Work..

[Joe]

I'm working 41 hours this week. Score!

[d&q]

How much of it is actual work? 

[rabbit]

Well, every 30 seconds he says "Go", which is about .5 seconds.  So:
41 * 60 * 60 = 147600
146700 / 30 = 4920
4920 * .5 = 2460
2460 / 60 = 41

He will do 41 minutes of work.

[Joe]

Well, every 30 seconds he says "Go", which is about .5 seconds.  So:
41 * 60 * 60 = 147600
146700 / 30 = 4920
4920 * .5 = 2460
2460 / 60 = 41

He will do 41 minutes of work.

I'm not a PL anymore, but thanks for being a jackass.

How much of it is actual work? 

All but a thirty minute break each day, and maybe five minutes spent talking in rotation throughout the whole day.

PS:
The timeclock lied. Someone had to adjust it for overtime and set it so I was clocked in at some time AM one day instead of PM, pushing me 12 hours what I had actually worked. This was later fixed. I've worked about 30 hours this week.

[Joe]

Today on break, I got hungry. But I didn't have any money. I left the first aid area after eating a few donuts that were laying around (some lifeguards bring in stuff to eat and toss it on the counter sometimes) and sit there reading the advertisement marquee and see "Free chips and salsa at Survivors!". [Background: Survivors is a Mexican bar and grill within the hotel complex.]

Two minutes later, I'm at the bar in Survivors.

Joe: I hear you're giving out free chips and salsa?
Bartender: Only if you're eating in here..

At that point I can tell he knows I'm not going to eat in there. The fact I walked in wearing a damp suit, no shirt, and a pair of sandals was proof enough.

Joe: Eh.. well, could I get some for the lifeguard's downstairs?
Bartender: Haha... okay!

He goes and gets two (yes, two) containers of salsa (comparable to the containers that you get with your sweet and sour chinese chicken.. mm!) and large take out boxes of chips. I stack them all up and take them downstairs, walk into the lifeguard area and shout "CHIPS AND SALSA!" and Jenny (supervisor) laugh's her ass off, and then starts eating them. And she ate a lot for her size, too.. she's like 5', 100lbs, by my guess.

Those were some good chips, too.

[Joe]

I was the last one to leave after inservice today, which came after cleanup. Each of us were assigned job resposibilities (mine was to walk around making sure the floor was clean, and if it wasn't, leave an obvious sign for someone else). Anyhow, Melissa (supervisor) realized that she forgot to assign the job of putting the gates back into the hottub and basketball pool (both are indoor-outdoor pools which have gates in the wall to keep people out after hours).

Anyhow, she was like "Oh, can you put those back in?" and I was like.. eh, sure. So that meant I had to strip out of my windsuit, shirt, shoes, socks, and hop in the water, getting completely drenched (I was dry at that point). So she's like "Here, have a voucher for a free pizza". So now I get a free 16" pizza with two toppings. I love my job.

EDIT -
The hotel was at 18% capacity, and the amount of people in the waterpark is usually relative to that amount (obvious exceptions are holidays, when people are at friend's houses / out to eat). So, there were like five people in the waterpark.

[rabbit]

It IS almost December...

[trust]

What did your lifeguard test consist of? Here to be an indoor lifeguard it's a 500y continuous swim. Essentially, pie.

[Joe]

It IS almost December...

Yeah, too bad the holidays are at the OTHER end of the month.

What did your lifeguard test consist of? Here to be an indoor lifeguard it's a 500y continuous swim. Essentially, pie.

We had to swim a 500 just to qualify for the class, but of course they were forgiving for breathing breaks. After that it was how to hold your rescue tube, hold victims in certain types of rescues, head neck and back injuries, and a bunch of "What do you do if..." questions. And then we had a one-on-one CPR test, which I failed miserably, but still passed.

[rabbit]

How do you fail and pass at the same time?  The only thing that went wrong on my CPR test was my lip started bleeding...  I mean, CPR isn't that complicated.

[Explicit]

How do you fail and pass at the same time? The only thing that went wrong on my CPR test was my lip started bleeding... I mean, CPR isn't that complicated.

How did your lip start bleeding?

[rabbit]

My lips were chapped, and my bottom lip cracked open when I started the breaths.

[Explicit]

My lips were chapped, and my bottom lip cracked open when I started the breaths.

Eww, I wouldn't want CPR from you. 

[rabbit]

Fine.  Next time I give you concrete shoes and drop you in a river I won't give you CPR.  Bitch.

[Joe]

How do you fail and pass at the same time?

I should have failed but I passed.