Why Lifeguarding Is The Best and Wort Job Ever
1. Pro: You get paid to tan, essentially.
Con: You have the worst tan lines of all time.
2. Pro: You get to rock sweet lifeguard swag.
Con: If you wear it outside of work everyone expects you to intervene in crises.
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3. Pro: You get to take a lot of unexpected breaks.
Con: It’s usually because someone shat in the pool.
4. Pro: You have the ability to save LIVES.
Con: You might have to actually save a life.
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5. Pro: Kids at the pool are a great source of entertainment.
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6. Pro: If it rains hard enough, you don’t have to work!
Con: If you don’t work, you don’t get paid.
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7. Pro: You get to stare at people wearing bathing suits all day long.
Con: That’s not always a good thing.
Con: Lifeguarding with a hangover.
9. Pro: On nice days you’re psyched to be outside.
Con: So is everyone else…
10. Pro: On crappy days you know you won’t be busy at work.
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11. Pro: Bossing people around is super awesome!
Con: Bossing your friends’ parents around is not super awesome.
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12. Pro: You get to go swimming on your breaks, which is what you’d be doing anyway.
Con: You smell like chlorine for an entire summer.
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13. Pro: All the concession stand snacks your stomach can handle, FREE*!
*(Or discount, depending on where you work or how good of friends you are with the snack stand workers).
Con: It’s arguably the worst time of the year to be carbo-loading.
14. Pro: If you save someone who is drowning everyone thinks you’re a hero.
Con: If you save someone who isn’t drowning everyone thinks you’re insane.
15. Pro: Hanging with your friends all summer! Seriously, this is the most fun job EVER!
16. Con: NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO WORK THIS JOB.
17. Pro: It really is the best way to spend your summer.
Con: The summer always goes too fast!