I wonder how you feel if you happened to be the only one or two swimming in a pool while there are four highly dutiful lifeguards watching...nothing but you, of course... for the whole time you were swimming? (assuming you were not that great a swimmer to be proud of giving a "performance").
That's what happened to me today. Needless to say I felt damn safe, especially appreciated it very much when at one point one of them poked his head to see if I was OK when I was at the end of the pool, literally under their feet :wave: (I usually thought the guards didn't pay enough attention).
On the one hand I was flattered by the heavy attention and safeguarding (today seemed to be an unusual day); on the other hand, it felt funny "performing" solo or duet to an audience of 4 :D. They did appear to be all watching the whole time, not doing other things.
What's in the guards' mind when they are watching just 1-2 swimmers in the pool? Do they judge their skills? laugh at the guy splashing water everywhere, or the other that swims like a limping shrimp? :rolleyes:
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Very interesting to read all the replies, especially from some lifeguards themselves :) Just to remind you that in this case it was 4 guards, sitting shoulder to shoulder in a row together watching--whenever I'm out of water at the other end, I saw 8 eyes looking straight my way across the pool, now how does that feel? :rolleyes: :D (of course if they weren't watching I would say they were not doing a good job ;))
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Very interesting to read all the replies, especially from some lifeguards themselves :) Just to remind you that in this case it was 4 guards, sitting shoulder to shoulder in a row together watching--whenever I'm out of water at the other end, I saw 8 eyes looking straight my way across the pool, now how does that feel? :rolleyes: :D (of course if they weren't watching I would say they were not doing a good job ;))
