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The Lifeguard Shortage and Huntington Beach Psychos
from #305 - Summer In America | The Tim Dillon Show · #305
7 min
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Reacting to a local news clip about a lifeguard shortage, Tim jokes about letting people at public beaches drown, argues that public-health-adjacent jobs became uncool post-COVID because they don't allow phone scrolling, and mocks the right-wing beachgoers of Huntington Beach.
- Lifeguard shortage explained: $24/hour pay, but employees cite COVID fears and close contact concerns like mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
- Local news report: Huntington Beach lifeguard recruitment typically draws 300 applicants but only 100 this year.
- Tim questions why society pretends to care about preventing deaths at public beaches when they're free and unmonitored.
- Lifeguard job used to be cool via Baywatch associations, but positions of power have become uncool since COVID.
- Tim suggests lifeguards now feel like beach cops or "beach feds" rather than cool rescue workers.
- News explanation for shortage: people don't want jobs where they can't use their phones or scroll social media throughout the day.
- The real reason might be that lifeguarding is an actual job requiring real work, unlike most positions where people do nothing all day.
- Tim recommends pool guard work at country clubs over beach lifeguarding—easier money with fewer actual rescues needed.
- Huntington Beach residents are psychotic, right-wing extremists who would punch a lifeguard trying to save them.
- Being a lifeguard is decent work for young people needing summer income, unlike working on ranches.
Huntington BeachCandace OwensBaywatch