Originally Posted by Sly

Oh please.

Job or not. On duty or not.

Someone comes up to you screaming and says "hey, someone is drowning over there!" Do you sit back, scratch your nuts, and consider what the rule book states in these situations?

You are either a decent human being and you take off running. Or you are a total putz and you sit around like a jerk off, in which case, you should never be a lifeguard anyway.

There are rules. And there are human responses.