Everyone in the gym wears a mask (mandated in our state in the gym) however, one of the guards spent most of the hour I was swimming in the chair (in between breaks) with the mask off, unless she had to speak to the other guard. She's taken short mask breaks in the past, but this was ridiculous. All member have to wear the mask in the gym, while working out, on the deck, etc. and an employee of the fitness center doesn't. I'm surprised the other "main" guard has let this go, since he never removes his mask.
Your bedside manner needs some work!
This thread is an embarrassment.
Thanks for the feedback Skuj...you're a good friend.
Not sure why discussing options on how to best spend limited resources is an embarrassment but you are certainly entitled to your view. I belong to multiple pools. One has never had a lifeguard or a drowning in over 200,000 hours. Another with usually 2-5 lifeguards at any given time, has had 3 near-drownings I know of. I could make some ridiculous assertion that having lifeguards increases your likelihood of incident which is supported by my data. I stand by my assertion on aforementioned cut/paste document. Likely it's not a provable assertion. Perhaps lifeguarding is useful in certain situations and in others, better spent on drowning prevention and learning to swim programs. My YMCA closed its pool reportedly because it could not afford the heat but kept its lifeguards on staff (?).
When you're spending others money it's important to know if there is value to what you're doing. As 67 has alluded to, there may be different value to different situations in lifeguarding. I would say a popular beach would be the most valuable situation if you're trying to prove efficacy. But, if you are going to quote mortality statistics for a guarded beach, in say a blue font, it would be disingenuous not to quote mortality statistics for a control beach where there is no lifeguard.
Elaine, as an aside, you and I have annoyed the crap out of many people on the forums which is well documented. Perhaps you and I can use this as a time of reflection on our individual presentation and personalities and strive to be better and more likable...or not.
Your bedside manner needs some work!
This thread is an embarrassment.
Thanks for the feedback Skuj...you're a good friend.
Not sure why discussing options on how to best spend limited resources is an embarrassment but you are certainly entitled to your view. I belong to multiple pools. One has never had a lifeguard or a drowning in over 200,000 hours. Another with usually 2-5 lifeguards at any given time, has had 3 near-drownings I know of. I could make some ridiculous assertion that having lifeguards increases your likelihood of incident which is supported by my data. I stand by my assertion on aforementioned cut/paste document. Likely it's not a provable assertion. Perhaps lifeguarding is useful in certain situations and in others, better spent on drowning prevention and learning to swim programs. My YMCA closed its pool reportedly because it could not afford the heat but kept its lifeguards on staff (?).
When you're spending others money it's important to know if there is value to what you're doing. As 67 has alluded to, there may be different value to different situations in lifeguarding. I would say a popular beach would be the most valuable situation if you're trying to prove efficacy. But, if you are going to quote mortality statistics for a guarded beach, in say a blue font, it would be disingenuous not to quote mortality statistics for a control beach where there is no lifeguard.
Elaine, as an aside, you and I have annoyed the crap out of many people on the forums which is well documented. Perhaps you and I can use this as a time of reflection on our individual presentation and personalities and strive to be better and more likable...or not.
