Professionalism is bullshit
I am a lifeguard at a water park. I put up with the crap of visiting guests more than I save lives, and I get screwed over by park management (don't even get me started on problems with the actual attractions). There was supposed to be a dollar raise this year, but no. Don't blame the economy. The park just got bought by another company with plenty of money, who's going to fix us all up and make us shiny and sparkley and we'll be raking in dollars out the wazoo. Enter the new general manager.He sees everything that's "wrong" with us. Like the fact that all the guards aren't wearing their t-shirts at the same time. We're required to wear the shirts over our bathing suits as a form of sun protection when we're not sitting under umbrellas, and when we are we take the shirts off because it's hot as hell. Even if we wet the shirts they practically steam dry. But all of us wearing the shirts will make us look more professional. So the guests will feel safer. So they'll like coming to the park more. So the higher-ups will make more money.
Bullshit. Bullshit. Bullshit.
Most of the attractions are in 3 and a half feet of water or less, excluding the wave pool (6 feet max) and one of the more thrilling slides with an 8-foot deep catchpool at the bottom. I seriously doubt that many of the guests worry about drowning in the shallower water. And the guests don't give a fuck about us. Unless we're enforcing rules that they're breaking, we're invisible to them (just like all the signs that state the rules, apparently).
Another thing that's "wrong" with the park... There's always garbage to pick up, because we guards aren't walking around on our fucking breaks picking it up like the park manager suggested. But let's think about this: could it really be because the lazy fucktard guests LEFT all that shit lying around??? On my one thirty-minute break in my ten-hour shift, looking for plastic forks left by lazy-ass guests is the last thing I want to do. There are planty of trash cans around; people can use them and their fucking legs to get to them.
I understand. People want to be catered to. Fuck manners and simple courtesies like "Put it back where it came from" or "clean up after yourself." People will pay money, the fuel of our culture, to be able to sit and walk around as the slobs they are. If we show them we'll clean up their shit, they'll come enjoy our water park and fork over their dough.
Because that's professionalism. Cleaning up other people's shit while wearing the same thing as everyone else on the work force.
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I'm sorry, but many people will unfortunetly do this to you, but just be professional about it. For the majority of public service "slaves", this is just the same shit, but it's from a different pile.
Talk to the GM, let him know what your concerns are, and be civil. I know that sometimes you just want to throttle them, but just make a list, and have a proper sit-down discussion with them. Make a list, hell, ask if you can get some nicer t-shirts like professional paddlers/rowers wear. Add some pro/con situations if you feel so inclined.
I hope that these will help you.
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#1, thanks. I get really emotional but I've been trying to think of solutions to go along with the problems. I'm trying to not be one of those people who bitch and moan about stuff *without* doing something about it... Just wanted to get it all out in one sitting.
Thanks for your suggestions, I'll use those.
-OP
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I'm quoting you: "I am a lifeguard at a water park. I put up with the crap of visiting guests more than I save lives. "
Just how many lives have you saved? Puh-lease!
You sound like a college or high school student with the perfect Summer job. And yet, you find some stupid reason to find misery. Perhaps its because you don't get paid enough? Then find a job that takes appreciable skills. Finish your schooling and get a "real job"> Then, when you work for "the Man", you'll have something worthwhile to bitch about, you snotnosed punk.
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#3, I've saved 15 people. And some of course claimed they could swim.
Just why would you call this the perfect job? I'm investigating two other possibities before handing in my notice. Believe me, I thought it would be the perfect job too. We get in free on days off, but somehow that just doesn't make up for the shittiness. There's guests who are rude and bitchy and don't listen (hm, perhaps you're even one of them), and the long workday, and yes, the pay is shitty. Not to mention the favoritism on staff. There's your reasonS, excluding a few others. I'm going to try to make the best of the time I have left in a job I enjoy before starting the embittering worklife of an adult, which has obviously taken its toll on you.
Maybe you stop working for "the Man" and do something creative, you hardassed fart.
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HAHAHAHAHAHA, and you were probably planning on being part of the mainstream system. Bend over buddy, or stand up and find another job
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#4 - throwing a fucking lifesaver at 15 fat fuckers who are wallowing like whales on the beach in the kiddie pool doesn't count.
And, I don't work FOR the man... I AM the man. Grow up.
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Nice title, OP... now just what the fuck does a two-bit lifeguard know about "professionalism"?
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Do you work at The Land of Make Believe?
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It's a nine mile walk from the office to the pumps.
Sometimes you think you're gonna drop. In the end you're filthy dirty, horny, and pissed off and before you can leave you gotta sweep the fuckin' shop.
It's a real real bitch to be workin' for the man, but shit, I do it well, so what the fuck. I could probably wash dishes at some other fuckin' dump
but it's all the same to me, bustin' ass to make a buck.
And it's a piss poor life when the ladies fire you up
and then you check their oil and know you're fucked. 'Cause no one wants a loser who works for 5 an hour, smells like gas, looks like shit, works in the rain and is rude as hell.
Now I can fix a tire like Hurricane Melinda. I know that I'm the best for what it's worth. So if I choose to help you don't look like you expect it
'Cause it's a gift that God gave me at birth.
So read 'em up and stick 'em. Pump that fucker good. Some woman down on Main Street needs a jump. Get your fingers outta your ass and pump some faggot's gas and think about how bad New Hope sucks.
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I'm sorry, but many people will unfortunetly do this to you, but just be professional about it. For the majority of public service "slaves", this is just the same shit, but it's from a different pile.Talk to the GM, let him know what your concerns are, and be civil. I know that sometimes you just want to throttle them, but just make a list, and have a proper sit-down discussion with them. Make a list, hell, ask if you can get some nicer t-shirts like professional paddlers/rowers wear. Add some pro/con situations if you feel so inclined.
I hope that these will help you.
Posted 5 months ago | Report
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#1, thanks. I get really emotional but I've been trying to think of solutions to go along with the problems. I'm trying to not be one of those people who bitch and moan about stuff *without* doing something about it... Just wanted to get it all out in one sitting.Thanks for your suggestions, I'll use those.
-OP
Posted 5 months ago | Report
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I'm quoting you: "I am a lifeguard at a water park. I put up with the crap of visiting guests more than I save lives. "Just how many lives have you saved? Puh-lease!
You sound like a college or high school student with the perfect Summer job. And yet, you find some stupid reason to find misery. Perhaps its because you don't get paid enough? Then find a job that takes appreciable skills. Finish your schooling and get a "real job"> Then, when you work for "the Man", you'll have something worthwhile to bitch about, you snotnosed punk.
Posted 5 months ago | Report
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#3, I've saved 15 people. And some of course claimed they could swim.Just why would you call this the perfect job? I'm investigating two other possibities before handing in my notice. Believe me, I thought it would be the perfect job too. We get in free on days off, but somehow that just doesn't make up for the shittiness. There's guests who are rude and bitchy and don't listen (hm, perhaps you're even one of them), and the long workday, and yes, the pay is shitty. Not to mention the favoritism on staff. There's your reasonS, excluding a few others. I'm going to try to make the best of the time I have left in a job I enjoy before starting the embittering worklife of an adult, which has obviously taken its toll on you.
Maybe you stop working for "the Man" and do something creative, you hardassed fart.
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HAHAHAHAHAHA, and you were probably planning on being part of the mainstream system. Bend over buddy, or stand up and find another jobPosted 4 months ago | Report
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www.comuni-italiani-it.eldiari.orgPosted 4 months ago | Report
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www.sardegna-it.excel-home.netPosted 4 months ago | Report
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#4 - throwing a fucking lifesaver at 15 fat fuckers who are wallowing like whales on the beach in the kiddie pool doesn't count. And, I don't work FOR the man... I AM the man. Grow up.
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Nice title, OP... now just what the fuck does a two-bit lifeguard know about "professionalism"?Posted 4 months ago | Report
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Do you work at The Land of Make Believe?Posted 4 months ago | Report
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It's a nine mile walk from the office to the pumps. Sometimes you think you're gonna drop. In the end you're filthy dirty, horny, and pissed off and before you can leave you gotta sweep the fuckin' shop.
It's a real real bitch to be workin' for the man, but shit, I do it well, so what the fuck. I could probably wash dishes at some other fuckin' dump
but it's all the same to me, bustin' ass to make a buck.
And it's a piss poor life when the ladies fire you up
and then you check their oil and know you're fucked. 'Cause no one wants a loser who works for 5 an hour, smells like gas, looks like shit, works in the rain and is rude as hell.
Now I can fix a tire like Hurricane Melinda. I know that I'm the best for what it's worth. So if I choose to help you don't look like you expect it
'Cause it's a gift that God gave me at birth.
So read 'em up and stick 'em. Pump that fucker good. Some woman down on Main Street needs a jump. Get your fingers outta your ass and pump some faggot's gas and think about how bad New Hope sucks.
Posted 4 months ago | Report
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www.sjogrensarizona.comPosted 3 months ago | Report
