Right we're all a bunch of a whiners.
We have a zero tolerance tobacco policy around facilities, trucks, and patients. It doesn't happen, and it's often times grope. It's not complaining when it's a significant policy violation, it's the right thing to do.
Other deal breakers for me include touching the light or siren controls when I'm driving, allowing the stretcher undercarriage to fall when unloading (and then whining about how the stretchers all suck), and drivers that are oblivious to a smooth ride while patient loaded.
I'm easy going, I rarely have a regular partner and have a reputation for being able to work well with random staff with varying degrees of experience. That said I really cannot stand when someone tells me that they hear that "I'm really easy to work with" and then take advantage of that by being lazy, late, or just plain messy. Yea I'm not someone to write others up but I still care about doing the best job I can.
But most of all I cannot stand being babied. Yes you may have been an EMT for longer than me but that is no indication of competence. I'm a fine driver, don't always ask if I need a break from driving. I can handle patient care just fine, I don't really need your help getting vitals and a history once we get loaded. Let's go to the hospital now mmmk. And I certainly don't need you to edit my PCR and then tell me how I write too much for "routine" calls. I wouldn't be where I am if I couldn't.
