LucidResq
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Alright, what is it about EMS that breeds drama? And how do you confront/deal with it?
The drama/rumors/gossip I see at the amusement park is enough to rival anything I saw in middle school... enough that I'm honestly glad I don't work in "real" EMS because it would be hard to tolerate full-time, year-round. I don't have to deal with anything like this in any of my other jobs. Occasional issues... yes... but those are rare and almost always handled easily by just confronting the person in a professional manner.
Last night I had to deal with some cliquey BS that had the potential to compromise pt. care and my safety. Now if this had happened anywhere else I work (which it wouldn't in the first place) it would have been easily to resolve - I'd just confront them and take it from there. But considering the type of people and culture I'm dealing with now, if I confront them then they're all just going to talk you-know-what about me to everyone and the cliquey BS is just going to get worse. Ditto if I go straight to the supervisor.
Sorry that this is kind of rambling but I'm obviously clearly frustrated. Not taking a hit on "real" EMS either because it's pretty clear to me that several hardcore drama queens and kings just drag everyone else in to their asinine games.
The drama/rumors/gossip I see at the amusement park is enough to rival anything I saw in middle school... enough that I'm honestly glad I don't work in "real" EMS because it would be hard to tolerate full-time, year-round. I don't have to deal with anything like this in any of my other jobs. Occasional issues... yes... but those are rare and almost always handled easily by just confronting the person in a professional manner.
Last night I had to deal with some cliquey BS that had the potential to compromise pt. care and my safety. Now if this had happened anywhere else I work (which it wouldn't in the first place) it would have been easily to resolve - I'd just confront them and take it from there. But considering the type of people and culture I'm dealing with now, if I confront them then they're all just going to talk you-know-what about me to everyone and the cliquey BS is just going to get worse. Ditto if I go straight to the supervisor.
Sorry that this is kind of rambling but I'm obviously clearly frustrated. Not taking a hit on "real" EMS either because it's pretty clear to me that several hardcore drama queens and kings just drag everyone else in to their asinine games.