First days as a volunteer...the uniform is nice but so unconfortable!

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Hi everyone!
I started volunteering for a first-aid and care association recently. My parents insisted on me not waisting my summer at the pool or in the mountains only, so I took part to this organisation with a few of my school friends.

After a month or so of theorical and practical lessons about first aid for citizens etc we passed a simplified "junior" exam which allowed us to volunteer as "lays members". We don't have attended advanced classes for EMT yet and we still have to expect a few time for that. Meanwhile we have been invited to take part to service activities for propaganda about correct life-style, distributing fliers at public events and sport competitions, talking with aged people and children as "entertainers" and other nice things like this.

Yesterday each of us new members were provided with our uniform and safety shoes. We were so happy to wear our first uniforms for the first time, especially my friends who took selfies together.
Our uniforms are similar to these:
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After an hour or two moving chairs and tables, mounting gazebos and walking around with people I dediced to take off my jacket and fleece. So I gave them to some people who were driving to our base a few miles away and asked them to store next to my cabinet.
It was sunny and 70 degrees and after the early entusiasm I was fed up with staying all zipped up in that technical clothing!

Later, my parents came to see us and asked me why I was provided with a polo shirt only! I said that I had simply taken off a part of my uniform so that I was more confortable and they blamed me for being always "different", while all other members and my friends were around with their complete uniforms. They said that my uniform would really become me if only I hadn't taken it off! But, really, no dangerous activities were being done and nobody blamed me yet, except for my parents.

I'd only wish to stay confortable when volunteering!
joanna!
 
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That's asinine to wear a full up rescue-in-cold-weather uniform in the first place unless that's literally what you're doing.


Second, you'd have to pay me well to wear those.
 
I was usually in just a shirt, no jackets/ fleece/job shorts until it was like 40F out.

Which is now amusing, seeing as I drove to work with the windows down today and am thinking "I can soon take the top off my jeep!" as it was a comfortable 102F today...
 
That is our standard uniform. Members wear it every time they are on duty for the organisation, even if it's not rescue. That shoud be something like, let's say, St. John, who wear their green uniform at all times regardless of the tasks they're busy with, as far as I know!

Yesterday I serviced for a few hours for the same activities. In the morning I wore my uniform and I was fine. Here in the mountains weather was 68 and it was pleasant to be clothed that way.
Around midmorning the sun was high. I always feel like warm when others don't at all, so I just opened my jacket and the half zipper of my fleece. Anyway a few minutes later I did take off both of them and threw it on a car. My friends were astonished I did take off the upper part of my uniform again and said "You really don't like staying elegant in your uniform, do you?". I replied that I like the uniform but I really can't withstand all zipped up that way and that my polo shirt is enough! They insisted that I was the only one without fleece and jacket but I did not care about that and gave my clothing to be carried back to our base.

In the afternoon weather got a bit cloudy and windy and at this point I was going around freezing in my polo shirt! Indeed I missed my uniform, until it was sunny again and I no longer dreamed to have it with me. Meanwhile a friend of mine joked about me and said it was not a good idea to leave my jacket and fleece. Anyway I was exgaggerated by moaning about freezing as it was not so cold according to her. She was all packed up in her fleece and jacket with the zipper up to her neck, so I challanged her to take off her nice garments. She got a bit reluctant so another girl of our group just unzipped her jacket all the way down and shouted in chorus "Now do the rest! Take it off, take it off!".
She got in short sleeves like me and realized what staying thay way meant with clouds over our heads and the wind blowing away! She resisted a few minutes then gave up and put her clothes back on. So I joked on her being not so brave!
 
#vollieproblems
 
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