Baywatch (TV Series)
Rookie Summer (1997)
Jeremy Jackson: Hobie Buchannon
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Quotes
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Mitch Buchannon : Manny, the doctor said your eyesight... doesn't meet county requirements.
Manny Gutierrez : How come I had to take the test without my contacts? I see a lot of veterans around here wearing them. Newmie, Caroline... why, Mitch? Why is there a double standard for rookies?
Mitch Buchannon : Manny, contact lenses aren't the issue here. In order to become an L.A. County lifeguard, you have to have 20/30 vision without corrective lenses. Yours is 20/40.
Manny Gutierrez : Mitch, I can see just as good as anybody out there. In fact, I never had a problem when I was in the junior lifeguards.
[to Hobie]
Manny Gutierrez : I bet you didn't even know that I wore contacts.
Hobie Buchannon : I didn't.
Manny Gutierrez : Is there any way I can appeal this?
[Mitch is silent]
Manny Gutierrez : I can never become a lifeguard?
Mitch Buchannon : ...No. Not for the county, not under the current rules.
Hobie Buchannon : What about the laser surgery that gives you 20/20 vision? I know friends that have had that done.
Manny Gutierrez : Like I can afford that. Get real, man.
Mitch Buchannon : Manny, there is one way you can still become a lifeguard.
Manny Gutierrez : How?
Mitch Buchannon : Well, they're hiring at the Sand and Sea. It's a private club, and the requirements aren't as strict as the county's. They usually take the people I recommend.
Manny Gutierrez : ...Yeah. So that way, I can just be down the beach. And everybody will know I'm a reject! No thanks, Mitch. I trained to be a COUNTY lifeguard! Not some second-rate cabana boy! Who makes up these rules anyway? Did they know I was at the top of my class in the junior lifeguards? Did they see me win the qualifying swim? They don't know JACK! But you, you DO, Mitch, and all you can do is throw me a bone. The beach club? Thanks for NOTHING!
[kicks a chair, which slides into the nearby door, shattering the window. Manny then storms out]
