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Hey everyone,
So, my daughter, who is 16, works as a life guard at a residential pool. Recently, she got a serious written warning with some pretty wild allegations – like a toddler being hospitalized after ingesting mushrooms. 🍄😳
But here’s the thing – the pool is small with very little traffic, and everyone left that day without any issues. Her supervisor is being vague and she’s off the schedule with no explanation. 😟
I’m kind of worried. Should I be? Any advice on what I can do in this situation? Is it okay for me to contact the supervisor, even though my daughter is a minor?
Some extra details for context:
– A non-resident with weed visited briefly, but no kids were there
– Glass alcohol containers allegation was false
This whole situation feels sketchy, and I’m thinking about looking for other job options for her. Any thoughts or advice would be greatly appreciated! 🤔👩👧👧💬
Let me know what you think!
This isn’t likely to be a legal issue, assuming she is not a unionized employee. She should retain all communications and follow-up relevant in-person/phone conversations with a text or email summarizing same.
Your daughter should not speak with police unless represented by counsel. You should remind her that she is never obligated to “just clear things up” or “just help us out,” and that police are legally permitted to lie.
It sounds like your daughter should find another job.
As an aside, many mushrooms will cause gastric distress when eaten raw. This doesn’t mean that the mushrooms are poisonous – most mushrooms are not. If your daughter’s job includes supervision of non-pool areas, she needs to clarify that.
Is the pool also a licensed daycare?
Why is she being expected to supervise what a toddler eats?
NAL but very curious about these questions. Does she have a written job description? Was anything in the written warning actually concerned with any ‘lifeguard’ duties?
I find it very difficult to believe that anyone with any degree of common sense would expect someone who is employed to safeguard the use of a community pool would actually expect them to spend any amount of time observing the culinary habits of two year olds. A lifeguard isn’t a surrogate parent; they’re in place to deal with swimmer distress and enforce safety rules concerning the pool.
NAL but is searching peoples belongings part of her job duties? How can they hold her accountable for such a thing. And how do they know she “allowed” anything? Just because it happened and a toddler supposedly got a hold of such a thing doesn’t mean that has anything to do with her. Also, do they have proof that the toddler got the mushrooms from the pool? How do they know the parents aren’t just trying to blame them when maybe the toddler got a hold of it at home or somewhere else. She should probably just find a new job. What kind of crap place does this to an employee?
She didn’t allow anything. Searching belongings isn’t her job
Was the toddler left alone at the pool? Were the toddlers parents there with the child?
It is likely the baby got into mom and dad’s stash and they are attempting to deflect the blame. I would consult an attorney to help control any potential issues that may affect your daughter.
And here I thought life guards were responsible for people trying to drown, not stop and frisk cops. NAL but sounds like it’s simply a way for a supervisor to shift blame to his underage employees who don’t know better. I’d simply quit and get a different summer job if I were her.
Even if someone did sneak something into the pool area and the * toddler ate it that seems more like a failure on the part of the parents than a failure of the teenage lifeguard.
Do they expect a lifeguard to pat down patrons and search bags? The mushrooms could have been dropped only minutes before the toddler found them. Is it expected that lifeguards inspect the grounds every 5 minutes?
It’s an unfortunate event, but I don’t see how they are blaming your daughter unless some other details are missing in from your post.
Your daughter allowed a non-resident (friend) to enter the pool, that person had drugs and dropped some, the drugs were ingested by a toddler.
What am I missing, it seems the write-up is appropriate.
A life guards duty is to keep their eyes on the pool and watch that no one is in distress. They are not supposed to be distracted from that duty to check if people are authorized residents/guests, or what they are eating or drinking. I would bring that up with the supervisor. Get it in writing that you are concerned that they are expecting their life guards to distract themselves from their life safety responsibilities and that this could result in injury.