1.
When you've said "NO RUNNING" more times than you've said your own name:
2.
When you pray for rain:
When you've been branded:
3.
When it's not exactly as glamorous as TV makes it seem:
4.
When you are astounded by what some patrons will do:
5.
When keeping kids alive is 98% of your job:
6.
When someone asks you to turn up the temperature in the main pool:
7.
When the break room fridge is fully stocked:
8.
When the veteran patrons get a little too comfortable:
9.
When you've got to earn your keep:
10.
When you've got to make your own fun:
11.
When no amount of showering can rinse the chemicals off your skin:
12.
When there's 10 minutes to close and a patron hops into the lap pool:
13.
When the creeps have no idea what's about to hit them:
14.
When a traditional 9-to-5 seems like a vacation:
15.
When kids are practicing the Dead Man Float and you're ready to jump:
16.
When more sun means more patrons:
17.
When you're already in the chair and you can barely see:
18.
When patrons don't understand what 30 minutes means:
19.
When people are like, "You're a lifeguard? You're going to have the best tan!":
20.
When you're wishing the hours away:
21.
When a kid has an accident in the pool and you make minimum wage:
22.
When the parents of the birthday party don't offer you the leftover pizza:
23.
When you get bored during training:
24.
When it's the 4th of July:
25.
When a thunderstorm makes your whole day:
26.
When a kid skins his knee on the deck after you warned him to slow down 30 times:
27.
When you can't hide from the sun:
28.
When you try to save someone and they say they weren't drowning:
29.
And when people think your job is just lounging in the sun all day:
