\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Roy Lester, a 61 year old lifeguard from New York, lost his job for refusing to wear a speedo during a speed test.\u00a0\u00a0 He had been a lifeguard at Jones Beach, NY since 1966 and swimming was his passion.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Roy also is a attorney and now is suing the NY State Parks and Recreation Department for what he believes is age discrimination.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The speedo excuse was a good chance to take his job from him.\u00a0 He is still strong and healthy and an excellent swimmer.\u00a0 He has a pile of\u00a0 medals to prove his ability and 45 years of experience.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0It’s not like he refused to take the test or even wanted to wear some baggie old fashioned swim suit.\u00a0 He simply refused to wear the skimpy speedos that the younger guys enjoy wearing.\u00a0 He wanted to wear his “jammers”, which are like biker shorts, but cover considerably more skin.\u00a0 The fabric is similar to the speedos and wouldn’t have affected his speed.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Roy just wants his job at Jones Beach back.\u00a0 He wants the right to wear modest swimwear in which to do his job.\u00a0 Is that so unresonable?\u00a0 Does a drowning person care what kind of suit the lifeguard has on?\u00a0 Does the child lost on the beach care what kind of suit his has on?\u00a0 Does the frantic parent whose child is caught in a riptide care?\u00a0 I think not!!<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I say Roy should get bonus points for standing up for his principles.\u00a0 I respect his modesty.\u00a0\u00a0 I hope he gets his job back, including lost wages \u00a0and pain and suffering.\u00a0 We need more men and women like Roy Lester, who are willing to put a high value on their personal standards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Roy Lester, a 61 year old lifeguard from New York, lost his job for refusing to wear a speedo during a speed test.\u00a0\u00a0 He had been a lifeguard at Jones Beach, NY since 1966 and swimming was his passion.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Roy also is a attorney and now is suing the NY State Parks and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":420,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[11,26],"class_list":["post-321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-or-feature","tag-convictions","tag-politics"],"yoast_head":"\n