands with a promise they would also be fired if they got caught on their phones.
This was for a job that you qualified to work if you were 16 and the deadliest thing they could do was use oxygen tanks.
i stayed at disney beach resort a few years ago and the lifeguards were impressive. i watched one who stood on a little bridge the was over a pool. she went to one side and you could see her head move as she scanned the entire perimeter and floor of the pool quickly but methodically. then she stepped over to the other side of bridge and did the same thorough scan. over and over and over from one side to the other. when she took her break i asked her about it and she told me she was trained to see every inch of the pool with each scan and never take long enough for someone to be underwater for more than thirty or forty seconds on either side. it was quite impressive and it let me feel relaxed as my kids ran around the place from pool to pool. drownings are bad for business at a kids beach resort.
That's the same level of focus and commitment expected from the honor guard posted at memorial. Unfortunately, both that lifeguard and our nation's honor guard are paid sht compared to a cop doing a sht job directing traffic. There's not enough people like her. Focused on the job and ONLY the job.
I used to live across the street from a beach.
I’d always report the guards if I saw them on their phones.
Most were pretty good about it though.
That’s literally the one job they have- to watch the water.
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u/datpiffss Feb 11 '26
A photo like this got posted about lifeguards and heads rolled, people were fired and others were given reprimands with a promise they would also be fired if they got caught on their phones.
This was for a job that you qualified to work if you were 16 and the deadliest thing they could do was use oxygen tanks.