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Rude things said
well i want to know sometihng you remember of a bystander being either one, really dumb or two, really stupid...
we all know the most common question when on scene "is there a fire?".. no mam we just like to show our trucks off to the public,
i also want to know your responce to the people that made that comment,
mine is...
i was sitting in school and a kid said " you know, my uncle is a cheif of a police station and he told me firefighters dont ever do anything, and you know what, hes right"
my responce " thats why 343 ff died in 9/11 right? because they werent doing anything"
another was that same day, a kid said "so if that means you dont have to go to college then that means you pretty much have to be dumb to be a ff"
my responce " wow, thats one of the most idiotic things ive heard, ill tell you what.. give me your adress and when your house catches we wont even bother comeing, because us firefighters are too dumb"
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Permalink Reply by John on -
Haven't heard anything like that in my neck of the woods, we always get complimented here for doing such a fine job, Even by our Law Enforcement.
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Permalink Reply by Captain Frazier on -
Same here.
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Permalink Reply by Brian D. on -
Same here, I've had cops come up and tell me that they look up to us because they could never do this job. Makes me feel good.
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Permalink Reply by Fireyladd Chief Sharp on -
and here too John...
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Permalink Reply by R Griffin on -
Even by law enforcement? WOW you must have really done something right LOL! BE SAFE brother.....
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Permalink Reply by Paul Montpetit on
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Got one better than that....from one of our own to boot....We were doing a Fire stanby at a neighboring department and they got a call for EMS...all their people were at the fire and they asked if we had anyone who could help.....My Chief (no less) stated..."Take Paul, He thinks he is a f_cking Doctor anyways."...We had a few words on return to the station.....I will never respect this person again...making a smart assed statement like that to me let alone in front of another department...well what goes around comes around......I am waiting for that day....Paul.....ps...he is no longer our Chief
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Permalink Reply by Robert on -
I have heard some stupid things said about us firefighters. But At the same time I have heard many a good thing and they pretty much outweigh the bad stuff. And you know what I am not in this profession for the compliments or money. Yes I like those things as well. But the biggest thing is that we help people.
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Permalink Reply by Dale on -
well of course, i had a girl tell me today that ff's dont make much money, that i should think about something else, its hard to explain its not about the money
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Permalink Reply by Tanner Sittig on -
there's a documentary about 9/11 and the rookie firefighter that the documentary is supposed to be fallowing says "if i wanted to be rich i'd be a lawyer, but i want a career i can live with."
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Permalink Reply by Tim "snowman"hileman on -
I've gotten compliments from the public as well as other public safety agencies. the compliments range from thank you to I could never do what you do
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