When you’ve said “NO RUNNING” more times than you’ve said your own name:
When you pray for rain:
When you’ve been branded:
When it’s not exactly as glamorous as TV makes it seem:
When you are astounded by what some patrons will do:
When keeping kids alive is 98% of your job:
When someone asks you to turn up the temperature in the main pool:
When the break room fridge is fully stocked:
When the veteran patrons get a little too comfortable:
When you’ve got to earn your keep:
When you’ve got to make your own fun:
When no amount of showering can rinse the chemicals off your skin:
When there’s 10 minutes to close and a patron hops into the lap pool:
When the creeps have no idea what’s about to hit them:
When a traditional 9-to-5 seems like a vacation:
When kids are practicing the Dead Man Float and you’re ready to jump:
When more sun means more patrons:
When you’re already in the chair and you can barely see:
When patrons don’t understand what 30 minutes means:
When people are like, “You’re a lifeguard? You’re going to have the best tan!”:
When you’re wishing the hours away:
When a kid has an accident in the pool and you make minimum wage:
When the parents of the birthday party don’t offer you the leftover pizza:
When you get bored during training:
When it’s the 4th of July:
When a thunderstorm makes your whole day:
When a kid skins his knee on the deck after you warned him to slow down 30 times:
When you can’t hide from the sun:
When you try to save someone and they say they weren’t drowning:
And when people think your job is just lounging in the sun all day:
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