Personal Narrative: Working At The Swimming Pool

As a 16 year old girl, I got my first job working at the local pool during the summer break. The pool was the place to be to get cooled off from those boiling sun rays. It was the perfect hang out for water games and fun. This was the description of a perfect job full of suntans and cute boys, or at least I thought.

The summer season was coming closer to an end and the pool wasn’t extremely busy. It was a hot humid day, perfect for being in the water having fun. It was soon time for me to go up on stand one and begin my rotation. My responsibility was to watch the swimmers in and out of the pool for safety precautions. As the patrons were swimming having a blast, jamming to music and eating ice cream, an older man of about 40 years old swam

After that didn’t work for him, he swam up to my stand and sat there staring at me while his son jumped off the boards. At this point, my heart began to race and I was extremely uncomfortable. It was a sunny day and I was shaking in my skin. I am in the furthest stand from the office and can’t get anyone’s attention for help. I looked at the clock and I had 8 more minutes until my rotation was over. Not knowing what to do, I just told myself to ignore him and nothing would happen. After I told myself to just breathe, he began flirting with me and making sexual comments. 8 minutes turned into an

I sat there thinking of how I could tell my manager that this 40 year old man was flirting with me. How would he believe me? Finally I came to the conclusion that I would tell him immediately after I got off stand. And then finally, my rotation was over and I could go tell someone. I nearly ran to the office across the pool, knowing that he was watching me. He wanted me to swim in the pool with him, like that was going to happen. Freaked out, i ran into the office and asked to speak with my manager alone. He gladly said yes and we went for a walk outside of the pool.

He asked me what was up and I told him the entire story. He asked if I had said anything and I said no that I ignored him. He then asked me if i wanted him to say something to the man. Of course I didn’t want to make the other man mad so I said no, that I just wanted him to watch when I went up on stand to make sure he didn’t come near me. He agreed and I felt like the world was lifted off my shoulders. After our talk, we came back to the pool and the man was walking out with his son and didn’t say anything else to me. Finally, he got the