Poll of the Day > This 24 y/o Florida Girl is MOCKED for being a LIFEGUARD because she's FAT!!!

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Full Throttle
05/29/17 10:18:12 PM
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Would you trust Courtney as a lifeguard to save people in the water?


24 y/o Courtney Harrough from Orlando, Florida is MOCKED irl and online because she said people doubt her capabilities to be a lifeguard because she is PLUS SIZE!!

She got backlash after qualifying to be a lifeguard despite being a competitive swimmer AND water polo player throughout high school!

While training, she got one nasty encounter that struck a nerve with her and said "A woman my height, but 3 times smaller than me said I find it hard to believe you were an athletic swimmer. If you're a plus-size woman preesenting to a company, not just for an athletic-based career, you face a stigma that if you're fat, you're lazy"

But Courtney is far from that and admits she is uesd to proving people wrong when it comes to doing her job. She knows it's a physically demanding job and you need stamina and resilience to keep up.

Even when interviewed as a DEEP WATER LIFEGUARD, she was informed that prospective employers that it is "rigorous and can be tiring" and she answered with a resounding "I have no doubt i can rise to the occassion and swim with the best of them. My weight and height may cause some to think that i'd only be a pleasantly perched beached whale upon a lifeguard stand, but that isn't the case. My body is strong, sturdy AND Sex! I don't have smooth legs, or cut shoulders accented by tiny boobs like most of the girls in my class but i have courage and a spirit to try"

But after completing her training, she learned there was no lifeguarding uniforms in her size and was told "You don't look like a regular lifeguard, we're going to have to pull you from your job"

But Courtney maintains that "aesthetics" have nothing at all to do with her ability to do the job

She told them "If you knew you couldn't accomodate, you shouldn't have put me through this. And you're not going ot fire me, because that's discrimination. We're gonig to figure out how to get it done"

In the end, she made her OWN uniform and got on with her job...

She's encouraging other fat people not to let their size feel they can't follow their dreams as she tells them to be leaders of yourself and others as you can do more than you think you can because your body is your friend.

Would you trust Courtney as a lifeguard? let's see if people would

Courtney - Lifeguard

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/05/29/17/40EA473400000578-4552654-Showing_her_skills_Courtney_Harrough_24_works_as_a_deep_water_li-m-13_1496073618786.jpg

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/05/29/16/40E4B98500000578-0-image-m-19_1496072062744.jpg

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/05/29/16/40E4B96600000578-0-image-a-1_1496070192633.jpg

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/05/29/16/40E4B9A200000578-0-image-a-11_1496070241816.jpg

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/05/29/16/40E4B97200000578-0-image-a-14_1496070511276.jpg

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/05/29/16/40E4B9B800000578-0-image-a-13_1496070496041.jpg
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Lightning Bolt
05/29/17 10:19:15 PM
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/shrug
She'd float so that helps I guess.
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wwinterj25
05/29/17 10:20:55 PM
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Full Throttle posted...
Would you trust Courtney as a lifeguard to save people in the water?


No. You really need to be in shape to be a lifeguard. If you're not then not only are you putting yourself at risk but you're also putting others at risk. She may think she can do the job well but the fact of the matter is a more in shape person would do it better. This sounds like yet another "Look at me and accept me because I'm fat!" story.
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Mead
05/29/17 10:24:37 PM
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Full Throttle posted...
My body is strong, sturdy AND Sex!


Good old duckbear translation
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Dikitain
05/29/17 10:24:48 PM
#5:


Lightning Bolt posted...
/shrug
She'd float so that helps I guess.


I mean it is a fact that the fatter you are the easier you float, so if I have to grab onto anyone I would rather it be the person who looks like a giant inflatable pool toy.
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HorrorJudasGoat
05/29/17 10:26:56 PM
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What to say? "She's not fat, she's large and in charge."
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aHappySacka
05/29/17 10:29:10 PM
#7:


Accepting your body =/= competence in a physically demanding job.

If someone is drowning in the pool then it would be better to have someone who is more physically capable to get them out.
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Melon_Master
05/29/17 10:30:29 PM
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Full Throttle posted...
Would you trust Courtney as a lifeguard?

If I'm drowning, I could careless what her weight is. Even if it's a toothless vagrant that saves me.. I just don't want to die lol.
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wwinterj25
05/29/17 10:32:47 PM
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Melon_Master posted...
I could careless


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Melon_Master
05/29/17 10:33:45 PM
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wwinterj25 posted...
Melon_Master posted...
I could careless


v40pQ

:P
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SunWuKung420
05/29/17 10:38:24 PM
#11:


Can she swim? Is she strong enough to swim while holding a person? Then she can be a life guard.
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MICHALECOLE
05/29/17 10:41:56 PM
#12:


Was she in baywatch?
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dboy11368
05/30/17 12:13:24 AM
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If she completed her training, what's the problem? Is she unfit or is the training lacking?
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Jen0125
05/30/17 12:38:08 AM
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I wouldn't trust a fat lifeguard.
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TheCyborgNinja
05/30/17 1:09:39 AM
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Well, she'd float you to safety anyway.
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Revelation34
05/30/17 1:13:45 AM
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wwinterj25 posted...
Full Throttle posted...
Would you trust Courtney as a lifeguard to save people in the water?


No. You really need to be in shape to be a lifeguard. If you're not then not only are you putting yourself at risk but you're also putting others at risk. She may think she can do the job well but the fact of the matter is a more in shape person would do it better. This sounds like yet another "Look at me and accept me because I'm fat!" story.


This post covers it.
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Golden Road
05/30/17 1:14:48 AM
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wwinterj25 posted...
No. You really need to be in shape to be a lifeguard. If you're not then not only are you putting yourself at risk but you're also putting others at risk. She may think she can do the job well but the fact of the matter is a more in shape person would do it better. This sounds like yet another "Look at me and accept me because I'm fat!" story.

Except she can do the job. Being fat does not necessarily mean you're out of shape. Often, yes, but not always, and it sounds like Courtney is in that "not always" case.
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SunWuKung420
05/30/17 1:15:39 AM
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wwinterj25 posted...
Full Throttle posted...
Would you trust Courtney as a lifeguard to save people in the water?


No. You really need to be in shape to be a lifeguard. If you're not then not only are you putting yourself at risk but you're also putting others at risk. She may think she can do the job well but the fact of the matter is a more in shape person would do it better. This sounds like yet another "Look at me and accept me because I'm fat!" story.


She passed the exams. She is clearly "in shape" enough to do the job.
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wwinterj25
05/30/17 1:29:03 AM
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Golden Road posted...
Except she can do the job.


SunWuKung420 posted...
She passed the exams. She is clearly "in shape" enough to do the job.


Clearly none of you understood my post. Doesn't matter if she can do the job or not. A more in shape person would do it better because they are not fat.
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Revelation34
05/30/17 2:03:52 AM
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Golden Road posted...
wwinterj25 posted...
No. You really need to be in shape to be a lifeguard. If you're not then not only are you putting yourself at risk but you're also putting others at risk. She may think she can do the job well but the fact of the matter is a more in shape person would do it better. This sounds like yet another "Look at me and accept me because I'm fat!" story.

Except she can do the job. Being fat does not necessarily mean you're out of shape. Often, yes, but not always, and it sounds like Courtney is in that "not always" case.


Well that's true. Round is a shape after all.
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Kyuubi4269
05/30/17 2:27:46 AM
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I don't want to hold on to a surface that'll shift away from my grip, nor do I want to avoid drowning in water to drown in blubber.
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Golden Road
05/30/17 2:49:20 AM
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wwinterj25 posted...
Clearly none of you understood my post. Doesn't matter if she can do the job or not. A more in shape person would do it better because they are not fat.

A more in shape person who's fat can also do the job better. Being fat doesn't necessarily mean someone isn't in shape.
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Kyuubi4269
05/30/17 3:16:36 AM
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Golden Road posted...
Being fat doesn't necessarily mean someone isn't in shape.

It's literally the definition, a fat person is not in their natural shape, they are out of their shape.
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TheSlinja
05/30/17 3:23:01 AM
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Full Throttle posted...

But after completing her training, she learned there was no lifeguarding uniforms in her size and was told "You don't look like a regular lifeguard, we're going to have to pull you from your job"

But Courtney maintains that "aesthetics" have nothing at all to do with her ability to do the job

She told them "If you knew you couldn't accomodate, you shouldn't have put me through this. And you're not going ot fire me, because that's discrimination. We're gonig to figure out how to get it done"

In the end, she made her OWN uniform and got on with her job...


yo mad respect for all this actually
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OmegaM
05/30/17 8:34:18 PM
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If she passed the tests, I don't think it would have been right for them not to hire her. You can't have employers changing the rules at the last minute just to keep out job candidates they don't like for irrelevant reasons.

Also, if she's actually as fit as she says she is, I'm not going to lie, I wouldn't mind dating her. It turns me on when a woman is fat but strong. >_> She looks good to me in that first photo:

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/05/29/17/40EA473400000578-4552654-Showing_her_skills_Courtney_Harrough_24_works_as_a_deep_water_li-m-13_1496073618786.jpg
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SunWuKung420
05/30/17 9:13:28 PM
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Kyuubi4269 posted...
Golden Road posted...
Being fat doesn't necessarily mean someone isn't in shape.

It's literally the definition, a fat person is not in their natural shape, they are out of their shape.


Nope.
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Zeus
05/30/17 9:18:58 PM
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SunWuKung420 posted...
Kyuubi4269 posted...
Golden Road posted...
Being fat doesn't necessarily mean someone isn't in shape.

It's literally the definition, a fat person is not in their natural shape, they are out of their shape.


Nope.


Yes, technically a person's natural shape could be fat. However, she's VERY fat which does seem unnatural.
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PKMNsony
05/30/17 9:24:52 PM
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Awesome, people will try extra hard not to drown!
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Kungfu Kenobi
05/30/17 9:32:58 PM
#29:


Full Throttle posted...
Would you trust Courtney as a lifeguard?


Can she swim faster than I can drown? That's what matters here.
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WhiskeyDisk
05/30/17 9:39:15 PM
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If she passed the lifeguard exam and the practical test, there is literally no reason to bar her from lifeguarding.

She has passed the criteria.
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