I must say, this day has been quite an experience. My time is currently spent life guarding for the summer, and the most interesting things are seen and people met.
Nature: There was a turtle in the drain of the pool. Within the center of the pool were a handful of frogs swimming quite carelessly. When dusk arrived, a Canadian goose decided the pool, with two handfuls of children swimming inside, would be an excellent landing spot! It was quite hilarious to me, because everyone was freaking out so naturally I had to take matters into my hands and escort the goose to the lake.
People: During my years as a lifeguard many different characters have been made. Yesterday I met a man who came with his wife, kid, and two grandchildren; he told me his granddaughter couldn't swim because she had her first period...I couldn't help but wonder why is he giving me this overwhelming amount of not need to know information. There was another female who whooped the skin off her kids butt for not listening. There was another mom who disciplined her kid by saying, every time she misbehaved, "If you keep doing it, we're gonna go home." She said this at least 10 times...I understand now how kids learn to manipulate parents so easily.
I just spent the day in the sun so my inspiration for writing out my hundreds of other personal experiences with people is a wee bit low. As a psychologist, the thousands of people I've examined have shown me that, in general, humans are basically all alike. My most exhilarating findings have been with the ones who are slightly different...but alas, yet to meet a person who is more than 10% different from another I've met. I hope to find that unique person one day, whatever country or universe they may be from.
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