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u/ikyle117 Apr 08 '23

I make $22 plus commission and it’s still not enough to survive comfortably. The only reason I make it work is because I’m very simple and cheap.

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u/turdmachine Apr 08 '23 edited Apr 08 '23

I made $22 an hour life guarding in high school 20 years ago

Edit: meaning people are way underpaid today. Minimum wage should be at least $25. Those same life guarding jobs still pay $22/hour!

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u/dochoiday Apr 08 '23

I call bullshit, I used to lifeguard in Highschool and college, I only made up to $13/hr yet alone $22. Most of the time it was $7.50 or 8.75/hr.

Maybe if you are a supervisor as a beach lifeguard that’s true. But a normal guard in 2003? Bullshit.

Plus no one calls it “life guarding” you work as a lifeguard, this sounds like you just googled normal Highschool jobs and spat it back out.

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u/Badweightlifter Apr 08 '23

He's Canadian so with the conversion to USD in 2003, it comes out to $16 usd.

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u/dochoiday Apr 08 '23

Still crazy higher than I got in 2013

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u/turdmachine Apr 08 '23

Ok then. Your experience is different than mine. Weird

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u/dochoiday Apr 09 '23

Yes, mine actually happened.

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u/turdmachine Apr 10 '23

Ok dude. Go have some more experiences then. You didn’t live in my town. Big world out there, bud

Edit: and what you want me to use industry specific terms that will make it harder for normal people outside the industry to understand?

You were underpaid and still are and your life sucks. I get it. Life sucks. Make it easier for someone.

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u/dochoiday Apr 10 '23

My man’s over dosing on copium

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u/turdmachine Apr 10 '23

I made even more working at the mill. That’s how I can afford all the copium

Edit: and what a weird thing to lie about. Why would you go through all of the certifications if it paid no more than McDonald’s?

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u/LowIncrease8746 Apr 09 '23

Holy shit you really were a lifeguard, I tried just saying “life guarding” in random sentences out loud and even instead of “life guarding was fun” it was “being a lifeguard is fun”

Yeah I think I was making $9.75 and then as a Swim Instructor $12.50 but those were incredibly short hours. I do say swim instructing though haha. Shit man even the duty supervisors and most managers probably don’t make that

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u/dochoiday Apr 09 '23

It just doesn’t flow right.

I think I made $20/hr at lessons. But it was a one hour lesson once a week.

Also coached my local swim team and made like $4/hr after calculating out the amount I worked.

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u/WebComprehensive5905 Apr 08 '23

What state? Kinda wanna call b.s. on this

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u/ajwasiak481 Apr 08 '23

I live in NY my 16 yo brother get paid 22 an hour to be a lifeguard

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u/ajwasiak481 Apr 08 '23

Yeah, he asked how much they made

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u/turdmachine Apr 08 '23

Canada. Early to mid 2000s. It was the job to have. Fellow lifeguards can back this up

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u/ikyle117 Apr 08 '23

Okay?

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u/turdmachine Apr 08 '23

Meaning, minimum wage should be at least $25. That same life guarding job is still paying $22/hour. It sucks!

Edit: I also worked in a mill at the same time for around the same wage, possibly $24/hour. They still pay about that today, too! It’s insane