FireMedic65 Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 how about we dont bite the hand that feeds us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unknown Posted January 6, 2008 Author Share Posted January 6, 2008 how about we dont bite the hand that feeds us We can joke but yes lets not bite the hand that feeds.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unknown Posted January 6, 2008 Author Share Posted January 6, 2008 Now that all the serious stuff has been dealt with lets get back to having fun at dispatchers expense. Yes-- LETS!!! :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spenac Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 A mother calls 911 very worried asking the dispatcher if she needs to take her kid to the emergency room, the kid was eating ants. The dispatcher tells her to give the kid some Benadryl and should be fine, the mother says, I just gave him some ant killer..... Dispatcher: Rush him in to emergency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spenac Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 The Basic Principle For Dispatchers: Assume that all field personnel are idiots until their actions prove your assumption. The Basic Principle For Field Personnel: Assume that all dispatchers are idiots until their actions prove your assumption. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brentoli Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Now that all the serious stuff has been dealt with lets get back to having fun at dispatchers expense. We always do don't we? I have the respect of 90% of the officers, crews, and stations I work with. Thats all that matters to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spenac Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Basic Assumption About Dispatchers: Given the opportunity, any Dispatcher will be only too happy to tell you where to go, regardless of whether or not (s)he actually knows where that may be. Corollary 1: The existence or non-existence of any given location is of only minor importance to a Dispatcher. Corollary 2: Any street designated as a "Cross-street" by a Dispatcher probably isn't. Corollary 3: If a street name can be mispronounced, a Dispatcher will mispronounce it. Corollary 4: If a street name cannot be mispronounced, a Dispatcher will mispronounce it. Corollary 5: A Dispatcher will always refer to a given location in the most obscure manner as possible. E.g., "Stumpy Brown's Cabbage Field" is now covered by a shopping center. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unknown Posted January 6, 2008 Author Share Posted January 6, 2008 The Basic Principle For Dispatchers: Assume that all field personnel are idiots until their actions prove your assumption. The Basic Principle For Field Personnel: Assume that all dispatchers are idiots until their actions prove your assumption. Fair Enough.... I am game!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unknown Posted January 6, 2008 Author Share Posted January 6, 2008 A mother calls 911 very worried asking the dispatcher if she needs to take her kid to the emergency room, the kid was eating ants. The dispatcher tells her to give the kid some Benadryl and should be fine, the mother says, I just gave him some ant killer..... Dispatcher: Rush him in to emergency. tisk!- call poison control!! I dont want a frantic mother wrecking inroute to the ED when I can send a ground unit and call poison control...... OH SORRY! (slaps own hand) we where being funny right!! Sorry! its the dispatcher coming out in me!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unknown Posted January 6, 2008 Author Share Posted January 6, 2008 I have the respect of 90% of the officers, crews, and stations I work with. Thats all that matters to me. I agree and I feel the same here, HOWEVER (and I am sure you agree) I show 100% respect for all those-- If they fall into my 10% collum they will never know it unles they come face to face with me outside of the work place........Then, by golly if they display the same behavior that put them in the 10% collum... they are fair game!!!!!! GAME ON! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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