A day in the life of a pool LIFEGUARD

hey guys it's allison welcome back to my youtube channel so today i'm going to be showing you guys what it's like to be a lifeguard um especially now during this whole covet situation um i'm just gonna be kind of filming um me getting ready for the pool talking about kind of like what we're doing it's like covered prevention and then also kind of filming some of my shift um and just showing you guys kind of what it's like to be a lifeguard so today is wednesday june 21st it is like two o'clock uh my shift starts at three goes till nine and then um i have to be there 15 minutes early so it means i need to leave my house at like 2 35 somewhere around there um so i think the first thing i'm gonna do is get ready um i have two suits because i've been working at this this will be my second year working at this pool um so like every year we work there we get new apparel so um we have two suits we have a black one it says guard that's from this year and then a red and black one that also says guard um from last year and i think i'm gonna wear the red and black one um i just prefer the suit better it's more stretched out because i wore it last year also so it fits better so i'm gonna put this on and then talk about what else i need to pack to get ready ko so i have my suit on um as you can see it says guard um and i'm also gonna put on a pair of shorts to go over and then we also wear um like apparel for the pool um i can't show you the front of the shirt because they have my pool name on but i'll show you the back just says lifeguard and then the front um has like my pool name and stuff like that so i'm gonna put this on as well as the shorts and then i will continue getting ready okay so i have the top on shorts and everything so i'm all dressed to go i think next my plan is to do my hair um i like to keep it out of my face so i'll either braid it back or i'll do like a twist into a ponytail i'm not really sure what i'm gonna do today so i'll probably set you guys up and then um show you guys what i'm doing with my hair okay y'all so i just pulled my hair back into a braid um pulled some pieces out it'll probably stay like this for a little bit and then eventually it'll fall out so i'll probably put in something else um but this is what we're gonna do for now um so it's like 2 10 so i think right now i'm done getting ready so i think i'm just going to pack everything into my bag i just use like an adidas drawstring so i'm going to gather everything that i'm going to put in it and then i will show you guys what i put in my bag to bring to work okay all so i got everything that i'm bringing so as i mentioned i just use drawstring bag it's just the easiest thing to bring um so the first thing that i'm bringing is my whistle um most important thing is a lifeguard if you don't bring anything else this is definitely the thing that you need the most um it's just like a metal whistle i have a yes like lanyard attached to it um but yes definitely need this um the next thing that i'm bringing is sunglasses um these sunglasses i love i had a pair of these last year and i loved them um and then they got scratched so i just ordered a new pair but these are a pair of gooders um i love this pair i love the colors um so definitely recommend sunglasses um hard to see in the water sometimes when it's super bright out and stuff like that so definitely recommend sorry bringing these um the next thing is a mask we have to wear these going into the pool when we're walking on the deck um everything except for when we're in chair so these are definitely super duper important so i'm going to be bringing this the next thing is a water bottle um this is so important it is so important to stay hydrated especially when you're not getting in the water and you're in the sun and everything like that so definitely be bringing this and then i think one of the last things is i can't show you the front but this is um lifeguard sweatshirt i'm going to be there when it starts to get darker out and it gets cooler here so i'm going to bring my sweatshirt that way when we're cleaning up at night and stuff like that um i don't get cold um and it's supposed to rain supposedly at some point during this shift so this will be nice to have if it does want to bring that and then um two other things one is sunscreen that's downstairs right now and then i'm also gonna be packing dinner because i will be there um during dinner time so i'm gonna go downstairs and pack that um as soon as i'm done putting everything in my bag um but this is everything that i'm bringing i'm also gonna bring a towel um that's also downstairs um but yeah so this is i think everything that i'm gonna be bringing so i'm gonna put it all into my bag and then head downstairs and make my dinner i also just wanted to point out um once i get to the poor once i leave my house i'm not gonna be bringing my camera with me um number one because it's partially broken and i don't want to break it anymore number two or by water i do not want to ruin this camera um and number three um it's a lot easier for me to film my phone and that way i can do like quicker time lapses and stuff like that um i'm also not entirely sure how much i'm going to be able to film it worked i have some clips from last week where i filmed with a couple of friends that i was working with so i'll definitely be putting those into this video um either in the middle or towards the end not really sure yet um let's look out for those but i am going to be filming in my phone so i'm sorry about the quality change and stuff like that but it's just the easiest way and the best thing for me to do so i just wanted to put that out there that i will be filming with my phone and the quality will definitely be a little bit [Music] different [Music] [Music] hey also this is really awkward right now because there's people like doing the roof of my neighbors across the street and they're definitely watching me film this but um it's currently like 2 38 and i'm about to head over to work um i'm riding my bike which i'll show you guys in a second so i'm just going to ride down and then i will see you guys once i get there um i don't know exactly where my first break is going to be um so i might be up in chair right away i might be on break i don't know but i my first big i'll kind of explain to you guys how the pool is working and everything like that um but yeah so i'm about to head over to the pool and i will see you guys once i get there [Music] okay guys so i'm at the pool now um i was dressed up in chair for 15 minutes um i'm going to try to my best to kind of explain how the pool has been working and like how the rotations work and stuff like that and it might turn into rambling we'll see um but basically what's happening is the pool is split into a bunch of sections so it's like family lap swimming um we have 12 sections i believe so there's five lane lines and then one like rope cutting the pool in half i will show you guys in a minute i'll put the camera on and show you guys this stuff um so then like families can like sign up for one hour like a time slot for like a section of the pool so be like section six from like six to seven just like an example um and so now i believe they're able to do more than one hour um but they leave and come back and then around the pool we normally have chairs and stuff that are now in the guard room and then we have like umbrellas with little numbers so they just put their stuff there and then they can sit there or they can swim by section and then we have a diving board area so that is currently open because and we have like x's to keep them far apart when they're waiting for it um so that's what the pool looks like um guards are all up in like the party room so we have more space so that way we're all spread apart stuff like that there's normally three guards on a shift and then one clerk who does like the checking in checking out and then one manager so there's five staff members so the three guards are up here and then this clerk is by the front and then the manager is downstairs in the old office um so we are now on break on it by ourselves normally there's like between four to six guards and a shift um and the ships are three hours long and now there's three guards and the ships are six hours long so a lot more time but it's pretty good because we're making more money because we're here longer um on friday which is january 24th i believe maybe um that's when illinois moves to phase four of like our plan so then i think some of the rules are gonna change i'm not really sure exactly what's changing yet but um yeah so i'm going to then the rotation is um we have two chairs up right now if you know what i'm talking about if you're lifeguard um that's like the chairs you sit at normally before and now we only have two so we have one by the time you well one by the main area and so you're up in each chair for 15 minutes um and then you just rotate so that's the most basic so i'm not gonna get too in-depth in it it's not very important um but yeah so i was just up for 15 minutes and now i'm on break and then at 3 30 i'll go up to the chair by the dining wall and then we'll keep rotating and then at the 50 of the hour so be at 3 50 for this hour um we'll both whistle everyone gets out of the pool and then once everyone's on the deck like out of the water then the left kids get down and we start cleaning so we clean all the hand rails around the pool and then both the bathrooms the men's and the women's um even if nobody uses them so try to be careful so we have done all the handles and stuff like that um and then at the top of the hour so i'll be at four then the next group of people comes in and we just repeat that until nine o'clock and we close and then we do some closing procedures like between the floors of the bathroom we like actually clean the bathrooms fully we close all the umbrellas like that i'll try to show you guys that no promises um i'm also going to be putting in time lapses they probably won't be from today because i don't want to leave my phone out in the sun but i took some last week so i'm going to be putting this in i think i'm interesting so yeah so that's basically how this is all working i'm now going to flip my camera around and show you guys what the guard room looks like and then what the pool looks like from up here so that kind of all makes sense and what i'm explaining this is where all my stuff is we have four tables um that's the clerk's table i think they are have all their stuff downstairs um and then the two others and then we have like this stuff this is normally the party room and then these are all most not all of them these are some of the chairs that go normally on the deck and then this is what the pool looks like um sorry it's kind of hard to hear so we have the one chair up there one chair down here and then we have all the lane lines so that splits up the pool and 12 sections and then we have the diving boards up so it's pretty empty right now normally there's a lot more kids in the water but i think it's because i'm on the woods um but yeah so this is what our pool looks like um and then you can see the umbrellas on the outside and stuff like that normally everyone's pretty special part another thing i could have changed is we wear masks um everybody has to wear masks when they enter the pool and then guards have to wear them when we're like walking on the deck or when we're going to chair when we're cleaning stuff like that the only time we don't have to wear them is when we're up here in the guard room because we're by ourselves and then when we're in chair because that's also safety hazard plus we would probably overheat um but yeah so that's kind of how this whole pool thing has been working um i'll try them as much as they can on my brakes um and stuff like that but we'll see what happens um it's really nice out there's like a couple of clouds in the sky not really so it's pretty blue and it's perfect temperature the water feels really good so i feel like we're gonna be kind of busy for a while but we'll see what happens i'll charge them as much as i can um i also have some clips from last week as i mentioned earlier that some of my friends filmed so i'll definitely be putting those in at some point throughout this no idea when um yeah so that's a little update for now and i will see you guys probably on my next break so [Music] hey y'all so it's now like i think it's like 5 30. i've had a break in a little bit um because of the way the rotation was but i'm so hot right now and it's been an interesting like round of people um we have a couple people who like came in who like i think are new this year so they didn't know the rules of the boards um so they were just going off everywhere and stuff um there's one little one that like the dad was in the water like catching when he came off which we're not supposed to do so you're having him just like jump off the board and i see if he can swim to the edge let me tell you it's a little scary to watch and like doggy power to the edge and like almost make it and just i got off the chair and then was like talking to the other guards he was up and then his dad jumped in for him even though he like was pretty close he was just like couldn't reach almost his dad got in and the lifeguard was about to jump in she almost had a save but we avoided it so that's good but i don't think he's gonna be going after low dive for a little bit um but as i mentioned it's like 5 30. i think i just pulled my dinner out of my out of the fridge so i think i'm gonna eat a little something because i'm getting hungry um and then just hang out until my next break [Music] hey y'all so i'm on break again it's like 6 15. um hasn't been that eventful um we're like we're basically halfway done so we've got three more hours till nine or two hours and 45 minutes whatever you wanna call it um so yeah so i'm probably gonna eat i have some popcorn like for dinner so i'm gonna probably eat that um and then just chillax for a while until i go up in tyrion um it hasn't been throughout most of my last night you guys so that the updates probably won't be as frequent because there's not a whole time going on it's pretty quiet right now um it's supposed to technically pick up later but we'll see if anybody else comes so yeah so that's a little update for now and i will see you guys on my next break so it's not too long later from the last update it's literally been like two minutes but an email actually just went out to all the members of the pool talking about like phase four adjustments basically so i figured i'd just talk to you guys about what those are so basically what's happening is all the landlines and everything that dividing the pool is getting taken out and it's gonna be the first 50 people that sign up for that hour they get to come so we'll have 50 people and then we're gonna have three guards at one time then four total technically one on break three up um so we'll have more people in the pool more guards um same amount of hours i think um and then the kitty area will be closed then the dive boards will be open but so a little bit of adjustment um that much we can really do more than that for right now that's all the guidelines we've gotten from the state and like stuff like that but yeah i just figured i'd put this in here that the stuff i'm showing you today is actually changing this weekend so um we'll actually open a lot more than this but yeah sorry throw this in there hey y'all so it's now like 8 30. um i just got down from the interior that's my last time for today um and now i'm on break until 8 50 and then we start cleaning and so hopefully we'll be out here like 9 10 19. we're just gonna do like clean bathrooms and then do the floors of the bathrooms and then we should be done for the night so that's pretty nice um i'm all packed up and stuff like that i my sweatshirt on and stuff um so i'm probably gonna just finish putting some stuff away and then we're gonna clean so i will probably just see you guys [Music] hey y'all so it's not like 9 30 i'm home from the pool um we just like cleaned the floors in the bathroom and stuff like that and then headed home um and i ate some dinner when i got home second dinner um but yeah so it's not like 9 30 and i'm going to end this video here um i hope you guys enjoyed getting to see kind of what it's like to be a lifeguard um especially during this whole cloven situation and i hope you guys enjoyed this video um if you did make sure to give it a big thumbs up subscribe down below and i will see you guys next time

Channel: Alison McNamara

Views: 16,170

Rating: 4.9031143 out of 5

Keywords: lifegaurd, summer, lifeguarding, day in my life, pool, fun

Id: t6E9fZtZMqE

Length: 14min 44sec (884 seconds)

Published: Mon Jun 29 2020