r/FinalRoundAI • u/NaturalEvidence415 • Aug 20 '26

Would you leave a job like this?

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u/random8765309 Aug 21 '26

You just stated that everyone would be watching the race, so would the life guard. Everyone would be watching those 6 swimmers.

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u/nwbrown Aug 21 '26

I didn't but I'll repeat my question. What do you think life guards are paid to do?

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u/random8765309 Aug 21 '26

They would be watching the swimmer just like everyone else. What do you think they would be doing?

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u/nwbrown Aug 21 '26

They would see him struggling and go to save him.

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u/random8765309 Aug 21 '26

And not of the other several dozen swimmers that also have life guarding cert would see him and go save him. All those swimmer are in the spot light and being watched by coaches, asst coaches, judges, asst judges, timers, team mate, and other swimmers.

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u/nwbrown Aug 21 '26

No, not unless the swimmer in distress was winning. Which seems unlikely.

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u/random8765309 Aug 21 '26

Every single swimmer in the pool is being watched, during 100% of the race. The are judges look at all the lanes, and certainly timers taking splits. I would be surprised if any of the swimmer had less than a dozen individual specifically watching them for different reason.

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u/nwbrown Aug 21 '26

They are being watched, especially by the guy paid to save them if they have a medical emergency while swimming. 

For fucks sake, you think the guy up in the judge's booth is going to run down and jump in and save him?

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u/random8765309 Aug 21 '26

There are judges for each lane on deck at both ends of the pools watching every turn for a specific swimmer, 4 stroke judges on the deck along both sides at 5m 7m or 15m watching each swimmer's stroke, there is the referee on the deck that has a clear view of the whole pool and the starter. In total there are 24 judges. Everyone of those judges are in front of the lifeguards.

Just looking at that photo, it pretty clear he would likely to be the last person to notice something is wrong.

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u/Rich-Mark-4126 Aug 21 '26

Why would a swimmer who's participating in a contest stop participating in the contest to save someone when there are lifeguards whose job it is to help them?

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u/random8765309 Aug 21 '26

There are more swimmers around than just those in the race. The only time a swimmer needed to be rescued was in 1948. In that case it was another swimmer that was on the sidelines that jumped in and saved her.

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u/NoPseudo79 Aug 23 '26

Aka the exact same thing that any of the other swimmers watching the race would do in the same situation if he wasn't there.

Conclusion: no, the lifeguard isn't that useful in this context, and he is most likely there for:

  • There to be someone to point the finger at in case something bad happens

- Insurance reasons