I lap swim daily at a public pool, actually a city pool. I alternate between 2 pools depending on my schedule. I see a huge difference in pool management style and lifeguarding situations. One pool is monitored very closely, and the other, often the lifeguard is not even on the deck, and instead in her office behind a window. Are there any laws or standards on how a lifeguard should monitor swimmers, the pool etc? Also, she uses the cell phone and often is eating her lunch and visiting with either swimmers or her family or friends while she is lifeguarding.
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The pool should have a supervisor or committee that it reports to.
Some guards are not up to their duty, but I've seen the very supervisor coming to the pool and chatting with the on-duty lifeguard for ranging from 3 to 30 minutes, as if she's bored. Sometimes they were both seated, sometimes standing facing each other, neither facing the pool. The guard may have felt his work was being interfered, but she's the supervisor.
(They should have thanked me for keeping an eye on the pool for them during all that time--while no one kept an eye on me. :cool:)
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The pool should have a supervisor or committee that it reports to.
Some guards are not up to their duty, but I've seen the very supervisor coming to the pool and chatting with the on-duty lifeguard for ranging from 3 to 30 minutes, as if she's bored. Sometimes they were both seated, sometimes standing facing each other, neither facing the pool. The guard may have felt his work was being interfered, but she's the supervisor.
(They should have thanked me for keeping an eye on the pool for them during all that time--while no one kept an eye on me. :cool:)
