18-year-old lifeguard fails kids who prove they can’t swim on their swim tests, fellow lifeguards criticize her for being too strict and making kids cry

What’s wrong with her coworkers? Are they just passing all of the kids along? Lifeguarding is such a strange job when you really think about it. Water parks, beaches, and community pools around the world put patrons’ lives in the hands of bored, athletic teenagers who make $12 an hour if they’re lucky. It’s honestly …
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‘Come On In, the Water’s Fine!’: 22 Swimming Memes Capturing the Silly Side of Hot Summer Pool Days

If the summer heat has you wishing you could jump into the nearest pool, consider this your invitation. Come on in, the water’s fine! Make your dramatic entrance to the pool. The memes are waiting here for you, ready to splash some laughs.  There are few better places to be than in a swimming pool …
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23 Swimming Memes for Folks Spending All Summer Smelling Like Chlorine

There’s nothing quite like the nostalgia of summer swimming as a kid. You didn’t need a beach vacation or a fancy resort, you just needed a neighbor with a decent-sized pool and a cooler full of juice boxes. Bonus points if they had one of those floaties shaped like a giant turtle or a pool …
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Cruel swimming coach mocks 16-year-old swimmer for being slow after 2 month break following his fathers passing: ‘It’s a pity your dad couldn’t have [passed] a little later to save you from this practice’

We all had that one teacher or coach who was randomly cruel to us for no reason. I will never forget my nefarious middle school P.E. teacher, Coach Wallace. For the first six weeks of the school year, he seemed to be just fine, but things took a turn for the worse when I got …
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A Lap’s Worth of Swimming Memes for All the Water Babies

Forget meditating or mindfulness, one of the most zen activities a person can engage in is doing a couple of laps in a quiet pool. As common forms of exercise go, swimming is one of the more fun ones, plus it doesn’t destroy your joints (looking at you, jogging). Depending on who you ask, there …
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