the-pool-diaries

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The male lifeguards piling out of the Guard Room to continue their antics on deck like:

#pool #lifeguard #funny #meme

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Me: *suggests cool events to management, like a Jaws movie night in the pool or Halloween haunted house*

Me: *suggests we hire more instructors and promote our lessons better*

Management: *starts an overpriced toddler yoga program*

Me:

#pool #lifeguard #management vs the world #watch the world burn #sinking ship #gym #bad management

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* Africa by Toto starts playing *

Staff:

Me: * runs to the Guard Room just to dance in the window *

Boy Wonder: * intensely lip syncing on the guard stand *

New hire: * hanging off the side of the guard stand, head banging *

Shy lifeguard, who doesn't like the song: * shaking her head *

Pool members: ? ? ?

#pool #lifeguards #africa by toto #classic #music #good taste #legendary

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A member called the front desk on Saturday to request a forecast of the upcoming week's pool water temperature.

Sorry lady, this isn't The Weather Channel. We aren't going to give you estimates based on glorified guesswork. The pool water is its own master, it answers to no one. Sure, we try to maintain within a certain temperature range, but in the end, the water does what it wants. Good luck to us all.

#pool #lifeguard #funny #receptionproblems

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Lifeguards playing with the CPR dummies at the guard meetings...

#pool #lifeguard #just lifeguard things #CPR #cpr dummy #Instagram

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Someone kept one of the Halloween decorations out for the lifeguards to play with

#pool #lifeguard #just lifeguard things #funny

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Getting festive at the pool!

#pool #lifeguard #christmas

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"Man, you OWNED this place! How long ago were these pictures?!"

—New lifeguard, to me, while looking through old pictures

I was surprised and touched to hear such a new face at the pool acknowledge my long history here. With only a few of the OLD crew left, the golden days seem like a distant, forgotten past at times. The new people don't know all the legendary stories, and even if we told them, you had to be there, y'know? Now a sub, it feels like my influence is slipping away and at times I wonder if I have made any impact upon the place or the people during my time here. But moments like these provide a little feedback that people do notice and value my longevity here. 💗

#pool #lifeguard

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"Kids should be crying in flower beds."

—Boss Lady Lifeguard

#lifeguard #pool

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Needless to say, staff was a bit peeved when a security camera was installed in the Guard Room. As always, we troll rather than voice our objections.

#justlifeguardthings

#just lifeguard things #lifeguard #pool #summer #funny

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I am the one who runs by the pool.

#pool #lifeguard #rule breaker #rebel

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This is the life!

#outdoor pool #pool #poolcore #sunset

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Don't be that guy...

#pool #lifeguard #joke #meme #Youtube

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"Did you just tickle my tricep? Thank you."

-Male lifeguard to another male lifeguard

#pool #lifeguard #summer #funny

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You know you have become an adult when you no longer lament the summer rains ruining your trip to the swimming pool and instead stand in the guard room looking out over the pool area bordered by crisp brown grass with hands on your hips, saying "Aw yeah, we needed this".

#pool #lifeguard #summer #just lifeguard things #adulthood #growing up #coming of age #summer swim season

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#pool #lifeguard #swim team #funny #hydroworks #meme #vine

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The kindness of the pool people never ceases to amaze me. Some of the elderly folk from the 9am Hydroworks class go to $5 Tuesday at the local movie theater together now and have a great time! Our only resident mermaid is having knee surgery and her Saturday morning pool buddy is driving her to the hospital. The senior guard's birthday is this month and the Hydroworks crowd is eagerly gathering presents from everyone, as they do every year. He usually gets so much money from them that he can buy himself a REALLY nice pair of shoes (sneakers for teaching water aerobics, of course) and take his wife out to dinner. Over the years, members have gone through hard divorces or dealt with crippling illnesses and other members are always there to support them.

#pool #lifeguard