the 100% directionless thread

Seaglass said:
Me three, though I tend to focus more on ancient Rome and the Middle East. There's actually a paper that I should be writing about that right now...
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So you taking military hx too? Fun!

Actually I feally do enjoy it, but I am crabby right now and need to sleep. This is my first night off since last Thursday and I have not slept more than 4 hours in any given 24 for the last 5 days. I am beginning to realize why all you paramedic/college students talk about the exaustion that comes with the school/EMS thing. Guess I better get used to it, the rest of my sophmore, junior and senior years will be like that I guess. This week is busier than normal since I picked up a several extra shifts for someone. I do get a major chunk of next week off though.

g'night peoples.......
 
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lightsandsirens5 said:
So you taking military hx too? Fun!

Actually I feally do enjoy it, but I am crabby right now and need to sleep. This is my first night off since last Thursday and I have not slept more than 4 hours in any given 24 for the last 5 days. I am beginning to realize why all you paramedic/college students talk about the exaustion that comes with the school/EMS thing. Guess I better get used to it, the rest of my sophmore, junior and senior years will be like that I guess. This week is busier than normal since I picked up a several extra shifts for someone. I do get a major chunk of next week off though.

g'night peoples.......
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Sort of. Only in one that counts at the moment. It's not even billed that way, but there are still plenty of juicy battles.

I've only got a few left before I'm done. Can't wait... sleeping looks really attractive. But I think I'm deluding myself. I'm probably just going to hang the paper on the wall, apply to more schools, up one of my PT jobs to FT and wind up staying just as busy until the next round of schooling starts.

If it's at all encouraging, if you survived your first year, you'll probably make it through. Most people who drop out seem to do it early.
 
Seaglass said:
Every couple months, we get some new member who tapes something on his cell phone and posts it to youtube. Sometimes safety errors are turned up that way, though we're usually pretty good about not making them in the first place. Regardless, the department asks for it to be taken down as soon as possible whenever it becomes known.
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yeah but its our (i use that term loosely) fire chief who is posting them. him or his wife
 
so as i sit here i can hear my grandmas voice in my head sayin "now sweetheart two wrongs dont make a right" so heres the deal:
one of our board members son died monday. visitation is tonight. i have to work when our district does our walk through. is it bad that im trying to get out of work in order to not go to the funeral home? just this past summer my grandpa died i missed a few days of work and the whole place knew about it but not one person from our board made it to the funeral home. that hurt my feelings and pissed me off at the same time. i know i will end up going and blah, blah, blah......but i just cant fight the urge to want to either call in or sit in the truck while everyone else goes through.

am i a horrible person?
 
emt_angel25 said:
so as i sit here i can hear my grandmas voice in my head sayin "now sweetheart two wrongs dont make a right" so heres the deal:
one of our board members son died monday. visitation is tonight. i have to work when our district does our walk through. is it bad that im trying to get out of work in order to not go to the funeral home? just this past summer my grandpa died i missed a few days of work and the whole place knew about it but not one person from our board made it to the funeral home. that hurt my feelings and pissed me off at the same time. i know i will end up going and blah, blah, blah......but i just cant fight the urge to want to either call in or sit in the truck while everyone else goes through.

am i a horrible person?
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Stop being sour grapes and support your coworker.

I imagine it's harder to lose a child then a grandparent. You expect to outlive them, and there is usually some indication their time is running out. I don't think any parent expects or is prepared to outlive their child. (barring those unfortunate parents of children diagnosed with terminal medical conditions)

I'm sure they didn't not attend to hurt your feelings. It is a bitter and petty person not to support a coworker in their time of need because they didn't come to your grandfather's funeral.

Also did you ask for them to come? It sounds like you were invited or it is customary.
 
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Sasha said:
Stop being sour grapes and support your coworker.

I imagine it's harder to lose a child then a grandparent. You expect to outlive them, and there is usually some indication their time is running out. I don't think any parent expects or is prepared to outlive their child. (barring those unfortunate parents of children diagnosed with terminal medical conditions)

I'm sure they didn't not attend to hurt your feelings. It is a bitter and petty person not to support a coworker in their time of need because they didn't come to your grandfather's funeral.

Also did you ask for them to come? It sounds like you were invited or it is customary.
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first off hes not a co-worker. he is a member of our board of directors. i wasnt invited im being forced to go cause im on duty. an alpha page goes out to EVERYONE and emails sent to the board to notify them of any deaths within the district. so its not like they didnt know and im not just singling him out for whatever reason.

and lets be quite honest i could walk up to all but 2 of our board members in street clothes slap them in the face and they would have no fricken clue who i was. so if i dont know are they really gonna know i was missing???

i know its childish but.......

will i go? yes. will i get out of the truck? yes. will my feelings change on the whole situation? absolutely not
 
If you do not know the person or the board member, then sit in the truck. You have no morale responsibility to pay respects to someone you didn't even know.

No, they cannot force you to do it either. But, remember that if you take a stand, it will be remembered and you may be run off!
 
emt_angel25 said:
will i go? yes. will i get out of the truck? yes. will my feelings change on the whole situation? absolutely not
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I say go, and only vent about your feelings anonymously. If you were coming as a civilian, it would be fine not to go, but if you're going as a member of your squad, then it's another story. Numbers matter, and staying in the truck in uniform is a serious snub. The death of a child isn't a thing to play tit-for-tat over, I think, especially right after it happens.
 
had a goodnight at work. picked up the sweetest little old lady who informed my partner and i that she was gonna live to be 105 and that we were the cutest "couple" she had ever seen. LOL.

one of the best ive picked up in a while. makes me smile just a bit :D

oh and got some good HALO time in too.

:P
 
emt_angel25 said:
had a goodnight at work. picked up the sweetest little old lady who informed my partner and i that she was gonna live to be 105 and that we were the cutest "couple" she had ever seen. LOL.

one of the best ive picked up in a while. makes me smile just a bit :D

oh and got some good HALO time in too.

:P
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That's cute! The best patient comment I've had lately was the really drunk girl who told us she loved bondage and so being backboarded was fun.

HALO? If that's High Altitude Low Opening, your job is way more awesome than mine. :P
 
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emt_angel25 said:
had a goodnight at work. picked up the sweetest little old lady who informed my partner and i that she was gonna live to be 105 and that we were the cutest "couple" she had ever seen. LOL.

one of the best ive picked up in a while. makes me smile just a bit :D

oh and got some good HALO time in too.

:P
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Two of our crewmembers were asked by a little old lady pt not long ago if they were married. Except the guy who was driving is like 65+ and the gal who did pt care is 23. They were laughing about it for the rest of the shift.

And second Seaglass on the HALO part. I thought you were an EMT, not a CSAR Jumper or PJ! ;-)
 
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ha ha ha..i wouldnt survive w/o halo time at work. gives me good reason to blow up and shoot the people i work with and not have to spend the rest of my life in jail. bahahahahaha
 
Just saw one of my oldest friends for the first time in almost 6 years. It's great to get to know someone all over again :D
 
I was planning on waking up at 4:20... I woke up at 2:45. Not cool.
 
Got up and got ready for work. I was all ready, just about to put on my boots, then I realized...its FRIDAY nit Saturday. Durr.
 
Sasha said:
Got up and got ready for work. I was all ready, just about to put on my boots, then I realized...its FRIDAY nit Saturday. Durr.
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I've done that before :P Makes ya feel kinda like an idjit don't it?
 
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