redstreak one;1218778 wrote: This is why I dont post on here very much, too much extreme for me. Its like high school all over, I am cooler than you and I will post or say anything to look good.

isadore;1218737 wrote:cited "liability issues"

dlazz;1218833 wrote:There was no reason at all to bring that up.

Also, this is a textbook example of how America has deteriorated as a society. God forbid the guy tries to help someone out.

Steel Valley Football;1218875 wrote:That's not at all what this is.

DeadliestWarrior34;1218885 wrote:Here we go again with SVF and his rants. He probably thought slavery was right at the time since there was no law against it and the government is always right.

dlazz;1218887 wrote:Yeah, I should've caught myself biting at his trolling. I'll delete my post.

raiderbuck;1218860 wrote:Insurance liability > someone's life

Nice to see that company has their priorities in order.

justincredible;1218898 wrote:Yep.

Like redstreak said, the guy is going to be better off in the long run. I would not want to work for a company that would fire me for saving someone's life anyway.

Steel Valley Football;1218904 wrote:Did he save someone's life? Or did he leave his beach area unattended and unguarded?

dlazz;1218906 wrote:If a city cop observes an old woman getting mugged outside of city limits, should the cop intervene or report it to the dispatcher so they can send a sherriff?

Rotinaj;1218914 wrote:Depends. Is it a pit bull that is mugging the old woman?

dlazz;1218906 wrote:If a city cop observes an old woman getting mugged outside of city limits, should the cop intervene or report it to the dispatcher so they can send a sherriff?

Steel Valley Football;1218904 wrote:Did he save someone's life? Or did he leave his beach area unattended and unguarded?

Steel Valley Football;1218922 wrote:According to whom?

LJ;1218925 wrote:He saved someone's life.

Other lifeguards have quit the company over the firing according to the AMA on reddit. http://www.reddit.com/r/iama/comments/w24m9/

justincredible;1218926 wrote:According to the mugger. Obviously, the answer is no.

But seriously, what are you asking? Yes, the cop should intervene. Always.

isadore;1218737 wrote:Corporate America at its best.

A Florida lifeguard has been booted from his lifeguard chair for running to save a man who was floundering in the surf.Tomas Lopez , 21, was fired by his supervisor for vacating his lifeguarding zone to save a man drowning in an unprotected area of the beach in Hallandale Beach, Fla., on Monday, reports the Sun Sentinel.
Lopez' employer is not paid to patrol the zone where the man had been in trouble. According to the Sun Sentinel, Lopez was approached by a beachgoer who pointed out a man struggling in the water nearly 1,500 feet south of his post.
Instinctively, he ran down the beach to save him. By the time Lopez got to him, he had been pulled to shore by fellow beachgoers.
Following his rescue attempt, Lopez was let go for leaving the area he was supposed to be covering
Jeff Ellis and Associates, a private aquatic safety contractor, is hired by the city to patrol the beaches. The company is also in charge of hiring and training the city's lifeguards.
Susan Ellis, spokeswoman for Jeff Ellis and Associates, told the Sun Sentinel that Lopez broke company rules when he left his zone, and cited "liability issues" that may have occurred as a result of Lopez leaving his designated area.
Ellis could not be reached for further comment.


gosh a ruddies of course the world is full of corporate apologists.