Hello Snake Side Of Tumblr! I Would Like To Introduce My Little Guy, Loki! He Likes To Explore, And To

Hello snake side of Tumblr! I would like to introduce my little guy, Loki! He likes to explore, and to sleep, and to boop snoots. I bought him from an exotic pet store, and a while back I took him to the vet (just for a little check-up) and I was told that he’s about a year old. (Makes sense though! He is pretty tiny!) He scared me quite a bit at first when I first got him. He went on a 5 month feeding strike, but he did start eating on a regular schedule, and he has had 2 nice, full sheds, and he’s about to shed again fairly soon.

Nice to meet you all!!!

There are companies that are chill, where you and your supervisor can chill and talk shit about other pools, and then there are companies where you make a doctors appointment a week ahead, on a day that you’re free, only to go online and find out the day before the appointment, someone updated your schedule so you’re working on appointment day.

Then the scheduling sup. gets mad at you for not telling them when ‘you’re schedule has been decided for weeks’ when last week there were 0 unconfirmed shifts. Like???

All lifeguards are mermaids. Sorry. I don’t make the rules.

No I will not ‘watch your kids for just a minute while you run off and go somewhere else’. Y’all ain’t paying me extra for babysitting while I’m working.

‘But you’d be watching them anyway! It’s just for 5 minutes!’ I’m watching everyone. And let’s say your kid, in the ‘5 minutes’ you’re gone has a seizure/heat stroke/faints/has any medical emergency. We need you there to supply us with information. Is your child allergic to any thing? Do they have medication to take? Is there an epipen to use? Where do they live? How old are they? Who’s going with them to the E.R (if something really bad happened)?

And let’s not forget that if I take my attention off of any of the patrons at my pool for even 2 minutes someone will break a rule. That’s not me being dramatic. It’s a fact. If I don’t call someone out for running/doing a trick jump/shooting someone in the face with a water gun, they’re gonna keep doing it until someone gets hurt.

So, no. I’m not watching your kid and your kid alone, for ‘just 5 minutes’. This hat says ‘lifeguard’ not ‘baby sitter’.

Rest In Peace, to the hero who created my heroes.