Sometimes, it’s a self-produced video of inappropriate Human-Food interaction by two employees of Domino’s Pizza; other times it’s the moronic call of reality TV, but now The New York Post snaps a photograph of our decline.

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NEW YORK POST, AUGUST 3, 2009

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Washed Up! Ipod Guard Whistled
Aug. 4, 2009
Now he’s in deep. The city yesterday suspended the lifeguard photographed by The Post Sunday as he relaxed in his chair listening to his iPod through a headset on Rockaway Beach. The nine-year veteran, whose name was withheld, faces charges…

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Lifeguard Caught Wearing Headphones Suspended
Aug. 3, 2009
The lifeguard who was totally tuned out while on duty at a Queens beach was suspended today by the city, officials said. The Parks Department said the lifeguard will be brought up on “formal disciplinary charges” — which could mean he will be…

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Totally Tuned Out
Aug. 3, 2009
Don’t bother calling for help when this guy’s on duty. The day after a teen drowned in the treacherous riptides off Rockaway Beach, this lifeguard appeared totally oblivious to the dangers there — wearing iPod headphones on the job yesterday in…

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Rockaway Swimmer Drowns
Aug. 2, 2009
A 19-year-old aspiring lawyer drowned and his girlfriend was rescued yesterday afternoon at Rockaway Beach after getting caught in riptides, authorities said. Lifeguards noticed the woman struggling in the surf at Beach 25th Street at 3 p.m. and…

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