Posts by slycanyon22

Some lowlifes out in a small town near Indianapolis spent this winter calling 911 just because they knew a snowplow would be clearing the path right in front of their place. They basically used emergency services to clear their own driveway. Of course, nobody got in trouble, and those punks are probably laughing about it right now.
It’s crystal clear to me that there are tons of idiots like this out there—but I’d like to think an experienced dispatcher can tell a complete moron apart from a decent person most of the time. My concern is that instead of gaining actual intuition, dispatchers end up getting so desensitized by dealing with constant stupidity that they forget they’re handling real human lives. They start making snap judgments way too easily. Sure, there are exceptions to that rule, and I'm sure plenty of good ones exist, but I haven't been lucky enough to see them in action.

edit—this comment is directed at goldennomad6

Benjamin Murphy2 said:I'm really sorry about what you went through and the loss you're dealing with, but look—no person is defined by just one single thing or reason.

But what happens when he shows up to work and starts acting like he owns the place? He’s only there because👍

I called 911 when my dad started crashing. After I gave them the rundown, they transferred me to the emergency room in Opatija because we were out near KASTAV. Once I got through, I had to explain everything all over again to the dispatcher, who then passed me off to a doctor—meaning I had to start from square one *again*. Once we finally seemed to be on the same page, she asked for our address and get this... THEY TOLD ME WE WEREN'T EVEN IN THEIR JURISDICTION😕 She just handed me a landline number and told me to call the hospital in Cleveland. So, I called them, explained the whole mess to some guy, only for him to redirect me to yet *another* line where, for the FIFTH TIME, I was repeating my dad’s info and describing his symptoms. By the time the ambulance actually showed up, 45 minutes had passed. Yeah, my dad died in the meantime.

Thank you to the dedicated doctors out there who study so hard, live, and exist for one single reason—to save lives👍

Eric Wright29 said:If you were staring down ten different crises with only one way to fix them—say, one car to get you there—I bet all that high-minded philosophy of yours would dry up real quick.

Look, if you had a parent—your dad or your mom—who desperately needed help and you couldn't get to them in time, and then they passed away? You'd see how fast a person's entire perspective on life shifts.