I used to have a Red Cross Lifeguard cert. But I’m sure it expired more than 55 years ago. And I’m wondering what the pay would be even IF I were willing to sit for that long and stay alert. BORING!
Hey! Stop teasing about my Tilley hat! You can keep ten bucks in it just in case, And if you put your address in it they’ll mail it back to you if it blows off your head while hang gliding!
And our skin is already sun damaged because we grew up before there was sunscreen and were expected to play outside all summer, until we were “brown as a berry”.
As a retired people myself, who was a lifeguard on my youth, I can assure that it’s a good 15-20 years since you’d want to rely on me to be effective in that job.
Considering I’m only in my 50s but I’m already seeing people my age with canes and walkers or who can’t walk up a single flight of stairs without pausing for breath, no, I’d rather not have octogenarian lifeguards.
College? Why not high school? There was a newspaper article about a girl near where I live who was still in high school when she was hit by lightning. She’s lucky to be alive.
A retired friend of mine applied to work at the pool this year (at the gate, though she’s won gold medals in the senior olympics). When the computer asked for her birth year, it wouldn’t accept it. She was born in 1927.
I would think a major reason public pools reduce hours or even close for the season this time of year is because of lower demand; or at least that would be part of it. Correct me if I’m.
Bilan about 1 year ago
Who’s going to watch the watchmen?
rasputin's horoscope about 1 year ago
Erse IS better about 1 year ago
I used to have a Red Cross Lifeguard cert. But I’m sure it expired more than 55 years ago. And I’m wondering what the pay would be even IF I were willing to sit for that long and stay alert. BORING!
Doug K about 1 year ago
If you’ve got the hat, what more do you really need?
Ichabod Ferguson about 1 year ago
Put a senior in a lifeguard chair under the hot sun wearing a big, floppy hat and he’ll be asleep in ten minutes.
Rhetorical_Question about 1 year ago
Lifeguard needs to be certified?
Ignatz Premium Member about 1 year ago
My uncle was a school teacher, and spent every summer lifeguarding till he was in his 60s. But he was in remarkable condition for a man his age.
The problem with getting retired people is that you have to be in really good shape, and most 70 year olds aren’t great swimmers.
mac04416 about 1 year ago
Because they are not retired. They are working the jobs that one can’t stay at home and do.
mourdac Premium Member about 1 year ago
As long as they close the pool for my afternoon nap.
Uncle Bob about 1 year ago
Hey! Stop teasing about my Tilley hat! You can keep ten bucks in it just in case, And if you put your address in it they’ll mail it back to you if it blows off your head while hang gliding!
sandpiper about 1 year ago
And sometimes floppy clothes. Why? Because comfort beat style when one is past the daily work grind stage.
DickEstel Premium Member about 1 year ago
They’ve actually been doing this somewhere in summer of 2023, NYC I think. Mostly retired former lifeguards.
bittenbyknittin about 1 year ago
And our skin is already sun damaged because we grew up before there was sunscreen and were expected to play outside all summer, until we were “brown as a berry”.
Michael Helwig about 1 year ago
You’re drowning and your choice is a college swimmer or a retiree in a floppy hat?
SofaKing about 1 year ago
It so happens I have a very nice Panama hat, thankyouverymuch. Also, I can’t swim.
Cozmik Cowboy about 1 year ago
As a retired people myself, who was a lifeguard on my youth, I can assure that it’s a good 15-20 years since you’d want to rely on me to be effective in that job.
Demmiaa about 1 year ago
Not sure they would be quick enough. Unless its Dustin Hoffman. (Stranger Than Fiction)
snowedin, now known as Missy's mom about 1 year ago
I don’t have a floppy hat!
phoenixnyc about 1 year ago
Considering I’m only in my 50s but I’m already seeing people my age with canes and walkers or who can’t walk up a single flight of stairs without pausing for breath, no, I’d rather not have octogenarian lifeguards.
tammyspeakslife Premium Member about 1 year ago
Caulfield seems to think that all there is to it is sitting and blowing a whsitle at people
dogday Premium Member about 1 year ago
Sigh. Said the young men who have NO idea what it’s like to grow old. sigh.
MT Wallet about 1 year ago
College? Why not high school? There was a newspaper article about a girl near where I live who was still in high school when she was hit by lightning. She’s lucky to be alive.
Seed_drill about 1 year ago
A retired friend of mine applied to work at the pool this year (at the gate, though she’s won gold medals in the senior olympics). When the computer asked for her birth year, it wouldn’t accept it. She was born in 1927.
Otis Rufus Driftwood about 1 year ago
I would think a major reason public pools reduce hours or even close for the season this time of year is because of lower demand; or at least that would be part of it. Correct me if I’m.