Philly Lifeguards This Summer, Don’t Have To Be Able To Swim To Apply
Saaaaayyyywhhhhhaaaat?
Dateline, Philadelphia.
You know, we love to throw Philly under the bus here on the No Sweat News… and some think it’s unwarranted. That we’re being mean. That Philly isn’t really that bad. And to them I say: go swimming.
Why? Because the city has just announced that they’re hiring lifeguards for the summer and that being able to swim isn’t a requirement to apply for the job.
Lifeguards that can’t swim.
The press release says that even if you can’t swim you can still get the job… you just have to promise to learn and go to city-paid swim classes.
I’m going to assume there’s a swim test before they give you a city issued whistle. And it’s very much true. There’s a stringent test that you have to pass. Like for example, you have to be able to swim to the deep end and pick up a ten-pound brick and swim back to the starting point 20 yards away. That sounds like something that someone who just learned how to swim may have a problem doing…