Wanna-be a Hero II

The City of Huntington Beach, Calif., is having a hard time keeping its beach lifeguard towers staffed. During its recent recruitment drive to fill 30 lifeguard openings, only 20 of the 129 candidates were qualified. A half-mile swim to the end of the city pier and back, designed to test endurance, resulted in the rescue of six of the would-be lifesavers. One they didn’t even allow to get into the water: on her application, she wrote under swimming experience, “I have none, but I watched Baywatch and I look good in a bikini.” Lifeguards Capt. Steve Seim said it was typical to get unqualified applicants. “Every year we get people who try out who have no business [being here]”. (Reuters) ...Supervisors nixed Seim’s offer to the girl for the position of “training aid”.