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A drinking problem: an eye-opening survey suggests lifeguards may be coming to work hung over, and even intoxicated, more than anyone realizes.
Years ago, I was sitting in the lifeguard stand only to get a message that the guard coming in to relieve me was not going to make it because he was sick. When I relayed the message to the aquatics director, he didn't buy it. Upon calling his home, the guard's mother said, "Oh, he went to Greensboro last night and hasn't come home yet." The news didn't shock the director; he just sat back and informed the mother that her son was due to work in less than 30 minutes.
The guard did make it to the facility and did look a little hung over. As punishment, the director had him clean the stainless steel. There were at least three occasions where this guard had to run to ...
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