Actually Fire Departments in some areas used to be on a fee basis or privately contracted, homes would have the department logo on there home, eventually cities decided that was a bad idea , go figure
Lol when my friend and I quit our jobs at a car dealership, about 6 other people quit later that week as well. Everyone was just waiting for someone to make the first move away from that place
I was a lifeguard for 4 years. Every time I had to save a life was in an area that wasn't mine. But a life is a life, and I don't care about imaginary lines o the sand.
Why on earth are private companies providing life guards? Surely it's a public beach and should have publicly funded lifeguards to patrol the entire beach! At least, that is how it works in Australia. We also have volunteer lifeguards in areas that can't afford paid council lifeguards. But then I saw the beach in the video is in Florida, US. So have people there voted to privatize beaches? Or just public services?
@@lyrebird9749 Public funds buy the use of private companies~ then the private companies suck up all the blame, make there own rules, and deal with all the recriminations and all the responsibility of a duty of care for staff. The public fund office is not then held accountable for anything once they have hired out the duties to a private company. This is often the cheaper option, and the main concern for pubic funds is not to over spend. This is not my own personal view, it is just what happens.
@@caldwellfisher5288 This is awful. It's bad enough that public authorities want to outsource lifesaving to private companies. But they shouldn't be allowed to also make their own rules. People need to demand better from their state/county officials.
@@lyrebird9749 I agree, but "people" rarely know anything about it let alone want to fight against it. In any event one would expect a private company to do the same or better than one that public authorities might provide. And very likely the same staff /the same bosses/ and the same rules will move between working for private and public authorities. The rule is absurd of course, and could easily have been over looked.
@@caldwellfisher5288 It's a shame that people don't know who is responsible for life saving at their local beach, or are willing to raise this issue with local authorities. Democracy depends on people holding elected officials to account! Also, it's true that people in the same industry often move between public and private employers. But I don't agree that one would normally expect a private company to do better than a public service. A public service is there to serve the public and is accountable to the public, while a private company is there to make profits and is only accountable to it's owners or shareholders. Of course you can have poor service delivery in both public and private sectors. It depends on the service. Workplace culture and unions can also play a role. Some public service staff really don't care about their work, while some private companies pride themselves on doing a great job. But often private companies do cut corners to provide the bare minimum service they are contracted for at cheapest cost. That's not always the best service. And that's clearly the case at this beach where the private company insists on only being responsible for a particular area, even though swimmers need help along the whole beach. Thankfully some staff saw the absurdity in this. But really the locals need to raise their voice with the local authorities and demand a better service for the whole beach. Anyway, thanks for the chat :)
@@ilas5629 True, because really the part where the person was drowning was outside the area. But I think for some people it could be traumatizing to watch a person screaming for help and then just nobody coming to rescue.
Were is the mayor of the city to give that young man his key to the city. Why didn't any politician come in and say anything good about this young man.
The issue is more complex than you might expect. They were a private company contracted to be lifeguards at a specific location for example the beach in front of a hotel. The person drowning was on the public beach outside of the area they were contracted to monitor, so rendering aid required leaving the area you are contracted to protect unguarded to go somewhere you aren’t contracted to protect. Now just you leaving the clients area unguarded is enough for them to sue your company and you. If while you are away someone in the area you are supposed to be protecting drowns it gets even worse. It’s the same in the private security field, if a car wrecks and catches fire, or there’s an active shooter next door to where you are assigned you will be violating your contract to do anything. So in all likelihood you will be fired if you intervene. Of course there are things worth being fired over…
@@missyrose2154 I don’t disagree, and personally I am more than willing to lose a job in that scenario, but what they should do and what every company actually does is unfortunately very different.
@@missyrose2154 thats great! Because it makes it known it is a problem, and the company will have to figure out new guide lines / order more space ont he beach to be monitored.... dummy
Joe Lane he was using a past tense because the pact was made before the incident happened so they collectively decided before it happens "if" it does, then we walk out. That's why the word if is used
@Max Gill that's what i was thinking... they "made a pact to save lives instead of their jobs" by discouraging people from working there and all resigning. Big brain move.
@Max Gill Its a protest. If they all resigned in protest there might be a change in rules however small a chance. If they stayed on like nothing happened that slim chance of a change of rules becomes almost non existent. As long as people support bad rules because of apathy bad rules will continue to exist unless people show their dissent.
!00% Agree. No way I could just watch someone die knowing I could help them. Fire me, I'll love my job but save my humanity. What a disgrace of a company too BTW.
Nah, it won't work. Besides the phrase "if everybody banded together".... Is always synonymous with socialism so...... For this kinds of causes yeah i think everybody would almost sign up but for other purposes for example socialism..... Doubt it
Imagine the guilt that would have been eating at him for the rest of his life if he had allowed someone to drown just because of company rules. In the long run, he definitely made the right decision. Good man!
@Thunder'sDud Imagine if it had been you in the water, not being allowed to have been rescued-that would have been one excruciating death for you. But that's okay, eh? Right, got it.
@@rebeccahicks2392 dont know that .but my father is expert swimmer he told me once no matter how strong the current am caught in.. i can always come on surface .. Maybe one can go underwater and when the strong current stop they can come up?
This happens way too commonly now. I myself got fired for putting out an apartment fire and pulling a man out of the fire who had passed out from the smoke. My boss fired me the next day because " You're not a fireman" So apparently I'm supposed to just let people die....
God bless the helpers in the world ❤ How dare these people in power discourage human beings from helping a fellow neighbour! May they be held accountable!!!
There's a lot of stupidity like this going on, because Florida's legal system is supportive of the most ridiculous abuses of employees. I'm surprised the news reported it.
@@ComputerJunkie00 Good that Tommy rejected, honestly a company that had a policy like that in the first probably only changed it because of the horrible publicity it got.
It's a private area of the beach and therfore owned by a private entity. It is probabky insured as well as the lifeguards. If a lifeguard breaks your sternum when giving you cpr (quite normal) you can then sue him and his employer for damages. They are insured for this between the signs but the employee puts them at risk outside. I can't say I agree but that's the reasoning.
Toby The Phantom There's a line between following the rules and just plain fucking stupid If someone's life is at stake, just break the rules and save him.
I really love that his co-workers stood up for this lifeguard. I know the company is now apologizing to him, but I don't think it's because they're sorry. It's because they are embarrassed by the negative publicity.
The lifeguard saved the drowning man out of good nature. The company fired him coz they don't want to get sued. However, a reasonable person would bite what he could chew. There's a small zone assigned because whoever made the policy knew that lifeguards aren't superman. What if you save the guy outside of the zone, but when you return, someone inside the zone is drowning? You would've saved the guy who swam at his own risk, and be unfair to the guy who would not have swam if not for the nearby lifeguard. If you were the guy who drowned in the safe zone, would you find the lifeguard's action to be acceptable? Answer on your own, it's just a rhetoric.
@@biggiganticbones also, if a person died in a safe zone when lifeguard rescuing others one , family of died person will sue the company of millions and most likely court say pay them as your duty is to protect within safe zone not outside... So if i am the decision maker i would fire him as well i cant risk my company for anyone life
@@biggiganticbones Life is not perfect you can't always save everyone. Ignoring someone dying just on the off chance that another person might start drowning in your zone during the time you are saving that person, is literal insanity. You don't ignore something that is really happening for a mere possibility of what could happen.
A life guard living to his name. I don't know where these guys are today but if they need help it's our duty as a society to provide for them, we need such people
Because the wrong scalpel was used to cut the patient's "..." as the surgeon thought it would better for this situation even tho the Surgery was a success, we can't allow that in out clinic.
“Liability issues” = Fear that the company could be fined. Money was more important to the company than a man’s life. Respect for all the lifeguards that did the right thing.
@Carrot Muffins The chances of that happening would have been about one in a ... billion? While the chances of the man dieing (had he not been rescued) was one in ... one? No lifeguard with even just a shred of morality would have stood by and watched a man drown in that situation. So, in the end, if we’re honest, it was a financial decision to fire the lifeguard. (“Better to let a man drown than to risk a one-in-a-billion chance of their being financially liable for another man’s death on their side of the beach.”)
@Karabas TV Much logic, perhaps, for an hour. But at the end of the day, are thousands of people applauding their actions ... or are they shaking their heads in disgust? It probably didn’t do much for their brand image.
@@robertdobie2544 It's bad for their brand image because the lifeguard went outside the bounds. If the lifeguard had stayed in the bounds, it wouldn't have been so bad. If they made no repercussions, it could keep happening. THen one day if someone was in trouble on both sides of the line at the same time, the company would be in a big problem. Basically, the lifeguard is the one who put the company in a bad place. Security guards have to stay in their area. There is no reason to think lifeguards should be different.
@@AshiStarshade So, what you are saying is that, had you been the lifeguard on duty, you would have run over to the border of your side of the beach. Then stopped. Then, watched as the man drowned. While explaining to the drowning man that, “One day if there were two people drowning at the same time, and I wasn’t on my side of the beach, the company would be in a big problem.” Well, okay. I suppose that would have made the drowning man feel a little better, at least. But what if the drowning man had been six inches across the border? Would you still have turned a blind eye?
Yeah huge respect but the also just jeopardized the company it's called Liability Insurance liability anything that they do the company is responsible for
@@dramafreak7122 by that logic, the company will consider liability more important than human lives. You have any idea how disgusting and immoral that is?
This is the problem with Insurance companies. They limit us so much. That they are now putting our lives in danger instead of what they are there for. To help people.
For those wondering.. Tomas and friends were offered jobs back but they refused. Publico backlash is a hell of a thing for a company. Tomas was given a key to the city at an event in his honor where the mayor also announced that they would no longer be using that company. He was also thanked in person by the man he saved a Mr. Maksim Samartsev from Estonia. "All guards would have done the same thing. I think all of us deserve this. All I did was do what I supposed to do." - Tomas Lopez.
Mummified - exactly and if that happened the boss would flip flopped and said something like - I would never fire someone for saving a mans life regardless of the rules
But I dont understand where they are getting this "liability" thing from as many states have "Good Samaritan" laws which protect people from such things.
@@Flakjacket96 It probably has to do with insurance/liability. When you run a business you have to deal with the liabilities and they dictate what you can or cannot do to maintain coverage. It's the unfortunate reality. It's like why you have to clock out at many jobs on breaks if you leave the premises because they are liable for your actions and it doesn't fall under their liability insurance. Going past that post while on the clock exposed the company to uncovered liability for himself and actions from the victim due to not complying with a contract. Glad everything worked out and hope the young man finds another job or another contract for the area is crafted.
@@futsk01 maybe so with our leadership being of low standards. but these young men have set an example of just how far above the bar standard they are at least by his and his friends actions.THEY WILL LEAVE NO MAN OR WOMEN BEHIND. unlike some leaders we know.
I hope you're speaking of _politicians_ in leadership positions, because if you mean men who are leaders _in general_ (and that means _any_ positions of leadership), I challenge your theory and defy you to provide real-world examples that _most men_ indeed fit your blanket statement. Further, I posit that you don't know enough men in positions of leadership to extrapolate even a _semi-accurate_ cross-section of the men who fall under what you speculate, and that your theory is based on anecdotal evidence and the men _you_ interact with, as opposed to empirical data.
How they want the lifeguards to act: 1st lifeguard: Ah yes that man appears to be doing the DEATH 2nd lifeguard: why it seems so 1st:should we help him? 2nd: and risk losing our jobs? 1st: there are somethings you got to do no matter what is the rules what only matters is what you feel in your heart and thats between you and god... 2nd:wow... 1st:good thing were atheists! Everybody at the beach:HARHARHARHARHAR Guy doing the DEATH's spirit:HAR...HAR...HAR
Well if a patient has a DNR order or wants to stop treatment to die on their own terms and a doctor decides to save them against their against their wishes then yeah a doctor should at least be scolded for that.
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Maybe the lifeguard can't go out of the protected area, but a citizen can. And maybe Tommy - just like the former "president" - THOUGHT that he would do his lunch break now, which gave him all the right in the world to save a man‘s life.
Just fyi I was on the beach and that kid had nothing to do with saving the mans life, he was already pulled out of water by the time he arrived. And he stayed in the wrong section even after the right lifeguard arrived(like 30 seconds after him) what if someone was drowning in the station he left....
@@ryantheallknowing3863 If someone was drowning in the station he left, then bystanders will ask other stations just like how this first one started...
They probably have that rule because if someone else is drowning in the area the lifeguard was supposed to protect, then the corporation can be sued for 10s of millions of dollars
He did his job he got fired but if he didn’t do his job and let the man drown he would’ve probably get fired as well so this so I’m confused on this rule
Linda T what you female don't realise is they will never own a part of the beach lol they don't have that kind of money an now they WILL be unemployed.. their old employers made that part of the beach safe so they get more customers an did NOT employ the lifeguards to save the world.. Now if it was a goverment job there would be no problem but no this was private
It’s also what lawyers look for in lawsuits. If the man he saved was injured during the rescue the company would not be covered by insurance. Doctors will watch you die out front of the hospital waiting for an ambulance to bring you that extra 50 feet.
Patrick Misunderstands the Internet The equivalent would be more like a doctor getting arrested for saving a patient that he didn’t have authorization to save. Like inadequate paperwork or something like that.
Yes, and there are doctors who will not stop at the scene of an accident to help because they might get sued if someone dies. It happens. You can blame the litigiousness of the public and the policies of insurance companies for this sort of thing.
@@WalterLiddy True, and also, When there are doctors who actually stopped and attempted to help and succeeded, yet developed a problem that could potentially be a reason to sue the doctor :/
Man not only did that guy choose to save a life instead of save face, but so did his peers. I'm proud of all of them for choosing to be human over employees.
it would make sense if they fired a lifeguard for patrolling that area instead of the area under their jurisdiction, but firing him after he SUCCESSFULLY saved someone is insane
Maybe the boss is not at fault here it is possible that the reason he was fired was because of a company policy giving the boss no choice but to follow it.
@@billsloan There should not be a company policy that requires the boss to fire him in this situation, and if there is it should not be followed period. The existence of a company policy does not free a person of moral duty. It's just a spineless coward that would enforce a policy like this in this situation.
Suppose someone died because the lifeguard followed company policy. There would be public outrage and the lifeguard would have been the head the company fed to the mob (aka fired anyway). The company would have found some loophole to avoid responsibility. Maybe if someone died, it would trigger a change in policy, but that is a reactive approach to preventing death, requiring a death to promote the necessary policies for actual prevention.
@@elliotthill7008 it has nothing to do with this case, the job says lifeguard, if you arent allowed to save life then why bother being a "lifeguard". And your statement is stupid, if you can save someone's life then you do it, stop fucking following the rules all the time, try being a human, not a robot who always follows orders and rules
More likely, they would have gone against the company, who would have fired him anyway to save face. That's the true hypocrisy of companies like these. "You saved someone? Well you didn't follow the rule, so you're fired. You followed the rule? Well, I'm firing you because people are mad at us and we need to save face."
They would have lost because of the liability protection that he violated. Not saying he shouldn't have saved the person, he did the right thing but a lawsuit would have gone nowhere in your hypothetical.
As a former lifeguard, the person who is supposed to go in for the rescue is ALWAYS the first person who notices the danger. It doesn't matter whose zone the victim is in. If you see something, blow the whistle and jump in. This private company's policy is absolute nonsense, and I respect these guards for leaving.
I could imagine there being a work insurance issue if they leave their station but forbidding them from leaving it if necessary is a very stupid conclusion to that problem
@@gildahobbs8829it is for sure a case of hr and corporate overdoing their paperwork. They checked all the boxes and then some not realising that they do nothing outside of a theoretical concept. Because for a business in theory it makes all the sense to have lines drawn to not cross, however, anyone with half a brain would realise if they hired someone appropriate for being a LIFEguard, they would go outside the zone to save someone. But, pencil pushers spent to much time inside worried about money and not once saw the real world action of their rules and laws.
@@CelabWilliams-gb6rm Not to mention, even if there are serious laws preventing someone from leaving their zone they fail to realize the implications of what would happen if someone died and the lifeguard company did NOTHING.
@@parteuy3434 We do, it's mentioned in the video itself. >JEM owner Jeff Ellis, who also founded Jeff Ellis & Associates, based in Ocoee, Fla., apologized to Lopez, both in a phone call and publically _[sic],_ in a statement posted on the company’s Website. He is currently overseeing an investigation of the incident and a review of policies. The company has offered to rehire Lopez and two other guards who were fired for standing by him, but so far Lopez has declined the offer. He has accepted the key to the city of Hallandale Beach. >Six guards quit over the episode, and the story was picked up in both national and international media, including CNN, the Huffington Post and Fox and Friends. There’s also been much discussion via social media, including AI Connect and the AI Linkedin Group.
The company eventually apologies for the firing and launch an investigation on the matter and reviewed their policies. Then end up loosing their contract with the city.....
Nah, they're like the handles on grocery bags, there for show. Once you need their support they hang back as your dinner drowns in a broken bottle of red wine.
Im so glad his homies backed him up by quitting.
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That’s like telling firefighters they can’t go near a burning house because of liability reasons
Actually Fire Departments in some areas used to be on a fee basis or privately contracted, homes would have the department logo on there home, eventually cities decided that was a bad idea , go figure
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That’s exactly what happens..
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@@louieDsypo wasn't our last President Democrat though? That fire story was during 2010 when a Democratic president was in office.
"They made a pact to save lives not their jobs"
Damn that's beautiful
"Because that's what heroes do"
They probably got the job because they like saving people's jobs, not saving the company's money from being sued.
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@Silicon Nomad and then this guy becomes the CEO of the Lifeguard thing
The Return of the Lifeguard
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Took me 11 years to see this but massive respect for this guy.
Lol I Just hit enter on my comment and saw yours. Took me that long too. I hadn't noticed that part, 😂
Indeed
I just seen this myself. Hope all those youngmen r doing great!
I didn’t even notice it was from 12 years ago. Jeez why the hell is this recommended
It's been 12 years lol
Doctor gets fired for saving a mans life outside the hospital
Nice example but the doctor might was off duty unlike the lifeguard
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Doctors can't help when off duties.
All the homies backing him up. Respect
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Lol when my friend and I quit our jobs at a car dealership, about 6 other people quit later that week as well. Everyone was just waiting for someone to make the first move away from that place
Cody Johnson good for y’all
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Awesome dude, but why did y’all leave? Was the Manager crappy or what?
I was a lifeguard for 4 years. Every time I had to save a life was in an area that wasn't mine. But a life is a life, and I don't care about imaginary lines o the sand.
Why on earth are private companies providing life guards? Surely it's a public beach and should have publicly funded lifeguards to patrol the entire beach! At least, that is how it works in Australia. We also have volunteer lifeguards in areas that can't afford paid council lifeguards. But then I saw the beach in the video is in Florida, US. So have people there voted to privatize beaches? Or just public services?
@@lyrebird9749 Public funds buy the use of private companies~ then the private companies suck up all the blame, make there own rules, and deal with all the recriminations and all the responsibility of a duty of care for staff. The public fund office is not then held accountable for anything once they have hired out the duties to a private company. This is often the cheaper option, and the main concern for pubic funds is not to over spend. This is not my own personal view, it is just what happens.
@@caldwellfisher5288 This is awful. It's bad enough that public authorities want to outsource lifesaving to private companies. But they shouldn't be allowed to also make their own rules. People need to demand better from their state/county officials.
@@lyrebird9749 I agree, but "people" rarely know anything about it let alone want to fight against it. In any event one would expect a private company to do the same or better than one that public authorities might provide. And very likely the same staff /the same bosses/ and the same rules will move between working for private and public authorities. The rule is absurd of course, and could easily have been over looked.
@@caldwellfisher5288 It's a shame that people don't know who is responsible for life saving at their local beach, or are willing to raise this issue with local authorities. Democracy depends on people holding elected officials to account!
Also, it's true that people in the same industry often move between public and private employers. But I don't agree that one would normally expect a private company to do better than a public service. A public service is there to serve the public and is accountable to the public, while a private company is there to make profits and is only accountable to it's owners or shareholders.
Of course you can have poor service delivery in both public and private sectors. It depends on the service. Workplace culture and unions can also play a role. Some public service staff really don't care about their work, while some private companies pride themselves on doing a great job. But often private companies do cut corners to provide the bare minimum service they are contracted for at cheapest cost. That's not always the best service.
And that's clearly the case at this beach where the private company insists on only being responsible for a particular area, even though swimmers need help along the whole beach. Thankfully some staff saw the absurdity in this. But really the locals need to raise their voice with the local authorities and demand a better service for the whole beach.
Anyway, thanks for the chat :)
His coworkers resigned too to support him. All of them are heroes.
That shouldn't really make them heroes, I'd say in my opinion its what anybody else should do.
@@eyi768 Yes, it is common sense but not everybody would do it.
@@ilas5629 True, because really the part where the person was drowning was outside the area. But I think for some people it could be traumatizing to watch a person screaming for help and then just nobody coming to rescue.
@@Jake420probably cause there wasnt any fucking lifeguards over there..?
@@Jake420 bro.. this is the most unknowledgeable conversation I have ever had, good day.
"If you could just drown in the designated zone, that'd be great"
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'wow, thats such good advice! I should try to drown there instead of here. Definitely something I can control. Thanks!'
Its like thats what they wanted him to do
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Young men with principles. These boys have been raised right. Good for them.
They’re called LIFEguards not chairguards, why is humanity getting dumber by the year?
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its in florida dosent surprise me
This is 7 years ago only imagine today
Probably a good sign its time to work for someone else.
@@logan0223 wrong
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@@logan0223 You think so?
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This is crazy. He should be rewarded, not fired. He saved a life for crying out loud
Were is the mayor of the city to give that young man his key to the city. Why didn't any politician come in and say anything good about this young man.
wow found this vid on recomend after 7 year
Yeah lol it’s literally his job
It doesn't matter in the eyes of corporate.
Thomas Correa If corporate doesn’t care about him, then politicians certainly won’t
"LIABILITY issues" ... coward company with no morals. Glad those guys stood up for themselves and for ethics.
Who does the company imagine is going to sue them, and why?
The issue is more complex than you might expect.
They were a private company contracted to be lifeguards at a specific location for example the beach in front of a hotel.
The person drowning was on the public beach outside of the area they were contracted to monitor, so rendering aid required leaving the area you are contracted to protect unguarded to go somewhere you aren’t contracted to protect.
Now just you leaving the clients area unguarded is enough for them to sue your company and you.
If while you are away someone in the area you are supposed to be protecting drowns it gets even worse.
It’s the same in the private security field, if a car wrecks and catches fire, or there’s an active shooter next door to where you are assigned you will be violating your contract to do anything. So in all likelihood you will be fired if you intervene.
Of course there are things worth being fired over…
@@rburch20who cares ? in this case they should make an exception and let the kid keep his job instead they lost him and all their other guards
@@missyrose2154 I don’t disagree, and personally I am more than willing to lose a job in that scenario, but what they should do and what every company actually does is unfortunately very different.
@@missyrose2154 thats great! Because it makes it known it is a problem, and the company will have to figure out new guide lines / order more space ont he beach to be monitored.... dummy
The fact that they made a pact to all quit if this scenario happened is sooo respectable
What's the point of a lifeguard who can't leave their station? That's so stupid. Leaving someone to choose between watching death and losing their job
@@fawadchaudhry6654 exactly
idk who was the guy who fired him
What do you mean by “if?”
@L This guy gets it. Tho he shouldn't be fired imo, just warned of the consequences or smth, there has to be a middle ground
Joe Lane he was using a past tense because the pact was made before the incident happened so they collectively decided before it happens "if" it does, then we walk out. That's why the word if is used
It's heartwarming to hear that all the other lifeguards resigned in protest
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yea they boycotted and no other life guard gonna want to get hired there lol
@Max Gill that's what i was thinking... they "made a pact to save lives instead of their jobs" by discouraging people from working there and all resigning. Big brain move.
@Max Gill Its a protest. If they all resigned in protest there might be a change in rules however small a chance. If they stayed on like nothing happened that slim chance of a change of rules becomes almost non existent. As long as people support bad rules because of apathy bad rules will continue to exist unless people show their dissent.
Yell yeah it is. So many people are cowards to stand up to evil employers, especially in Western countries outside of the US.
I'd rather be fired than getting up every morning thinking I just let a man die when i can do something to save him. Conscience will eat you alive.
Agreed
!00% Agree. No way I could just watch someone die knowing I could help them. Fire me, I'll love my job but save my humanity. What a disgrace of a company too BTW.
That requires having a conscience to begin with. The people who run that company obviously don't suffer from any such "limitations."
the right thing to do was stay at the life guard post and ignore the drowning man
@@markvanhook1923 the right thing to do is to gun down the boss of the company
Whoever runs the company should go to prison.
I'm impressed that the other lifeguards resigned in solidarity. Think how the world would change if everybody banded together to do the right thing.
Prima61 no that would be collectivism
Nah, it won't work. Besides the phrase "if everybody banded together".... Is always synonymous with socialism so......
For this kinds of causes yeah i think everybody would almost sign up but for other purposes for example socialism..... Doubt it
@@itsmeracoon7907 & Zero
Can you think of a better course of action, and/or a better outcome in this scenario?
Well other parts of the world have strong workers unions.
@@prima6170 that's why i said "in this kind of causes" but never socialism
Imagine the guilt that would have been eating at him for the rest of his life if he had allowed someone to drown just because of company rules. In the long run, he definitely made the right decision. Good man!
Really? You think in the long run he made the right decision, not letting someone die? Thank you, Brigadier General Obvious.
@Thunder'sDud Imagine if it had been you in the water, not being allowed to have been rescued-that would have been one excruciating death for you. But that's okay, eh? Right, got it.
This should be the top comment.
@@ThunderPants13 ???
@@duffbaker9554 nah, weirdo was just being dumbass... err, I mean smart-ass
Imagine if the boss was drowning, and the lifeguard was just like “yeah sorry, can’t leave my station or I’ll get fired”
Well well well how the turntables
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The ultimate r/prorevenge
I was wept into a tide but a lifeguard saved me. I am grateful for these lifeguards saving lives over their jobs.
Did u learn to swim
@@ilupillu4915 Good swimmers can still get carried away by a current or riptide.
@@rebeccahicks2392 dont know that .but my father is expert swimmer he told me once no matter how strong the current am caught in.. i can always come on surface ..
Maybe one can go underwater and when the strong current stop they can come up?
i bet u if he didn’t do anything he still would’ve got fired
Yeah
DomSoWavy exactly
Strait facts
Damned if you do, damned if you don't..smh😒
Tami Bob-Manuel he probably would’ve been charged with negligence by the family of the drowned guy even though he didn’t break the rules
“They chose to save lives instead of their jobs” respect 🙌
Alex N who tf liked this? It would’ve been perfect at 420. I’m going to like it now cause 422 is 420 too... 🥴
Wtf are u talking about bro
My god 7 year olds on a comment section
They took a job to watch people die. They knew it and took the money.
@Venomous Dragon are you in my country illegally?
“It’s very simple, just drown inside this designated area”
No, no he's got a point
Yep he has a point
Reminds me of the NHS.
@@gleiraffe ....right....
I think hes onto something
"They chose to save Lives , over their jobs "
THEY ARE THE TRUE HEROES
No they are clearly criminals
@@neupapier2241 why?
@@Kyinnoo he joking
@@stillepicddt684 oh
Please just change your name bruv thanks
This happens way too commonly now.
I myself got fired for putting out an apartment fire and pulling a man out of the fire who had passed out from the smoke.
My boss fired me the next day because " You're not a fireman" So apparently I'm supposed to just let people die....
You did the right thing God bless. Wishing you the best for the future ❤
This should be considered wrongful termination (not sure if it would be legally speaking, but it should be)
God bless the helpers in the world ❤ How dare these people in power discourage human beings from helping a fellow neighbour! May they be held accountable!!!
bring your boss down with you and get a payout
Your former boss is evil
What’s the point in having a lifeguard station that lifeguards aren’t allowed to leave??? Is that not the point of lifeguards???
If you have private security guards at your house, and your neighboors house gets robbed, they arent supposed to go over to save the neighboors house.
Federico Alvarez
I bloody well hope they would go next door and save my neighbours. It’s the right thing to do.
Coco Caramel Ikr
Federico Alvarez
Lol so they’re just gonna watch the neighbors get robbed and the thieves get away??!!!??😂😂
@@PlayCenterShop it's called "doing the right thing"
I was thinking what if the drowning man was their boss.
save his life anyway then throw his arse back in the ocean :P
Obey his stupid made up policy.
You must abide by the rules
Save him, then get fired
He wanted to.. end... himse... well thats dark
The fact that you can get FIRED for saving someone’s life is outrageous. I didn’t even know stupid rules like this even existed until now.
There's a lot of stupidity like this going on, because Florida's legal system is supportive of the most ridiculous abuses of employees. I'm surprised the news reported it.
@@George-pf8zb probably because the guy he saved had a friend or family on the media.
It’s all because of liability, aka money.
Cops get fired all the time for saving lives but no one talks about it.
You can legally get sued for attempting cpr on someone unless you have a cpr card
Now THIS is what integrity looks like! Well done young men and God bless you all. Much respect from England.
lifeguard: *saves a man's life"
boss: *we don't do that here*
That is not we do here trying to fucking safe a life isn't important
🤣
But boss the rip took him outta bounds🤷 your fired 🤬
...when your boss is so stupid that he cannot figure out the title of the job it is best to move on
What he was supposed to do was take out a camera and record the drowning person
This was almost a decade ago. I hope these noble life guards are doing well for themselves now.
He drowned
He and the others who were fired were offered their jobs back. I believe Tommy refused the offer and decided to move on. Dunno about the rest.
@@ComputerJunkie00 Good that Tommy rejected, honestly a company that had a policy like that in the first probably only changed it because of the horrible publicity it got.
Why did he got fired? He is a *LIFEguard* and not a *watcher*
@@attache675 The problem is not the company but the laws in the US, companies are paranoid of legal consequences and this is the result.
“Protected area?” What’s the point of having a protected area if you can’t protect anyone?
There is absolutely no point.
They are protecting the area, not anyone.
Padraig H yeah, I heard TH-cam bots have been deleting comments that have a link in it, don’t know why.
It's a private area of the beach and therfore owned by a private entity. It is probabky insured as well as the lifeguards. If a lifeguard breaks your sternum when giving you cpr (quite normal) you can then sue him and his employer for damages. They are insured for this between the signs but the employee puts them at risk outside. I can't say I agree but that's the reasoning.
Aaron B but it gives no excuse just to watch someone drown when they are outside the protected area.
Wow what men of Integrity! You all are very admirable... 🙂
Why even have life guards at that beach then???!!!
I Stole your Cookie while you read my username True! The man being a good samaritan and doing his job still got him fired!
Tokahontas Yeah, sounds good to me
Toby The Phantom play suppose that some stupid rule is more important than someone’s life
Toby The Phantom Rules aren’t everything. You sound like the type of bitch that should run for dictator in China/Russia.
Toby The Phantom There's a line between following the rules and just plain fucking stupid
If someone's life is at stake, just break the rules and save him.
“Student gets expelled for getting an A”
He stayed in the library too long😂
thats pretty much what this is
"Student expelled for helping other student study and get an A"
@@MrPurple656 that student who got an A was a delinquent
@@MrPurple656 nah it is "Student expelled for topping all exams but used a different method"
The boss said: no u haven't unlocked that part of the map yet
Best fucking comment 🤣
This is gonna blow up
the upgrade will cost 500000 coins
LOL
HAHAHAHAHA
I really love that his co-workers stood up for this lifeguard. I know the company is now apologizing to him, but I don't think it's because they're sorry. It's because they are embarrassed by the negative publicity.
Eileen P lol I agree with you a hundred percent.
I agree.
Absolutely
It's DEFINITELY because of the bad PR. Do you think for a second they would send him an apology after firing him if it DIDN'T make the news?
Fuck no.
SavedMountain 961 sarcasm at its best 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂
In a world where money and liability is worth more than a human life, I am not surprised by this. These guys should be given medals.
same thing with stuff like bike lanes, bus lanes, mutifamily homes, and many more. usually these are from ignorance aswell
The lifeguard saved the drowning man out of good nature. The company fired him coz they don't want to get sued. However, a reasonable person would bite what he could chew.
There's a small zone assigned because whoever made the policy knew that lifeguards aren't superman.
What if you save the guy outside of the zone, but when you return, someone inside the zone is drowning? You would've saved the guy who swam at his own risk, and be unfair to the guy who would not have swam if not for the nearby lifeguard.
If you were the guy who drowned in the safe zone, would you find the lifeguard's action to be acceptable? Answer on your own, it's just a rhetoric.
@@biggiganticbones also, if a person died in a safe zone when lifeguard rescuing others one , family of died person will sue the company of millions and most likely court say pay them as your duty is to protect within safe zone not outside... So if i am the decision maker i would fire him as well i cant risk my company for anyone life
@@biggiganticbones Life is not perfect you can't always save everyone. Ignoring someone dying just on the off chance that another person might start drowning in your zone during the time you are saving that person, is literal insanity. You don't ignore something that is really happening for a mere possibility of what could happen.
@@eggzile1 you sir, have a spine 🥂
Life guard: lets someone die
Boss: *here you go a raise!*
Ikr! That is a stupid boss
well it is the drowner's fault for not reading the sign tbh
so wtf is the point of having a lifeguard then?
yep that sounds like what would happen
More like a Deathguard if you ask me
A life guard living to his name.
I don't know where these guys are today but if they need help it's our duty as a society to provide for them, we need such people
2025: Surgeon fired after he operated his patient succesfully.
the patient was suicidal and wanted to die, sues the doctor for saving his life.
Because the wrong scalpel was used to cut the patient's "..." as the surgeon thought it would better for this situation even tho the Surgery was a success, we can't allow that in out clinic.
we are going to come back to this in 5 years time
2025 is not gonna come
Rajiv jaigopal wadhwa that’s sounds exactly like the beginning of the Incredibles
*Their boss thought they should be like this*
"Man drowning nearby"
Lifeguard tower: Out of range.
Like in shooter games he will respawn
@THEAMAZINGSPIDER 69 you are an amazing spider!
@@SamsungS23Ultr 😂
@@wrendrawsstuff6403 egg
@@SamsungS23Ultr I can’t believe you just said that to me :0000
*egg*
I bet if he didn't save the guy and just watched from his part of the beach, they would have fired and sued him anyway.
Exactly, this was never ending well. He made the good call.
Right
Exactly exactly
Worse, he would have to live with that fact.
@@alexiswilliamsinc ima have to agree with this. Knowing someone died and you could have prevented it but didnt will you eat up alive.
The bigger question is why did everyone else at the beach seem fine watching the guy die? No one else stepped up to help? "Not my job."
“Liability issues” = Fear that the company could be fined. Money was more important to the company than a man’s life. Respect for all the lifeguards that did the right thing.
👍 yes! Exactly
@Carrot Muffins The chances of that happening would have been about one in a ... billion? While the chances of the man dieing (had he not been rescued) was one in ... one? No lifeguard with even just a shred of morality would have stood by and watched a man drown in that situation. So, in the end, if we’re honest, it was a financial decision to fire the lifeguard. (“Better to let a man drown than to risk a one-in-a-billion chance of their being financially liable for another man’s death on their side of the beach.”)
@Karabas TV Much logic, perhaps, for an hour. But at the end of the day, are thousands of people applauding their actions ... or are they shaking their heads in disgust? It probably didn’t do much for their brand image.
@@robertdobie2544 It's bad for their brand image because the lifeguard went outside the bounds. If the lifeguard had stayed in the bounds, it wouldn't have been so bad. If they made no repercussions, it could keep happening. THen one day if someone was in trouble on both sides of the line at the same time, the company would be in a big problem. Basically, the lifeguard is the one who put the company in a bad place. Security guards have to stay in their area. There is no reason to think lifeguards should be different.
@@AshiStarshade So, what you are saying is that, had you been the lifeguard on duty, you would have run over to the border of your side of the beach. Then stopped. Then, watched as the man drowned. While explaining to the drowning man that, “One day if there were two people drowning at the same time, and I wasn’t on my side of the beach, the company would be in a big problem.” Well, okay. I suppose that would have made the drowning man feel a little better, at least. But what if the drowning man had been six inches across the border? Would you still have turned a blind eye?
Lifeguard: *does his job and saves a drowning man*
Boss: "we don't do that here"
Seriously just buy signs saying better not drown!!
You literally just ripped this post from the person right above you...
@@gameshroomboy7896 lmao
^“And we don’t save people we let them dye”
The fxck then what does lifeguard do they chill?!?!
Lifegaurd's bosses son is drowning
Lifeguard: sorry out of my jurisdiction
@@fulcocrimson big brain time
Boss: YOU’RE FIRED! WHAT KIND OF LIFEGUARD ARE YOU?! Lifeguard: A Lifeguard who follows their policy 😏
666likes
@@Born2Losenot2win right, now I can't like it
Pro gamer move
I’m concerned by how unconcerned I was when I read the title.
HUGE RESPECT to all those guys for having each others back like that, it's beyond rare.
Seemed like a solid bunch of lads
only in america where lawsuits are more important than lives
@@joeking4954 Yes, I wish People would wake up and fight this nonsense.
Yeah huge respect but the also just jeopardized the company it's called Liability Insurance liability anything that they do the company is responsible for
@@dramafreak7122 by that logic, the company will consider liability more important than human lives. You have any idea how disgusting and immoral that is?
Lifeguard: I just saved a life.
His boss: No, you ruined his death.
Underated comment this deserves likes
Just me
Becuz it’s too late
@@Justme-gw2xt Man, I just wanna read something cool. Not another generic reply 😞
@@FestiveRocket so
He should’ve ask for consent before saving him🤦🏼♂️
Lifeguard: *today i watch someone drowning and I couldn’t save him*
Boss : *good job*
Hahaha
And gets a promotion
Gets a medal of honor
My favorite comment in here
I think that Will be fitting for Graystillplays or Floridaman intro line XD
This is the problem with Insurance companies. They limit us so much. That they are now putting our lives in danger instead of what they are there for. To help people.
The hell’s the point of a LIFEguard if they can’t even save people, which is their job!!!!
To sit and watch
@@Ykwhatimean- sit and watch people drown with popcorn in their arms
ikr doesnt make any sense, think the owner of the company needs reeducating
@@Mr_Tea_Rexx "i got fired for doing my job better then i was supposed to"
@@Ykwhatimean- whaaaa ??
"help! Someone is drowning over there!"
~You have not yet unlocked that part of the beach~
tazzybear lmao
Noice
"Pay 4,99$ to unlock"
tazzybear 😂😂😂
Probably ea
For those wondering.. Tomas and friends were offered jobs back but they refused. Publico backlash is a hell of a thing for a company. Tomas was given a key to the city at an event in his honor where the mayor also announced that they would no longer be using that company. He was also thanked in person by the man he saved a Mr. Maksim Samartsev from Estonia.
"All guards would have done the same thing. I think all of us deserve this. All I did was do what I supposed to do." - Tomas Lopez.
That’s wonderful to hear thanks for letting us all know
Great news. Thank you.
thomas and friends
Fantastic update. Love to hear it.
And yet Jeff Ellis management is still responsible for all the city’s aquatics
Excellent choice on their part - Kudos!!!
How stupid would it be if someone asked him "why did u let em die?" And he would just go "oh just rules, u know didn't wanna get fired"
Mummified - exactly and if that happened the boss would flip flopped and said something like - I would never fire someone for saving a mans life regardless of the rules
Lmao like seriously
@@sadams1397 get real life logic to apply
Same reporting crew came out saying it was an outrage, just at the wrong guy...
or "we have liability issues". Thats so fucked up no amount of money should be worth more than someones life
When your company chooses liability over life, it's time to find a new job.
@ no. one bad incident doesn't represent a country with 330 million people. get smart
But I dont understand where they are getting this "liability" thing from as many states have "Good Samaritan" laws which protect people from such things.
Sooo every construction / manufacturing job?
@@Flakjacket96 It probably has to do with insurance/liability. When you run a business you have to deal with the liabilities and they dictate what you can or cannot do to maintain coverage. It's the unfortunate reality. It's like why you have to clock out at many jobs on breaks if you leave the premises because they are liable for your actions and it doesn't fall under their liability insurance. Going past that post while on the clock exposed the company to uncovered liability for himself and actions from the victim due to not complying with a contract. Glad everything worked out and hope the young man finds another job or another contract for the area is crafted.
PLOT TWIST no one wanted to help
These young men are more honorable than most men in leadership today.
not a very high bar, to be honest
@@futsk01 maybe so with our leadership being of low standards. but these young men have set an example of just how far above the bar standard they are at least by his and his friends actions.THEY WILL LEAVE NO MAN OR WOMEN BEHIND. unlike some leaders we know.
Well yeah becauyse most leaders are in a its only way and you listen to my way
Absolutely right on.
I hope you're speaking of _politicians_ in leadership positions, because if you mean men who are leaders _in general_ (and that means _any_ positions of leadership), I challenge your theory and defy you to provide real-world examples that _most men_ indeed fit your blanket statement. Further, I posit that you don't know enough men in positions of leadership to extrapolate even a _semi-accurate_ cross-section of the men who fall under what you speculate, and that your theory is based on anecdotal evidence and the men _you_ interact with, as opposed to empirical data.
They're called lifeguards for a reason. That company is fucked up.
Imagine if he hadn't helped he would be called a monster.
either way he would get fired
Yea what else is he supposed to do just let him die?
Well when you think about it the life guard in the sector of the drowning man would be fired not him but he did the right thing #commonsense
And eventually get fired.
I said common sense because he saved him instead of letting the other lifeguard get fired
“Pilot fired for successfully landing plane”
737?
@@mrrolandlawrence no it was a 747
Don't be absurd.
Sounds like the 9/11 pilots if you ask me
That's exactly the plot of the movie "Sully". These kind of cases are fucking awful
Boxer fired for punching an opponent.
As a lifeguard, this is horrifying.
@@hiflca how???
As a lifeguard I agree. If he didn’t rescue him he could’ve been arrested because he neglected his duties as a registered lifeguard
As a lifeguard, the true hero is the guy that notified the lifeguard. I woulda been asleep.
If I get fired for doing my job I'm suing
People are gonna stop going to that beach 🏖 if the rules are really that stupid and unfair
What even is the point of a lifeguard if they aren't allowed to actually save swimmers?
“Doctor fired for saving a man from bleeding out”
"Hospital says its a liability issue because man was saved outside of hospital premises"
student learning from school gets arrested
“Man arrested for being born a man”
“Man saves woman from drowning. Woman proceeds to sue him for touching her.”
@@negativezer0741 that was a real thing that happened word for word, I'd be surprised if you weren't intentionally referencing that lol
Notice at this beach:
Hiring lifeguards to watch people drowning.
“No, no, that’s not possible the goo-lagoon is closed”
...
they just need a statue for thats job
Yeah, watchguards.
How they want the lifeguards to act:
1st lifeguard: Ah yes that man appears to be doing the DEATH
2nd lifeguard: why it seems so
1st:should we help him?
2nd: and risk losing our jobs?
1st: there are somethings you got to do no matter what is the rules what only matters is what you feel in your heart and thats between you and god...
2nd:wow...
1st:good thing were atheists!
Everybody at the beach:HARHARHARHARHAR
Guy doing the DEATH's spirit:HAR...HAR...HAR
Good guy is a lifeguard. LIFE... GUARD... not a "deathwatcher".
"Deathwatcher" so accurately describing what the company wants, but such a badass name
the most metal thing of 2020
Actually build good.
I only liked for how awesome deathwatcher sounds
"Deathwatcher" sounds like something out of game of thrones.
Good to see that we have young men with principles. Good on ya fellas!
“Raincoat gets arrested for protecting human against rain”
The raincoat was actually protecting the users child, and that was simply out of bounds.
lmao
Lmao
His acomplise the umbrella was later arrested
Hammer being sued for violently striking nail
Next: *Doctor gets fired for saving patients life*
Well if a patient has a DNR order or wants to stop treatment to die on their own terms and a doctor decides to save them against their against their wishes then yeah a doctor should at least be scolded for that.
Summonearth can you handle a joke?
hE ToUChed Me WIthOUt COnseNT
Good answer
It Should have been "Doctor gets fired for hurting children with a needle" 😱
*”Pregnant woman arrested for giving birth”*
Taco Bell employee gets fired for putting cheese in a burrito
Soldier fired for killing an enemy
So that's why the stuff on aisle 5 at Walmart was on Clarence it had after birth on it it wasn't peppermint candy cane Christmas gunk well congratulations a penny saved is a penny earned 👏
In an undesignated area! LOL
@@mr.doodytp3793 yes
Maybe the lifeguard can't go out of the protected area, but a citizen can. And maybe Tommy - just like the former "president" - THOUGHT that he would do his lunch break now, which gave him all the right in the world to save a man‘s life.
If he didn’t do anything then there would be a headline “Lifeguard refuses to save drowning swimmer, results in death”
That’d probably result in him getting fired too
Damned if you do, damned if you don't! What a culture!
Just fyi I was on the beach and that kid had nothing to do with saving the mans life, he was already pulled out of water by the time he arrived. And he stayed in the wrong section even after the right lifeguard arrived(like 30 seconds after him) what if someone was drowning in the station he left....
@@ryantheallknowing3863 If someone was drowning in the station he left, then bystanders will ask other stations just like how this first one started...
@@nomealow what the hell happens at the last station?
Nice to see a group of young people with such integrity and loyalty. Kudos to them..
EXACTLY
Yea
ok boomer
Young men with integrity, just made my day. Whoever’s responsible for making a rule that doesn’t let a life guards save a life, they need to quit.
You mean Get Fired
You mean they need to get imprisoned
They need to drown 🕳🕺
They probably have that rule because if someone else is drowning in the area the lifeguard was supposed to protect, then the corporation can be sued for 10s of millions of dollars
@@glamorouslynothere4785 😂
That man has more humanity than his bosses
The lack of common sense these days is astounding.
Alternative title: “lifeguard gets fired for doing his job”.
@Manuel Baut104 yeah oh
@Manuel Baut104 ??
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Technically, now technically, he broke a rule in his stupid job, not saying it’s a good thing
He did his job he got fired but if he didn’t do his job and let the man drown he would’ve probably get fired as well so this so I’m confused on this rule
Theses young men used common sense. This is something we should look for in our leaders. Way to go guys. They should start a company of their own.
lol.. that is exactly what I thought Karen, they're to good for this stupid ass company.
He's a LIFEGUARD what else is he supposed to do?
"Theses" thats a new one
Linda T what you female don't realise is they will never own a part of the beach lol they don't have that kind of money an now they WILL be unemployed.. their old employers made that part of the beach safe so they get more customers an did NOT employ the lifeguards to save the world.. Now if it was a goverment job there would be no problem but no this was private
It’s also what lawyers look for in lawsuits. If the man he saved was injured during the rescue the company would not be covered by insurance. Doctors will watch you die out front of the hospital waiting for an ambulance to bring you that extra 50 feet.
"So what you in jail for?"
*I saved someone from drowning.*
Underrated comment
Over rated
@@ButtersChannel nah it’s over rated
@@edits1947 no, more like overuse format but the amount of likes this comment got seems fair
They aren't going to jail for this lol...
12 years later I’m watching this. I hope the guy has found success. If it were in my power I would give him a job! This is so ABSURD!!!!
This is the same as
“Doctor arrested for saving patient”
*Nobody notices* Thats even better, good job lad
Patrick Misunderstands the Internet The equivalent would be more like a doctor getting arrested for saving a patient that he didn’t have authorization to save. Like inadequate paperwork or something like that.
Yes, and there are doctors who will not stop at the scene of an accident to help because they might get sued if someone dies. It happens. You can blame the litigiousness of the public and the policies of insurance companies for this sort of thing.
@@WalterLiddy True,
and also,
When there are doctors who actually stopped and attempted to help and succeeded, yet developed a problem that could potentially be a reason to sue the doctor :/
but some people inevitably close to death have a wristband (as they’re in so much pain) telling doctors not to save them...
Man not only did that guy choose to save a life instead of save face, but so did his peers. I'm proud of all of them for choosing to be human over employees.
I'd sue.
I accidentally nutted while reading your comment. I was edging
it would make sense if they fired a lifeguard for patrolling that area instead of the area under their jurisdiction, but firing him after he SUCCESSFULLY saved someone is insane
3 people drowned in his area while saving the homeless man drowning
@@Roflmao6173 there is some imbecile in the comments defending the company
Lifeguard: *Saves a life*
Sign: “Wait, that’s illegal!”
first reply yes
😂😐
Lemme ask u guys a simple question to test ur basic chemistry . What do you get when u combine one molecule of carbon with 2 molecules of oxygen ?
@@adityamenon6365 CO2? Carbondioxide?
@@chubob73 CORRECT 😁
Dispicable treatment for saving someone s life.
He saved a human's life. He's a hero. He should be rewarded, not penalized. The boss should be fired and banned from any job in that industry.
Not allowed in any job at all, assholes not allowed beyond this point
The company should be shunned from the industry itself and have it's contracts pulled for a clear breach in understanding of their duties.
Maybe the boss is not at fault here it is possible that the reason he was fired was because of a company policy giving the boss no choice but to follow it.
@@billsloan There should not be a company policy that requires the boss to fire him in this situation, and if there is it should not be followed period. The existence of a company policy does not free a person of moral duty. It's just a spineless coward that would enforce a policy like this in this situation.
Suppose someone died because the lifeguard followed company policy. There would be public outrage and the lifeguard would have been the head the company fed to the mob (aka fired anyway). The company would have found some loophole to avoid responsibility. Maybe if someone died, it would trigger a change in policy, but that is a reactive approach to preventing death, requiring a death to promote the necessary policies for actual prevention.
Lifeguard: kills someone
Boss: nice job you're promoted
Lol
Lifeguard: feels so wrong but so good
ALABAMA 100
*you’re
@@williamfish shut up and enjoy the joke
“You didn’t save my life, you ruined my death that’s what you did!” -Suicidal guy from The Incredibles
Caden Johnson OMG I thought the same thing too
Yes, that's what it means.
Aha its at 420
Blueberries Of Doom nice😂
Now that idiot had no right to sue mr incredibles
This guy got fired literally because he did his job
“Sorry, his life is out of my jurisdiction. Try the lifeguard around the corner.”
Pretty much is what they required them to say...
I genuinely thought this was an Onion video.
Lawrence Machiavelli same
@@elliotthill7008
Irrelevant.
@@elliotthill7008 it has nothing to do with this case, the job says lifeguard, if you arent allowed to save life then why bother being a "lifeguard". And your statement is stupid, if you can save someone's life then you do it, stop fucking following the rules all the time, try being a human, not a robot who always follows orders and rules
Imagine if the lifeguard had complied with the rules and knowingly let the person drown, everybody would have attacked and sued the lifeguard.
Exactly
that would be much worse than getting fired from your job
More likely, they would have gone against the company, who would have fired him anyway to save face.
That's the true hypocrisy of companies like these.
"You saved someone? Well you didn't follow the rule, so you're fired.
You followed the rule? Well, I'm firing you because people are mad at us and we need to save face."
They would have lost because of the liability protection that he violated. Not saying he shouldn't have saved the person, he did the right thing but a lawsuit would have gone nowhere in your hypothetical.
Either way, he gon' get fired .
As a former lifeguard, the person who is supposed to go in for the rescue is ALWAYS the first person who notices the danger. It doesn't matter whose zone the victim is in. If you see something, blow the whistle and jump in.
This private company's policy is absolute nonsense, and I respect these guards for leaving.
I could imagine there being a work insurance issue if they leave their station but forbidding them from leaving it if necessary is a very stupid conclusion to that problem
@@gildahobbs8829it is for sure a case of hr and corporate overdoing their paperwork. They checked all the boxes and then some not realising that they do nothing outside of a theoretical concept. Because for a business in theory it makes all the sense to have lines drawn to not cross, however, anyone with half a brain would realise if they hired someone appropriate for being a LIFEguard, they would go outside the zone to save someone. But, pencil pushers spent to much time inside worried about money and not once saw the real world action of their rules and laws.
Too bad we don't know the name of this 'private company'
@@CelabWilliams-gb6rm Not to mention, even if there are serious laws preventing someone from leaving their zone they fail to realize the implications of what would happen if someone died and the lifeguard company did NOTHING.
@@parteuy3434 We do, it's mentioned in the video itself.
>JEM owner Jeff Ellis, who also founded Jeff Ellis & Associates, based in Ocoee, Fla., apologized to Lopez, both in a phone call and publically _[sic],_ in a statement posted on the company’s Website. He is currently overseeing an investigation of the incident and a review of policies. The company has offered to rehire Lopez and two other guards who were fired for standing by him, but so far Lopez has declined the offer. He has accepted the key to the city of Hallandale Beach.
>Six guards quit over the episode, and the story was picked up in both national and international media, including CNN, the Huffington Post and Fox and Friends. There’s also been much discussion via social media, including AI Connect and the AI Linkedin Group.
The company eventually apologies for the firing and launch an investigation on the matter and reviewed their policies. Then end up loosing their contract with the city.....
I thought they were called *lifeguards* for a reason..
I’m pretty sure that company is breaking the law for not allowing lifeguards to go everywhere on the beach like this!!!
Nah, they're like the handles on grocery bags, there for show. Once you need their support they hang back as your dinner drowns in a broken bottle of red wine.
Electrifyz for real
Nahhhh mate it's called life gaurds for a reason.... Gaurding people from their lives... (Not allowing people access to their lives)
The county should revoke and terminate the lifegaurd company's contract, and hire the lifeguard and his buddies.
This is why Chandler changed his career from being a lifeguard into a full time Mr. Beast friend
Lol
I thought I was the only one
Hed make his whole career of pay in one video
Alr I’m not the only on I’m glad
lol yes
"Lifeguard fired for saving someone"
"Chef fired for cooking food"
"Plants fired for creating oxygen"
lmao this is so true
@@Kathy-ih9ep We already do that lol
@@NotKiiro ah yes lmao thats y i said it innit
Earth fired for making humans live
if the lifeguards cant leave their station to save someone, what the hell is the point of a lifeguard?