As a former lifeguard, the person who is supposed to go in for the rescue is ALWAYS the first person who notices the danger. It doesn't matter whose zone the victim is in. If you see something, blow the whistle and jump in. This private company's policy is absolute nonsense, and I respect these guards for leaving.
I could imagine there being a work insurance issue if they leave their station but forbidding them from leaving it if necessary is a very stupid conclusion to that problem
@@gildahobbs8829it is for sure a case of hr and corporate overdoing their paperwork. They checked all the boxes and then some not realising that they do nothing outside of a theoretical concept. Because for a business in theory it makes all the sense to have lines drawn to not cross, however, anyone with half a brain would realise if they hired someone appropriate for being a LIFEguard, they would go outside the zone to save someone. But, pencil pushers spent to much time inside worried about money and not once saw the real world action of their rules and laws.
@@CelabWilliams-gb6rm Not to mention, even if there are serious laws preventing someone from leaving their zone they fail to realize the implications of what would happen if someone died and the lifeguard company did NOTHING.
@@parteuy3434 We do, it's mentioned in the video itself. >JEM owner Jeff Ellis, who also founded Jeff Ellis & Associates, based in Ocoee, Fla., apologized to Lopez, both in a phone call and publically _[sic],_ in a statement posted on the company’s Website. He is currently overseeing an investigation of the incident and a review of policies. The company has offered to rehire Lopez and two other guards who were fired for standing by him, but so far Lopez has declined the offer. He has accepted the key to the city of Hallandale Beach. >Six guards quit over the episode, and the story was picked up in both national and international media, including CNN, the Huffington Post and Fox and Friends. There’s also been much discussion via social media, including AI Connect and the AI Linkedin Group.
Lol when my friend and I quit our jobs at a car dealership, about 6 other people quit later that week as well. Everyone was just waiting for someone to make the first move away from that place
Because the wrong scalpel was used to cut the patient's "..." as the surgeon thought it would better for this situation even tho the Surgery was a success, we can't allow that in out clinic.
I was a lifeguard for 4 years. Every time I had to save a life was in an area that wasn't mine. But a life is a life, and I don't care about imaginary lines o the sand.
Wow, I thought this was somehow recent news until spotting your comment, I did not expect 11 years. I hope he and the quitting lifeguards are doing well as well! What a disturbing reason to fire a lifeguard, he's a hero.
@@bradgarrett7159 Yeah somehow I didn't notice that when clicking lol. All the news videos I was watching in a row prior to this one were like 3 months old at most, so my mind got thrown for a sec seeing a comment saying "11 years".
Actually Fire Departments in some areas used to be on a fee basis or privately contracted, homes would have the department logo on there home, eventually cities decided that was a bad idea , go figure
@@ilas5629 True, because really the part where the person was drowning was outside the area. But I think for some people it could be traumatizing to watch a person screaming for help and then just nobody coming to rescue.
@@rebeccahicks2392 dont know that .but my father is expert swimmer he told me once no matter how strong the current am caught in.. i can always come on surface .. Maybe one can go underwater and when the strong current stop they can come up?
This happens way too commonly now. I myself got fired for putting out an apartment fire and pulling a man out of the fire who had passed out from the smoke. My boss fired me the next day because " You're not a fireman" So apparently I'm supposed to just let people die....
God bless the helpers in the world ❤ How dare these people in power discourage human beings from helping a fellow neighbour! May they be held accountable!!!
Were is the mayor of the city to give that young man his key to the city. Why didn't any politician come in and say anything good about this young man.
A life guard living to his name. I don't know where these guys are today but if they need help it's our duty as a society to provide for them, we need such people
This is unfortunately not really the fault of the company, but rather the fault of the system for allowing people to be sued for being good samaritans.
Inexplicable. I once helped a grandmother and little grandchild being unable to return to shore. Rather strong currents where they had decided to swim and I knew that help was needed. I had a diving floater with me, and we returned safely to land 2 miles away. No fighting currents I told this lady, and little one was happy just to hold on to my floater. If Tommy put his life on the line to save someone he should be rewarded, nevermind being fired.
@Max Gill that's what i was thinking... they "made a pact to save lives instead of their jobs" by discouraging people from working there and all resigning. Big brain move.
@Max Gill Its a protest. If they all resigned in protest there might be a change in rules however small a chance. If they stayed on like nothing happened that slim chance of a change of rules becomes almost non existent. As long as people support bad rules because of apathy bad rules will continue to exist unless people show their dissent.
11 years later & I wonder if this guy ever got a lawyer for wrongful termination. Not to mention, all those lifeguards who quit or got fired I hope they are all still friends.
So amazingly ridiculous! Why do people make rules that don’t even make sense? So very glad that they all stuck together to prove a point and a cause. The person who was saved and his family are even happier!
Joe Lane he was using a past tense because the pact was made before the incident happened so they collectively decided before it happens "if" it does, then we walk out. That's why the word if is used
!00% Agree. No way I could just watch someone die knowing I could help them. Fire me, I'll love my job but save my humanity. What a disgrace of a company too BTW.
Nah, it won't work. Besides the phrase "if everybody banded together".... Is always synonymous with socialism so...... For this kinds of causes yeah i think everybody would almost sign up but for other purposes for example socialism..... Doubt it
"when a law is unjust it is every citizen's duty to defy it". Borders are just lines in the sand. Bravo and thank you to this young man for doing what is right and what REALLY matters, LIFE! I'm not worried about him finding another BETTER job.
Imagine the guilt that would have been eating at him for the rest of his life if he had allowed someone to drown just because of company rules. In the long run, he definitely made the right decision. Good man!
@Thunder'sDud Imagine if it had been you in the water, not being allowed to have been rescued-that would have been one excruciating death for you. But that's okay, eh? Right, got it.
So that's why the stuff on aisle 5 at Walmart was on Clarence it had after birth on it it wasn't peppermint candy cane Christmas gunk well congratulations a penny saved is a penny earned 👏
The absurdity of this situation! Can you imagine if he 'worked to rule' and just watched the man die? Kudos to the life guard for doing the right thing.
Toby The Phantom There's a line between following the rules and just plain fucking stupid If someone's life is at stake, just break the rules and save him.
Those are some good young men. Standing up for their friend/coworker and the fact it is the right thing to do. You dont just leave someone to drown because of a rule. How stupid! Nice to see them growing up with strong principals.
Just fyi I was on the beach and that kid had nothing to do with saving the mans life, he was already pulled out of water by the time he arrived. And he stayed in the wrong section even after the right lifeguard arrived(like 30 seconds after him) what if someone was drowning in the station he left....
@@ryantheallknowing3863 If someone was drowning in the station he left, then bystanders will ask other stations just like how this first one started...
There's a lot of stupidity like this going on, because Florida's legal system is supportive of the most ridiculous abuses of employees. I'm surprised the news reported it.
Nowadays, many confused people around. They rather be RIGHT & let people die. Make no sense. I salute this lifeguard. He rather be fired !!! I am so proud of his common sense. Brave and bravo. God will bless you for your kind heart.
He did his job he got fired but if he didn’t do his job and let the man drown he would’ve probably get fired as well so this so I’m confused on this rule
I really love that his co-workers stood up for this lifeguard. I know the company is now apologizing to him, but I don't think it's because they're sorry. It's because they are embarrassed by the negative publicity.
Yeah huge respect but the also just jeopardized the company it's called Liability Insurance liability anything that they do the company is responsible for
@@dramafreak7122 by that logic, the company will consider liability more important than human lives. You have any idea how disgusting and immoral that is?
Mummified - exactly and if that happened the boss would flip flopped and said something like - I would never fire someone for saving a mans life regardless of the rules
The lifeguard saved the drowning man out of good nature. The company fired him coz they don't want to get sued. However, a reasonable person would bite what he could chew. There's a small zone assigned because whoever made the policy knew that lifeguards aren't superman. What if you save the guy outside of the zone, but when you return, someone inside the zone is drowning? You would've saved the guy who swam at his own risk, and be unfair to the guy who would not have swam if not for the nearby lifeguard. If you were the guy who drowned in the safe zone, would you find the lifeguard's action to be acceptable? Answer on your own, it's just a rhetoric.
@@biggiganticbones also, if a person died in a safe zone when lifeguard rescuing others one , family of died person will sue the company of millions and most likely court say pay them as your duty is to protect within safe zone not outside... So if i am the decision maker i would fire him as well i cant risk my company for anyone life
@@biggiganticbones Life is not perfect you can't always save everyone. Ignoring someone dying just on the off chance that another person might start drowning in your zone during the time you are saving that person, is literal insanity. You don't ignore something that is really happening for a mere possibility of what could happen.
@@ComputerJunkie00 Good that Tommy rejected, honestly a company that had a policy like that in the first probably only changed it because of the horrible publicity it got.
So let me get this straight....The lifeguards can only save someone drowning if its in their designated area of the beach? And he was fired for it? Thats got to be one of stupidest things Ive ever heard
I applaud those men, they are upstanding. What kind of world do we live in where it's more important to follow the rules than it is to save a human life.
@@jsmith-u5i nobody was in danger in his area while he went out for the other man. The worst punishment he should’ve gotten was a warning. “Someone could’ve gotten in danger while he was out”. Nobody did though, he should be told not to do that again because there’s is a risk that could happen, and that’s it.
Im so glad his homies backed him up by quitting.
I can't stop looking at your username because it's beyond awesome!!!
your username..i can't stop loooking... *MOMENT OF REALIZATION* _AH NANI?! IS THIS THE POWER OF AN ENEMY STANDO?!_
Yes those are true friends and heroes.
Is that a jojo refrence?
Your user name is just *W O W*
"They made a pact to save lives not their jobs"
Damn that's beautiful
"Because that's what heroes do"
They probably got the job because they like saving people's jobs, not saving the company's money from being sued.
The Fellowship of the Beach
@Silicon Nomad and then this guy becomes the CEO of the Lifeguard thing
The Return of the Lifeguard
You have 999 likes, let me make it to a 1000
As a former lifeguard, the person who is supposed to go in for the rescue is ALWAYS the first person who notices the danger. It doesn't matter whose zone the victim is in. If you see something, blow the whistle and jump in.
This private company's policy is absolute nonsense, and I respect these guards for leaving.
I could imagine there being a work insurance issue if they leave their station but forbidding them from leaving it if necessary is a very stupid conclusion to that problem
@@gildahobbs8829it is for sure a case of hr and corporate overdoing their paperwork. They checked all the boxes and then some not realising that they do nothing outside of a theoretical concept. Because for a business in theory it makes all the sense to have lines drawn to not cross, however, anyone with half a brain would realise if they hired someone appropriate for being a LIFEguard, they would go outside the zone to save someone. But, pencil pushers spent to much time inside worried about money and not once saw the real world action of their rules and laws.
Too bad we don't know the name of this 'private company'
@@CelabWilliams-gb6rm Not to mention, even if there are serious laws preventing someone from leaving their zone they fail to realize the implications of what would happen if someone died and the lifeguard company did NOTHING.
@@parteuy3434 We do, it's mentioned in the video itself.
>JEM owner Jeff Ellis, who also founded Jeff Ellis & Associates, based in Ocoee, Fla., apologized to Lopez, both in a phone call and publically _[sic],_ in a statement posted on the company’s Website. He is currently overseeing an investigation of the incident and a review of policies. The company has offered to rehire Lopez and two other guards who were fired for standing by him, but so far Lopez has declined the offer. He has accepted the key to the city of Hallandale Beach.
>Six guards quit over the episode, and the story was picked up in both national and international media, including CNN, the Huffington Post and Fox and Friends. There’s also been much discussion via social media, including AI Connect and the AI Linkedin Group.
Took me 11 years to see this but massive respect for this guy.
Lol I Just hit enter on my comment and saw yours. Took me that long too. I hadn't noticed that part, 😂
Indeed
All the homies backing him up. Respect
Kai Gaming real g
True
Lol when my friend and I quit our jobs at a car dealership, about 6 other people quit later that week as well. Everyone was just waiting for someone to make the first move away from that place
Cody Johnson good for y’all
Cody Johnson
Awesome dude, but why did y’all leave? Was the Manager crappy or what?
2025: Surgeon fired after he operated his patient succesfully.
the patient was suicidal and wanted to die, sues the doctor for saving his life.
Because the wrong scalpel was used to cut the patient's "..." as the surgeon thought it would better for this situation even tho the Surgery was a success, we can't allow that in out clinic.
we are going to come back to this in 5 years time
2025 is not gonna come
Rajiv jaigopal wadhwa that’s sounds exactly like the beginning of the Incredibles
I was a lifeguard for 4 years. Every time I had to save a life was in an area that wasn't mine. But a life is a life, and I don't care about imaginary lines o the sand.
I hope Tommy is doing well 11 years later. He deserves it.
Wow, I thought this was somehow recent news until spotting your comment, I did not expect 11 years. I hope he and the quitting lifeguards are doing well as well! What a disturbing reason to fire a lifeguard, he's a hero.
@@PseudoMoose-vy4wn The line under the video that says "11 years ago" didn't give you a hint? lol.
@@bradgarrett7159 Yeah somehow I didn't notice that when clicking lol. All the news videos I was watching in a row prior to this one were like 3 months old at most, so my mind got thrown for a sec seeing a comment saying "11 years".
That’s like telling firefighters they can’t go near a burning house because of liability reasons
Actually Fire Departments in some areas used to be on a fee basis or privately contracted, homes would have the department logo on there home, eventually cities decided that was a bad idea , go figure
Republican America ...
That’s exactly what happens..
iamchillydogg bruh
@@louieDsypo wasn't our last President Democrat though? That fire story was during 2010 when a Democratic president was in office.
“It’s very simple, just drown inside this designated area”
No, no he's got a point
Yep he has a point
Reminds me of the NHS.
@@maikeschafers9569 ....right....
I think hes onto something
Whoever runs the company should go to prison.
"LIABILITY issues" ... coward company with no morals. Glad those guys stood up for themselves and for ethics.
Probably a good sign its time to work for someone else.
@@logan0223 wrong
@@logan0223 n o p e
@@logan0223 You think so?
@Suraj Jha She/he just said that this Comment is going to be famous, She/he deleted it. Lel
Hey verified person
His coworkers resigned too to support him. All of them are heroes.
That shouldn't really make them heroes, I'd say in my opinion its what anybody else should do.
@@eyi768 Yes, it is common sense but not everybody would do it.
@@ilas5629 True, because really the part where the person was drowning was outside the area. But I think for some people it could be traumatizing to watch a person screaming for help and then just nobody coming to rescue.
@@Jake420probably cause there wasnt any fucking lifeguards over there..?
@@Jake420 bro.. this is the most unknowledgeable conversation I have ever had, good day.
I was wept into a tide but a lifeguard saved me. I am grateful for these lifeguards saving lives over their jobs.
Did u learn to swim
@@ilupillu4915 Good swimmers can still get carried away by a current or riptide.
@@rebeccahicks2392 dont know that .but my father is expert swimmer he told me once no matter how strong the current am caught in.. i can always come on surface ..
Maybe one can go underwater and when the strong current stop they can come up?
This happens way too commonly now.
I myself got fired for putting out an apartment fire and pulling a man out of the fire who had passed out from the smoke.
My boss fired me the next day because " You're not a fireman" So apparently I'm supposed to just let people die....
You did the right thing God bless. Wishing you the best for the future ❤
This should be considered wrongful termination (not sure if it would be legally speaking, but it should be)
God bless the helpers in the world ❤ How dare these people in power discourage human beings from helping a fellow neighbour! May they be held accountable!!!
bring your boss down with you and get a payout
Your former boss is evil
"If you could just drown in the designated zone, that'd be great"
🤭
Lmao
'wow, thats such good advice! I should try to drown there instead of here. Definitely something I can control. Thanks!'
Its like thats what they wanted him to do
Praise the son
*Their boss thought they should be like this*
"Man drowning nearby"
Lifeguard tower: Out of range.
Like in shooter games he will respawn
@THEAMAZINGSPIDER 69 you are an amazing spider!
@@SamsungS23Ultr 😂
@@wrendrawsstuff6403 egg
@@SamsungS23Ultr I can’t believe you just said that to me :0000
*egg*
Wow what men of Integrity! You all are very admirable... 🙂
Good to see that we have young men with principles. Good on ya fellas!
This is crazy. He should be rewarded, not fired. He saved a life for crying out loud
Were is the mayor of the city to give that young man his key to the city. Why didn't any politician come in and say anything good about this young man.
wow found this vid on recomend after 7 year
Yeah lol it’s literally his job
It doesn't matter in the eyes of corporate.
Thomas Correa If corporate doesn’t care about him, then politicians certainly won’t
“They chose to save lives instead of their jobs” respect 🙌
Alex N who tf liked this? It would’ve been perfect at 420. I’m going to like it now cause 422 is 420 too... 🥴
Wtf are u talking about bro
My god 7 year olds on a comment section
They took a job to watch people die. They knew it and took the money.
@Venomous Dragon are you in my country illegally?
A life guard living to his name.
I don't know where these guys are today but if they need help it's our duty as a society to provide for them, we need such people
"teacher gets fired for teaching students"
THATS WHERE I CAME FROM TO 😭😭😭😭😭
That has happened. A teacher was fired for teaching students how to think.
I was thinking what if the drowning man was their boss.
save his life anyway then throw his arse back in the ocean :P
Obey his stupid made up policy.
You must abide by the rules
Save him, then get fired
He wanted to.. end... himse... well thats dark
Life guard: lets someone die
Boss: *here you go a raise!*
Ikr! That is a stupid boss
well it is the drowner's fault for not reading the sign tbh
so wtf is the point of having a lifeguard then?
yep that sounds like what would happen
More like a Deathguard if you ask me
This is unfortunately not really the fault of the company, but rather the fault of the system for allowing people to be sued for being good samaritans.
Generally, most states have good Samaritan laws.
this is why people hate lawyers and laws
Lifegaurd's bosses son is drowning
Lifeguard: sorry out of my jurisdiction
@@fulcocrimson big brain time
Boss: YOU’RE FIRED! WHAT KIND OF LIFEGUARD ARE YOU?! Lifeguard: A Lifeguard who follows their policy 😏
666likes
@@Born2Losenot2win right, now I can't like it
Pro gamer move
“Student gets expelled for getting an A”
He stayed in the library too long😂
thats pretty much what this is
"Student expelled for helping other student study and get an A"
@@bradyking9778 that student who got an A was a delinquent
@@bradyking9778 nah it is "Student expelled for topping all exams but used a different method"
What even is the point of a lifeguard if they aren't allowed to actually save swimmers?
Inexplicable. I once helped a grandmother and little grandchild being unable to return to shore. Rather strong currents where they had decided to swim and I knew that help was needed. I had a diving floater with me, and we returned safely to land 2 miles away. No fighting currents I told this lady, and little one was happy just to hold on to my floater. If Tommy put his life on the line to save someone he should be rewarded, nevermind being fired.
i bet u if he didn’t do anything he still would’ve got fired
Yeah
DomSoWavy exactly
Strait facts
Damned if you do, damned if you don't..smh😒
Tami Bob-Manuel he probably would’ve been charged with negligence by the family of the drowned guy even though he didn’t break the rules
It's heartwarming to hear that all the other lifeguards resigned in protest
Tru
yea they boycotted and no other life guard gonna want to get hired there lol
@Max Gill that's what i was thinking... they "made a pact to save lives instead of their jobs" by discouraging people from working there and all resigning. Big brain move.
@Max Gill Its a protest. If they all resigned in protest there might be a change in rules however small a chance. If they stayed on like nothing happened that slim chance of a change of rules becomes almost non existent. As long as people support bad rules because of apathy bad rules will continue to exist unless people show their dissent.
Yell yeah it is. So many people are cowards to stand up to evil employers, especially in Western countries outside of the US.
11 years later & I wonder if this guy ever got a lawyer for wrongful termination. Not to mention, all those lifeguards who quit or got fired I hope they are all still friends.
So amazingly ridiculous! Why do people make rules that don’t even make sense? So very glad that they all stuck together to prove a point and a cause. The person who was saved and his family are even happier!
💰
The fact that they made a pact to all quit if this scenario happened is sooo respectable
What's the point of a lifeguard who can't leave their station? That's so stupid. Leaving someone to choose between watching death and losing their job
@@fawadchaudhry6654 exactly
idk who was the guy who fired him
What do you mean by “if?”
@L This guy gets it. Tho he shouldn't be fired imo, just warned of the consequences or smth, there has to be a middle ground
Joe Lane he was using a past tense because the pact was made before the incident happened so they collectively decided before it happens "if" it does, then we walk out. That's why the word if is used
Imagine if the boss was drowning, and the lifeguard was just like “yeah sorry, can’t leave my station or I’ll get fired”
Well well well how the turntables
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The ultimate r/prorevenge
The company should be investigated.
What a bizarre liability rule! How can you have a lifeguard tower and then not perform your duties because of an arbitrary rule??? Makes no sense 😑😑😑
Teacher gets arrested for teaching students
Happy student Noises"
@WarLead2792 we used to get in trouble for finishing our school work too early, apparently it was unfair on the people still working on it.
Taxi driver gets arrested for taking customer to destination
Teaching outside school
*STUDY AT YOUR OWN RISK!*
"They chose to save Lives , over their jobs "
THEY ARE THE TRUE HEROES
No they are clearly criminals
@@neupapier2241 why?
@@Kyinnoo he joking
@@stillepicddt684 oh
Please just change your name bruv thanks
They're called lifeguards for a reason. That company is fucked up.
So wholesome, I hope they're all doing well 11 years later.
Doctor gets fired for saving a mans life outside the hospital
Nice example but the doctor might was off duty unlike the lifeguard
Pls don't r/woosh me
The man in the mask r/woosh
DollarDiego HD
Damn that’s good
wE HAve liAbiLitY ISsuEs
Doctors can't help when off duties.
Lifeguard: *today i watch someone drowning and I couldn’t save him*
Boss : *good job*
Hahaha
And gets a promotion
Gets a medal of honor
My favorite comment in here
I think that Will be fitting for Graystillplays or Floridaman intro line XD
“Whomsoever you see in distress, recognize in them a fellow human being.”
I know this is an old story but it still tickles me....I hope this young man has fabulous life.
I'd rather be fired than getting up every morning thinking I just let a man die when i can do something to save him. Conscience will eat you alive.
Agreed
!00% Agree. No way I could just watch someone die knowing I could help them. Fire me, I'll love my job but save my humanity. What a disgrace of a company too BTW.
That requires having a conscience to begin with. The people who run that company obviously don't suffer from any such "limitations."
the right thing to do was stay at the life guard post and ignore the drowning man
@@markvanhook1923 the right thing to do is to gun down the boss of the company
I'm impressed that the other lifeguards resigned in solidarity. Think how the world would change if everybody banded together to do the right thing.
Prima61 no that would be collectivism
Nah, it won't work. Besides the phrase "if everybody banded together".... Is always synonymous with socialism so......
For this kinds of causes yeah i think everybody would almost sign up but for other purposes for example socialism..... Doubt it
@@itsmeracoon7907 & Zero
Can you think of a better course of action, and/or a better outcome in this scenario?
Well other parts of the world have strong workers unions.
@@prima6170 that's why i said "in this kind of causes" but never socialism
How could anyone lose their job for being a hero
"when a law is unjust it is every citizen's duty to defy it". Borders are just lines in the sand.
Bravo and thank you to this young man for doing what is right and what REALLY matters, LIFE!
I'm not worried about him finding another BETTER job.
Imagine the guilt that would have been eating at him for the rest of his life if he had allowed someone to drown just because of company rules. In the long run, he definitely made the right decision. Good man!
Really? You think in the long run he made the right decision, not letting someone die? Thank you, Brigadier General Obvious.
@Thunder'sDud Imagine if it had been you in the water, not being allowed to have been rescued-that would have been one excruciating death for you. But that's okay, eh? Right, got it.
This should be the top comment.
@@ThunderPants13 ???
@@duffbaker9554 nah, weirdo was just being dumbass... err, I mean smart-ass
*”Pregnant woman arrested for giving birth”*
Taco Bell employee gets fired for putting cheese in a burrito
Soldier fired for killing an enemy
So that's why the stuff on aisle 5 at Walmart was on Clarence it had after birth on it it wasn't peppermint candy cane Christmas gunk well congratulations a penny saved is a penny earned 👏
In an undesignated area! LOL
@@mr.doodytp3793 yes
wow. you know that your priorities are all wrong when you're more concerned with a potential lawsuit than a human life.
The absurdity of this situation!
Can you imagine if he 'worked to rule' and just watched the man die?
Kudos to the life guard for doing the right thing.
Good guy is a lifeguard. LIFE... GUARD... not a "deathwatcher".
"Deathwatcher" so accurately describing what the company wants, but such a badass name
the most metal thing of 2020
Actually build good.
I only liked for how awesome deathwatcher sounds
"Deathwatcher" sounds like something out of game of thrones.
Why even have life guards at that beach then???!!!
I Stole your Cookie while you read my username True! The man being a good samaritan and doing his job still got him fired!
Tokahontas Yeah, sounds good to me
Toby The Phantom play suppose that some stupid rule is more important than someone’s life
Toby The Phantom Rules aren’t everything. You sound like the type of bitch that should run for dictator in China/Russia.
Toby The Phantom There's a line between following the rules and just plain fucking stupid
If someone's life is at stake, just break the rules and save him.
I think leaving your station and going out of your zone to save a dying man is kinda an emergency that sorta is an exception to that rule.
More power to you lifeguards! Thank you!!!! Thank you!!!!
Lifeguard: I just saved a life.
His boss: No, you ruined his death.
Underated comment this deserves likes
Just me
Becuz it’s too late
@@Justme-gw2xt Man, I just wanna read something cool. Not another generic reply 😞
@@FestiveRocket so
He should’ve ask for consent before saving him🤦🏼♂️
lifeguard: *saves a man's life"
boss: *we don't do that here*
That is not we do here trying to fucking safe a life isn't important
🤣
But boss the rip took him outta bounds🤷 your fired 🤬
...when your boss is so stupid that he cannot figure out the title of the job it is best to move on
What he was supposed to do was take out a camera and record the drowning person
We are at the end of days because money means more than a human life , a depressing world for sure and these guys are hero’s 👍👏👏👏👏👏👏
Those are some good young men. Standing up for their friend/coworker and the fact it is the right thing to do. You dont just leave someone to drown because of a rule. How stupid! Nice to see them growing up with strong principals.
Lifeguard: *does his job and saves a drowning man*
Boss: "we don't do that here"
Seriously just buy signs saying better not drown!!
You literally just ripped this post from the person right above you...
@@gameshroomboy7896 lmao
^“And we don’t save people we let them dye”
The fxck then what does lifeguard do they chill?!?!
The boss said: no u haven't unlocked that part of the map yet
Best fucking comment 🤣
This is gonna blow up
the upgrade will cost 500000 coins
LOL
HAHAHAHAHA
lifeguard company: your a lifeguard not a lifesaver.
lifeguard: *I wasn't saving a life, I was simply guarding a life from death.*
How wicked is this? Good for you guys for standing together!!!
If he didn’t do anything then there would be a headline “Lifeguard refuses to save drowning swimmer, results in death”
That’d probably result in him getting fired too
Damned if you do, damned if you don't! What a culture!
Just fyi I was on the beach and that kid had nothing to do with saving the mans life, he was already pulled out of water by the time he arrived. And he stayed in the wrong section even after the right lifeguard arrived(like 30 seconds after him) what if someone was drowning in the station he left....
@@ryantheallknowing3863 If someone was drowning in the station he left, then bystanders will ask other stations just like how this first one started...
@@nomealow what the hell happens at the last station?
The fact that you can get FIRED for saving someone’s life is outrageous. I didn’t even know stupid rules like this even existed until now.
There's a lot of stupidity like this going on, because Florida's legal system is supportive of the most ridiculous abuses of employees. I'm surprised the news reported it.
@@George-pf8zb probably because the guy he saved had a friend or family on the media.
It’s all because of liability, aka money.
Cops get fired all the time for saving lives but no one talks about it.
You can legally get sued for attempting cpr on someone unless you have a cpr card
We need more Lifeguards like these Outstanding Young Men 🤍
Nowadays, many confused people around. They rather be RIGHT & let people die. Make no sense. I salute this lifeguard. He rather be fired !!! I am so proud of his common sense. Brave and bravo. God will bless you for your kind heart.
Lifeguard: kills someone
Boss: nice job you're promoted
Lol
Lifeguard: feels so wrong but so good
ALABAMA 100
*you’re
@@williamfish shut up and enjoy the joke
Alternative title: “lifeguard gets fired for doing his job”.
@Manuel Baut104 yeah oh
@Manuel Baut104 ??
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Technically, now technically, he broke a rule in his stupid job, not saying it’s a good thing
He did his job he got fired but if he didn’t do his job and let the man drown he would’ve probably get fired as well so this so I’m confused on this rule
"If I knew being a lifeguard meant guarding their lives I never would've done this" - Spongebob
I'm sorry....I thought they hired a LIFEguard, not a PERIMETER Guard...
I bet if he didn't save the guy and just watched from his part of the beach, they would have fired and sued him anyway.
Exactly, this was never ending well. He made the good call.
Right
Exactly exactly
Worse, he would have to live with that fact.
@@alexiswilliamsinc ima have to agree with this. Knowing someone died and you could have prevented it but didnt will you eat up alive.
I really love that his co-workers stood up for this lifeguard. I know the company is now apologizing to him, but I don't think it's because they're sorry. It's because they are embarrassed by the negative publicity.
Eileen P lol I agree with you a hundred percent.
I agree.
Absolutely
It's DEFINITELY because of the bad PR. Do you think for a second they would send him an apology after firing him if it DIDN'T make the news?
Fuck no.
SavedMountain 961 sarcasm at its best 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂
Liability issues comes first. Amazing how far have humanity has come.
You did the honorable thing guys, well done. I hope this company has trouble recruiting new lifeguards.
HUGE RESPECT to all those guys for having each others back like that, it's beyond rare.
Seemed like a solid bunch of lads
only in america where lawsuits are more important than lives
@@joeking4954 Yes, I wish People would wake up and fight this nonsense.
Yeah huge respect but the also just jeopardized the company it's called Liability Insurance liability anything that they do the company is responsible for
@@dramafreak7122 by that logic, the company will consider liability more important than human lives. You have any idea how disgusting and immoral that is?
How stupid would it be if someone asked him "why did u let em die?" And he would just go "oh just rules, u know didn't wanna get fired"
Mummified - exactly and if that happened the boss would flip flopped and said something like - I would never fire someone for saving a mans life regardless of the rules
Lmao like seriously
@@sadams1397 get real life logic to apply
Same reporting crew came out saying it was an outrage, just at the wrong guy...
or "we have liability issues". Thats so fucked up no amount of money should be worth more than someones life
"sorry, dude, i can only save you from drowning if you're drowning in my watch tower"
This is the type of rule that you expect in fictional Tv shows. Not ACTUAL life!
Why is that even a fucking rule?!
I love these guys.
In a world where money and liability is worth more than a human life, I am not surprised by this. These guys should be given medals.
same thing with stuff like bike lanes, bus lanes, mutifamily homes, and many more. usually these are from ignorance aswell
The lifeguard saved the drowning man out of good nature. The company fired him coz they don't want to get sued. However, a reasonable person would bite what he could chew.
There's a small zone assigned because whoever made the policy knew that lifeguards aren't superman.
What if you save the guy outside of the zone, but when you return, someone inside the zone is drowning? You would've saved the guy who swam at his own risk, and be unfair to the guy who would not have swam if not for the nearby lifeguard.
If you were the guy who drowned in the safe zone, would you find the lifeguard's action to be acceptable? Answer on your own, it's just a rhetoric.
@@biggiganticbones also, if a person died in a safe zone when lifeguard rescuing others one , family of died person will sue the company of millions and most likely court say pay them as your duty is to protect within safe zone not outside... So if i am the decision maker i would fire him as well i cant risk my company for anyone life
@@biggiganticbones Life is not perfect you can't always save everyone. Ignoring someone dying just on the off chance that another person might start drowning in your zone during the time you are saving that person, is literal insanity. You don't ignore something that is really happening for a mere possibility of what could happen.
@@eggzile1 you sir, have a spine 🥂
What’s the point in having a lifeguard station that lifeguards aren’t allowed to leave??? Is that not the point of lifeguards???
If you have private security guards at your house, and your neighboors house gets robbed, they arent supposed to go over to save the neighboors house.
Federico Alvarez
I bloody well hope they would go next door and save my neighbours. It’s the right thing to do.
Coco Caramel Ikr
Federico Alvarez
Lol so they’re just gonna watch the neighbors get robbed and the thieves get away??!!!??😂😂
@@PlayCenterShop it's called "doing the right thing"
Anyone that chooses a rule over saving a life shouldn’t be doing that job in the first place.
I was waiting for... "After all the lifeguards quit, 36 people died that week from drowning."
That’s the broest thing a bro could ever do homeboy
Jiimy but the boss did the stupidest most stupidest thing a stupid boss could do
Bro u accidentally typed homeboy instead of bro
Chris ah yes I did thanks homeboy
Bro
Uchiha Edits bro
This was almost a decade ago. I hope these noble life guards are doing well for themselves now.
He drowned
He and the others who were fired were offered their jobs back. I believe Tommy refused the offer and decided to move on. Dunno about the rest.
@@ComputerJunkie00 Good that Tommy rejected, honestly a company that had a policy like that in the first probably only changed it because of the horrible publicity it got.
Why did he got fired? He is a *LIFEguard* and not a *watcher*
@@attache675 The problem is not the company but the laws in the US, companies are paranoid of legal consequences and this is the result.
So let me get this straight....The lifeguards can only save someone drowning if its in their designated area of the beach? And he was fired for it? Thats got to be one of stupidest things Ive ever heard
(Lifeguard fired for saving a life) Allosaurus: I have never seen such bullbleep before. And I’ve seen a lot of bullbleep.
Lifeguard: "hey" "you there"
Guy: "help" "i'm drowning"
Lifeguard: "Drown closer"
Take my like and leave, thanks for the laugh btw
Take my like too and leave, thanks for the laugh btw
Underrated
Take my 619th Like, and thanks for the laugh btw
This randomly got recommended to me
I applaud those men, they are upstanding. What kind of world do we live in where it's more important to follow the rules than it is to save a human life.
Person: *is drowning*
Boss: "So you have chosen death."
SimplyTheGreatest good use of that meme
Quite literally.
Lol lifeguard is like no you did. I saved a man's life.
L I T E R A L L Y
What is with people today. Can't we take this more seriously? Drowning is no joke.
Company: *“Did you just do your job?”*
Also Company: *“Unacceptable, you're fired.”*
He making the rest of them looks bad
if my job wasn't about saving lives i would gladly work for that company lol
@@jsmith-u5i nobody was in danger in his area while he went out for the other man. The worst punishment he should’ve gotten was a warning. “Someone could’ve gotten in danger while he was out”. Nobody did though, he should be told not to do that again because there’s is a risk that could happen, and that’s it.
"You're a lifeguard, but don't save people's lives when they are drowning."
if the lifeguards cant leave their station to save someone, what the hell is the point of a lifeguard?
life guard: guards life
company: *wait that's illegal*
YES IM THE 69TH LIKE NOBODY LIKE
Sorry kid, it's been done.
😭😭
ITzMoFlow
Wow, that didn’t last long!
The gov said it’s illegal, not the company. But the company is a bitch for not taking this to court to get the law changrs
"Lifeguard fired for saving someone"
"Chef fired for cooking food"
"Plants fired for creating oxygen"
lmao this is so true
@@Kathy-ih9ep We already do that lol
@@NotKiiro ah yes lmao thats y i said it innit
Earth fired for making humans live