Try to de-escalate the situation and get a supervisor or another lifeguard to try to offer assistance
you give them saltine crackers
approach the patient with empathy and try to understand the reason of uncooperative or hostile behavior
Bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative
There is no patron saint of fantasies. Saints deal with realities and not fantasies.
the red cross and the lifeguard help (the red cross provide food and shelter)
The word 'Cantankerous' usually has negative connotations, it generally means someone who is uncooperative, bad tempered or argumentative. Other words which mean a similar thing are: Peevish and Contentious.
You can serve a spouse with separation papers which they have no recourse not to accept. You can also serve them with divorce papers. They can refuse to sign, but eventually a judge may grant the divorce anyway.
A person who is difficult to deal with can be referred to as "challenging," "uncooperative," or "difficult." Other terms might include "contrarian," "obstinate," or "cantankerous," depending on the specific behaviors exhibited. Such individuals may create obstacles in communication or collaboration due to their attitudes or actions.
Oceanography, fishing, wastewater plant management, golf course manager, lifeguard, boating, washing other peoples' yachts,athletic director
Avoiding This is more of an unassertive and uncooperative approach. With this approach, you are going to deal with the problem. It might take the form of diplomatically sidestepping an issue or postponing an issue until a better time or simply withdrawing from a threatening situation. I don’t see a lot of positive uses for this strategy in the engineering world, with the exception of if there is a problem that has developed, but it doesn’t have to be addressed immediately, and in fact maybe better addressed later when the problem has had some time to work itself out.
There is no patron saint of emotional difficulties or problems but St. Jude is the patron of difficult situations.
The 'patron' is the composer's employer. The patron supports the composer, either providing his room, board, and allowance, or else simply paying him a good salary, to do nothing but compose music. With a deal like that, the lucky composer is free to quit his day job.