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I am new to this website, but have been reading lots of posts, and would appreciate some input on my situation....
I have been working several years as a Fire Paramedic and I do love it. A few weeks ago a group of us were out having a few drinks and we start talking about some of the crazy stunts that we have all pulled. My partner openly admits that he has shown up to work "totally stoned". Some of the guys thought this was pretty funny - I didn't. A couple of the guys took extreme offence and a fight almost broke out. One guy says, "If you ever show up on shift working with me and I think for a second you are stoned, I will report you so F***ING fast - too bad your half-baked empty head won't realize it!"
Where I work, we work out of the same halls as the Fire Department, and this incident has spread like a grass fire....hot gossip spreads just as fast as fire...
I don't know it he is bullsh***ing, or if there is some truth in this. I don't recall ever seeing him stoned, but I am starting to wonder if I can trust him. He always lets me take the lead, and generally is a good guy to work with. But, if this is true, my safety, his safety, and future patient's safety could be comprimised.
Regardless, working in the hall has become miserable, and it is affecting him personally and professionally. I have tried to talk to him about it, but he's not talking....I take my job seriously - and I am having a hard time with this. I want to go to my captain and "express some concern" with my partner, but have reservations because it could be all bullsh** - could be truth too. Which way to you err? A part of my just says "C.Y.A."
I have been working several years as a Fire Paramedic and I do love it. A few weeks ago a group of us were out having a few drinks and we start talking about some of the crazy stunts that we have all pulled. My partner openly admits that he has shown up to work "totally stoned". Some of the guys thought this was pretty funny - I didn't. A couple of the guys took extreme offence and a fight almost broke out. One guy says, "If you ever show up on shift working with me and I think for a second you are stoned, I will report you so F***ING fast - too bad your half-baked empty head won't realize it!"
Where I work, we work out of the same halls as the Fire Department, and this incident has spread like a grass fire....hot gossip spreads just as fast as fire...
I don't know it he is bullsh***ing, or if there is some truth in this. I don't recall ever seeing him stoned, but I am starting to wonder if I can trust him. He always lets me take the lead, and generally is a good guy to work with. But, if this is true, my safety, his safety, and future patient's safety could be comprimised.
Regardless, working in the hall has become miserable, and it is affecting him personally and professionally. I have tried to talk to him about it, but he's not talking....I take my job seriously - and I am having a hard time with this. I want to go to my captain and "express some concern" with my partner, but have reservations because it could be all bullsh** - could be truth too. Which way to you err? A part of my just says "C.Y.A."