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Update: so about two hours ago now the other unit in our station came back into quarters, and I used their Nextel push-to-talk phone to contact the crew...they found my key, and said they were getting ready to clear the hospital that's only about 5 min away! Yay! Nope...the other unit took off for a call, and after 2 hrs of not seeing my guys, I finally gave up and called dispatch to ask about them ha. Turns out they had run another call as they were at that hospital again "for about 30 min" so they had cleared and run another call in the meantime...understandable, but since I had to explain my situation to dispatch it became clear they never asked dispatch for a short detail to drop off my key real quick.

A couple other crews have had walked into station on post move ups for coverage and all invariably spent less than 5 min here before getting a call...so yeah of course the one day I'm paralyzed waiting on the unit out of this station to show up for all of 30 seconds is the one day where they haven't been here for that long in the last 9 hours now -_- FML (of course I'm working another 24hr here tomorrow so I'd kinda like to be able to go home at some point today to reset...)
 
oh murphy.... you and your law always getting people...
 
Well I'd come pick you up Jim but it's a wee bit of a drive from Eastern Riverside county.
 
Jim37F said:
Update: so about two hours ago now the other unit in our station came back into quarters, and I used their Nextel push-to-talk phone to contact the crew...they found my key, and said they were getting ready to clear the hospital that's only about 5 min away! Yay! Nope...the other unit took off for a call, and after 2 hrs of not seeing my guys, I finally gave up and called dispatch to ask about them ha. Turns out they had run another call as they were at that hospital again "for about 30 min" so they had cleared and run another call in the meantime...understandable, but since I had to explain my situation to dispatch it became clear they never asked dispatch for a short detail to drop off my key real quick.

A couple other crews have had walked into station on post move ups for coverage and all invariably spent less than 5 min here before getting a call...so yeah of course the one day I'm paralyzed waiting on the unit out of this station to show up for all of 30 seconds is the one day where they haven't been here for that long in the last 9 hours now -_- FML (of course I'm working another 24hr here tomorrow so I'd kinda like to be able to go home at some point today to reset...)
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Your Supes won't meet them and grab your key for you?

I'd be livid. Yea it's technically your mistake but the right thing to do by them is to get you taken care of.


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Handsome Robb said:
Your Supes won't meet them and grab your key for you?

I'd be livid. Yea it's technically your mistake but the right thing to do by them is to get you taken care of.


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I don't think it quite occurred dispatch to call the Supe, and I was 30 seconds away from calling to ask that when they walked in and handed me my key! And promptly walked back out because they had another call already, yeesh
 
My employer is holding a critical care class that almost perfectly aligns with my schedule. Wish I wasn't so new, I would sign up right now if I could. :(
 
StCEMT said:
My employer is holding a critical care class that almost perfectly aligns with my schedule. Wish I wasn't so new, I would sign up right now if I could. :(
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Just ask if the new guy can sit in. Maybe they'll entertain that, at the very least you will get brownie points.
 
And maybe some CE hours

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If my full time hours aren't on Monday (the class day), I might try. I'd love to go back over a lot of stuff in greater detail.
 
Jim37F said:
I don't think it quite occurred dispatch to call the Supe, and I was 30 seconds away from calling to ask that when they walked in and handed me my key! And promptly walked back out because they had another call already, yeesh
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Look at it like, karma intervened and kept you from getting T-boned or rear ended on the way home.:cool:
 
I get to read (and largely memorize) about 2400 pages in the next three and a half weeks.... ****.
 
Jim37F said:
Well its 1330, I've been off shift since 0700 and I'm still sitting in station....why? Because my dumbass left my truck key in the ambulance before the oncoming crew took an early 0630 call and haven't been back at station since -_-
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Why don't you have a spare?


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