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17 Lifeguards Share Pool Secrets You Don’t Want to Know

14.

A friend of mine was working when a kid pooped in the pool. He had to call 50 people to tell them that the swimming program was cancelled due to a “fecal incident”.

15.

Face scratched up when i went to grab a distressed swimmer. ~13-14yr old girl who couldn’t swim at all jumps into the pool with two kickboards under her arms like a plane and she immediately begins to panic when she loses them. I approached her from her back, but still she was able to spin around and scratch my face. Learning point: be cautious of distressed swimmers who are “big” enough to do damage.

16.

I was 16 or 17 though, really shy, and a virgin, so I was mortified when I saw these two people in a corner like pretty blatantly doing it. I didn’t know what to do but i called “ADULT SWIM” which at my pool meant everyone (including adults) had to get out if they weren’t actually swimming laps. they ignored me, at first, so i blew my whistle at them from across the pool and said PLEASE EXIT. cringe.

17.

There was this one other guard on staff that for some reason when we worked together, all the puke would happen. One time it was like someone ate an entire medium McDonald’s French fries without chewing and then puked them back up. In the middle of the pool.

Written by Irvi Torremoro

Irvi Torremoro is an Austinite by way of Las Vegas. She's worked in various outlets in food & beverage and is now focused on writing, eating all the things, talking about Beyonce, and petting all the puppies. She runs flavorandbounty.com, a lifestyle blog about people in the service industry.