crotchitymedic1986

Ok, got an email from a female paramedic who is a long time friend. She went to work for a service about 6 months ago and probably has about 7 years experience in EMS. Low and behold she found that one of her Paramedic School classmates (who is also female) worked on a different shift at the same company. Being close friends, when it came time to do a shift bid, they asked to be assigned as partners, but were denied because the employer does not allow double female crews, citing the probable need for lift assist, and the dangers of going into dangerous neighborhoods. Does anyone here work for a company that has such a policy, do you think its legal ? What would you do if you were her ?

I would just advise you to check various sources to understand your true rights, where you LIVE. Not to say that collection agencies are incapable of making a mistake, but they typically go right up to the line they can not cross, and aggrevate you every way they can legally. And not to aire your personal business out in the open, but if you do owe a debt, as long as you send them $5.00 per month, there is nothing they can do to you but ring your phone off the hook.

IF you want to PM me and tell me some of the stuff they are doing, I will tell you how I handled similar situations in the past (yes I did have a period of unemployment where I let my credit cards get behind, so I have dealt with some collection issues -- and yes, I drove them as crazy as I drive you guys).

Good advice from all, I would steer you towards whatever you enjoy as a hobby or fun. When you go to the place you do that, you will find other people who have the same interest. Like reading, go to the library or book store and hang out, or join a club. Like jogging, join a running club. Whatever you enjoy, go do it. If you dont have anything, then it is time to start something new you think you might enjoy.

You dont think 200 + years of not having education has weakened the black race. Try it on whites for the next 200 years and lets see what happens

I am not aware of any question I have not answered, but feel free to send them to me, and I will answer. To your current question of how do we fix it:

1. African Americans should have a free scholarship to the college of their choice for the next 200 years.

2. African Americans should not be required to pay taxes on any income for 200 years.

3. African Americans should receive 0 interest loans for cars, homes, and lifestyle purchases for 200 years.

4. Every African American should receive $1,000,0000.00 in reparations.

5. Every employer must have a work force and management force that has a minimum of 25% african americans.

I can live with that.

Age doesnt matter, but your engineering background may be a problem. I hired 6 retired engineers over the years and all of them flopped as medics, as they can not think in grey, only black and white. Maybe I picked the wrong 6, but it was weird that all of them had issues. Otherwise I would hire an older person over a younger person every day of the week.

Wrong on all accounts, but please continue to hurl the insults as that is what people with no answers are left with. I do not believe blacks are the only ones harmed by slavery or white men. Yes you owe a debt to african americans due to the slavery and second class status you held us under until the late 60s. You also owe a debt to american indians, the japanese (for dropping the atomic bomb and for inprisoning them here), you owe a debt to the modern day slave, the illegal mexicans that you lured here with jobs, and then treated as second class. You owe a debt to those who were slautered in africa in recent years as you sat on your hands and allowed a genocide to happen (of course you stepped in when white jews were facing genocide). What is utterly unbelievable is how you think you have no blood on your hands because you didnt actually do the whipping or cross burning. You have reaped the rewards of your ancestors sins for years, and are not willing to give anything up, AMAZING !

When you have such down-time, use it to lay your hands on every piece of equipment in the truck and ask questions about it. It is very often the case that third riders are treated poorly or ignored, which is sad, we were all there once, you think we would go out of our way to treat you better.

It may seem that I am beating the dead horse, but its only because you guys keep bringing it up. Search the records and see how many topics I have posted about race ? I am only responding as the sole african-american in the room; if you do not want to hear my views on race then tell the rest of the room to stop posting racial topics. As far as being a bigot or racist because I am not a fan of homosexual activity, that is not the case. I disdain the activity they engage in, not the color of their skin; I disdain black homosexuals as equally as white or asian homosexuals. I do not hang out with pedophiles, drug addicts, drunks, or wife beaters; not because of the color of their skin, but because of what they do.

So does that mean you support what she did ?

Your employer does not provide this for you ?

Yes richard, the fact that you show empathy and are willing to see things in a different light means you are one of the good guys. We all have some level of predjudice or racism, if for no other reason because most of us were raised and hung around our type, thus we do not have a true understanding of what others have been through. I have been quite open about my disdain for homosexuals, I do not consider them a race, but I obviously have issues there as I blanketly judge all of them by their actions instead of the content of their heart. If I were a better person I would not let my disdain for what they do cause me to avoid the people. But I am not there yet, we are all works in process.

There is nothing like good old republican "pull yourself up by your bootstraps logic", the problem is the person has to have boots and straps. I assume all of you have taken a math class, and most of you took algebra, so lets see how you do with this question:

"the 3X + 1 problem".

Let f(x) be a function defined on the positive integers such that:

f(x) = x/2 if x is even

f(x) = (3*x+1)/2 if x is odd

Then the conjecture is: iterates of f(x) will eventually reach 1 for any

initial value of x.

The feeling you have right now, is the same feeling most minorities (excluding white women) feel when they take a promotional or entrance exam written by white people (usually university elitist). The mathmatician would marvel at how dumb you must be if you can not solve this problem immediately. I do conceed that not every black person's fate in life is due to an evil white person who held them back, if you will conceed that every member of his family from his grandparents back was held back by white people.

All you EMTs, go try to pass the National Registry Paramedic Exam without taking the Paramedic course, see how you do. You can not withhold education from a group of people for centuries and then expect them to excel on a test at the same level of people who have not had education withheld. I respect people who have an honest disagreement about affirmative action, all I ask is you tell me what system you would use to make sure the playing field is level ? I guarantee you that on every Fire Department's promotion exam that there is a question about friction loss, yet I have never seen a fireman calculate friction loss on a working fire scene, so why is the question there ? To purposefully create lower scores for those who are not good with math.

40 Acres and a mule would have been a nice thought (being sarcastic; thats a fair exchange for destroying families, beating men, raping our children; yes that sounds about fair doesnt it ??), but if you studied your history, you will find it was an "empty promise" that was never delivered:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/40_acres_and_a_mule

Look how upset you are over a promotional/entrance exam that none of you were involved in, put yourself in a slave's shoes for a day(oh forgot, didnt have shoes).

Be careful what you ask for or demand. Obviously you should stand up for yourself, but when you are off-duty you should defer to the on-duty folks when they arrive on scene. You can catch more flies with honey, and going into Clint Eastwood mode is probably not going to gain you any respect. Overtime you will gain respect and will learn when it is time to flex your muscle; at the scene of accident with no serious injuries is not the time to become "barney fife" and demand they respect your authoriti. Be more like Andy, the quiet expert who is there to save the day when needed.

I disagree, you have noted that this has been an ongoing issue for awhile, so I suggest you go meet with him. That is the adult thing to do. I would much rather someone confront me with an issue so that I can explain myself to them, versus having a long standing grudge over non-sense. Another reason to do this is because you said he is an owner in your service area; although you may never care to work with him, owners and directors usually meet quite often, and they do discuss who should not be hired (informally), as it is almost impossible to get a true "reference" from an employer anymore. He could be spreading the word right now, "don't hire promedemt, he will blast you on facebook everytime he gets upset". Clear the air, you never know you might make a new friend.

"Crotchitymedic would like to go ahead and issue a pre-apology for all those who will be offended by this post"

Let me check: Bipolar, possibly, never been diagnosed. Currently not on any meds, currently not under the influence of an legal or illegal substances. I think I have been fairly consistent in my stances, and I am sorry that I do not tow the line and tell you what you want to hear. I have not been rude to anyone unless they took a jab at me first. I find it ironic that I am not treated with the same courtesy I treat all of you with. You will not see me make personal attacks, although I am called every name in the book on a daily basis, just because I disagree with someone's opinion. You will frequently see me type, "you are entitled to your opinion", right after someone else has called me a troll, a racist, or worst. Today, I have been labeled mentally ill and a drug addict!

As far as other screen-names, I thought that was laid to rest years ago when admin posted that my IP address was different that whoever you guys were claiming that I was that week. Nonetheless, I do not need to hide behind another name, I think I am pretty straightforward with my opinions, under this name. If you wish to ban me, so be it, that is the typical "mob-rule" response, "If we dont like it, we must squelch it". But before you do, ask yourself where do you draw the line the next time ? Will you ban all posters who are pro-volly or pro-fire department EMS, since they are the total opposite of the prevailing opinion of this collective group ? Will you ban all african americans when they disagree with what you consider fair ? Will you ban all managers or service owners who have a different opinion than field folks ? WIll you ban all non-ems folks who ask questions that you deem as trolling for lawsuit info ?

Finally another voice of reason.......... thank you Dwayne !

P.S. When the US Justice Department gets involved in your hiring/promotion process, there is a good chance that you were doing something wrong.

I liked the concept of AMR, because when they came along, most ambulance services were mom's &pop's that lasted about 5-7 years. Most medics did not enjoy good benefits or a decent retirement. So the concept of a strong national provider seemed good for EMS. I worked for them for a short amount of time (my company was bought out), I did not think they were evil, but I do not agree with their cookie-cutter approach to ambulance service. To those who hate the "evil profit motives", I would suggest that you get used to it; most municipality based agencies are just starting to feel the pinch of this economy which means their recovery will be about 24 months after the private sector. There is a good chance that you will be working for AMR or RM in the immediate future.

Here is a good test for you government guys: Take your total budget (EMS or Fire/EMS) and then divide it by the population you cover. If the figure you came up with is anything more than $15/head, you will probably have an AMR or RM uniform in your future. Why, because they can do it for less than $10.00/head; we can argue about the quality of that service all day, but right now $$$ is all that matters to most politicians.

Of course they deserve the assistance, and you know why ! Remember a certain southern governor standing in the doorway of a university blocking african americans from entering ? It wasnt that long ago, and most inner-city public schools do a poor job of educating minorities. But we have hashed all this out before: Remember

Question 1. A dish you place your coffee cup on ? If you didn't have saucers or coffee cups in your home, it is hard to answer the question.

I have too, America does not allow for black heros, only white. I challenge you to name 5 black heros that whites look up to besides Bill Cosby and MLK (most do not look up to either, but that is as close as you will get).

When you fail at that, give me the initials of 5 black people that you can name whom you have had dinner in their home. Crickets sure are loud this week.

At one time the smartest people in the world thought the world was flat, you were labeled crazy if you argued; just because you do not understand the superiority of my intellect does not make me crazy.

Sorry you are wrong, the fact that you will not sleep with someone based simply on skin color is the most basic barometer of how racist you are or are not. I realize it is painfull for the racist to admit, but it is true. There is no other action that more clearly defines how you feel about the other races; if they are not good enough for you to date, then you clearly feel your race is superior. Funny, the crickets are still chirping. There have been 4 or 5 non-racist who have stepped forward, the rest of the room must clearly be racist. Call your mom and tell them you are considering dating a black person, lets see what happens

Reminds me of a joke, what was Helen Keller's dog's name ? UUUuuhhhhhnnnaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh uuuuuuhhhhnnnaaaaannnnnnnnhhhhh

That was bad, but I am sorry, what the hell is this post all about ?