Tough call: Riptides (or “Rips”, as we call them DownUnder) are a source of major headaches for Surf Lifesaving as they can cause swimmers some considerable grief, carrying them out past the breakers, and not a few swimmers get into trouble and drown.
Which is why they say “always swim between the flags.”
Your Surf Lifesaver obviously thought you were near a particularly strong Rip, as they can take up sand from the bottom and look muddy. If so, he was acting out of an abundance of caution for your safety, even tho’ he might have been wrong and mistaking the sandbar for a Rip.
(then again, he might have been right.)
If it were me, I’d cut him some slack.
“If it were me, I’d cut him some slack.”
I somewhat agree with this sentiment. As the person who would have to retrieve your dead body, he was within his rights to warn you off.
On the other hand, it was an over-reaction to kick you out because he had trouble getting your attention.
Agreed. Especially since it’s the LG who has to go out after the swimmer if the swimmer is wrong about the riptide and gets in trouble.
you werent there
he should have cut me the slack
I was fine
far from what he called a rip tide and was just a sand bar
and not in any danger
enjoying myself
You have to live here to know this
As for the Harvard references, none of you were there. Sheesh, every veteran I told this story to had a good laugh with me, most of you on here are more like Obama than the Cambridge Cops!