One of the reasons I hate swimming in outdoor community/development pools is the lifeguard glare you get when you come in with all your gear, prepared to swim and hour or two. :banana: I've been swimming outside for 25 years in the summer, and find that the guards are mostly all the same - texting, playing ball, sleeping, eating. Heaven forbid, they have to sit up and watch a swimmer. I feel like they really hate when I walk in because they have to actually do their job. I've treated them to lunch, ice cream, treats and some are fine, but overall, they are mostly very lazy. I tell them I had a guard cert, (I can swim better than almost all of them!), and they don't have to sit in the chair, or even watch, but I still feel the glare. I've even encountered a few occasions when the sun was shining and guards claimed they heard thunder. What happened to the good old days when guards sat in the chair and did their job without resentment? I only see that type of mentality at the indoor pools. On rainy days, they really give me the evil eye. :badday:
Northern Virginia.
I'm also in NoVa. The guards at my gym's outdoor pool can barely pull themselves away from conversations/texting once an hour to blow the whistle for adult swim. This year's batch is especially lazy.
Twice last week, I had people cut across the lane (over the $400-a-rope) lines just as my lane mate and I were about to push off. Neither guard said a word to the lane cutters, even though they were standing five feet away. I flagged them and said, um, this is kind of your job. "We didn't see it." Well, no Scheiße. You weren't even looking at the pool.
I was was a guard in HS. I get that it can be boring. But pay effing attention.
Northern Virginia.
I'm also in NoVa. The guards at my gym's outdoor pool can barely pull themselves away from conversations/texting once an hour to blow the whistle for adult swim. This year's batch is especially lazy.
Twice last week, I had people cut across the lane (over the $400-a-rope) lines just as my lane mate and I were about to push off. Neither guard said a word to the lane cutters, even though they were standing five feet away. I flagged them and said, um, this is kind of your job. "We didn't see it." Well, no Scheiße. You weren't even looking at the pool.
I was was a guard in HS. I get that it can be boring. But pay effing attention.
