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So today I had one of my ambulance shirts on, that display our agency name and what not(was not on call or responding, just wearin the shirt) And this kid(19) started talking to me. He was saying how what we do is so cool which started to annoy me. Its not cool, from my point of view I look at it as a profession this is what I am going to be doing till the day I croak over and need one of you guys to save me. And then he started talking about how he wanted to join an Ambulance to use it as experience before he goes to med school. Now im heated, now I know why so many of the older memebrs on here get frustrated when people try and use this as a stepping stone. I tried to explain that as an EMT their was really no benefit of working on an Ambulance espically because he was only USING IT AS A STEPPING STONE, he was so ignorant that he got disgusted with me, cursed me off and walked away. So I guess the question is this...
Was I wrong to try and explain to him that this is not something that you do because you think it is cool, or something to do so you have some good stories for your buddies, but somethign you do as a profession? Keep in mind I gave him the most respect you could give some one and was polite the whole time(as to not make us look bad.)
Was I wrong to try and explain to him that this is not something that you do because you think it is cool, or something to do so you have some good stories for your buddies, but somethign you do as a profession? Keep in mind I gave him the most respect you could give some one and was polite the whole time(as to not make us look bad.)