I grew up a little today

[Thumper]

As some of you may know from my previous thread I am a certified first responder. Medical calls are my specialty.

So I arrive on scene to a medical call. One officer is allready with the patient. He is having trouble with putting on the gloves, and is insisting that the woman needs medical attention. She by the way has no insurance.

Im thinking allright, well she tripped off our curb and lacerated her lower jaw and has no insurance. This may lead to my company incuring the medical expenses for her misfortune.
The on scene officer, still having trouble with the gloves and the woman is needing care ASAP, I step in, slap some gloves on and told him to step aside let me take over.

While at the time I did not realize my blunder as I had the womans and the companies best interest in mind, I completely over looked the teams best interest.

Even though I think I made a good choice in providing care since thats what I do, I should not have over stepped my team mate.

And I actually apologized to him, profusely.

I am so bull headed and stubborn, such a know it all sometimes. And just a complete jack *** when I think Im right, even if Im wrong.

I told him Im so sorry for stepping on your toes earlier, I was completely out of line and I should have not done that. I also added that in no way did I mean to make you feel inept, I just saw that you were having trouble and I wanted to help you and the patient.

This is a major milestone for me....

I sucked it up and did the right thing.

Im actually grasping the concept of tact.

Even though I feel like **** for doing what I did, I feel great while at the same time embarassed for apologizing.

I feel that this belongs here because how many of you made an error in the past with your partner and felt really bad about doing it?


What made me feel worse was I didnt realize that I had done such a bad thing untill later.

T

[Stump]

I bit*hed HARD at one of my cops one night on the air - just a few months ago. I was irritated at something else and took it out on him. My supervisor pulled me in the back and told me that she heard the exchange (he was nice about it). She gave me a time-out (cigarette break) to clear my head. I got back on the admin channel and he happened to call. I apologized profusely for being a b*tch... he said (the sweetheart that he is LOL) he didn't even notice, and he didn't take it personally because I am not ever like that. I felt horrible for doing it the rest of the night. It was the first time I have ever been mean on the air. :(
One phrase our dept uses is "Mr/Ms Helper". If one of the dispatchers has a question and calls for a supv'r, EVERYONE in the vicinity always has to pipe up with their opinion on the response. LOL... We just can't help ourselves. Whoever is the most annoying about helping is labeled "Mr/Ms Helper" by the asker. It is almost like a game, but being a HELPER is not a good title around here.
Hindsight is always 20/20, but you did absolutely the right thing, and said something. That is awesome. It is a difficult thing to wipe that egg all over your face, but I am sure it gave him more respect for you.
Don't beat yourself up over what happened in the past - just learn from it and think twice when you are in that situation again.

[Thumper]

Amazing what those cigarette breaks can do for a person ...LOL
Its like a wieght being lifeted off your back, and your just calm for a little bit.

You did the right thing, too maybe he did take it personally but wasnt wiling to admit it. But myself as being yelled out constantly by my dispatcher, I would have appreciated you giving me a sincere apology.

T

[Thumper]

Guess what?

The guy that I apologized to screwed up today, big time.

Its an All Call to a fight in progress in front of one of our "lounges".
The first on scene as usual, is the same officer from last night.
He is being very curt with the gentlemen..his body lingo and tone of his voice seemed to be very accusational.(BTW there was no fight it was just a verbal altercation.)

I believe that even if they are pissing you off to no end, smiling and being jovial and confiedent will all most allways get you compliance. Also never take sides, and dont let your attitude take sides either. If you need to vent take it to the office.

So anyways this officer #1 tells the guy "If you dont calm down Im going to have to ask you to leave" (*1)

A few more useless words were tossed around and the officer exits the immediate scene.

Im standing by, so is yet another Officer will call him #2. #2 who taught me how to think at this job said hey wait did you check to see what level of player he is?
I said ohh **** #2 your right! I wanted to check for his ID, but I thought #1 got it. Thanks!
(I would have checked his info later when #1 had left the scene, as I wanted when I was there..but I did not want to interfear once again with #1.)


So I hustle over to guest,
"Good evening sir, how are you doing?"
Big Smile,
"Im doing pretty good how about yourself?"
"Just fine thank you! So are you winning?"
"Just a little..::chuckling:: My luck will get better."
"Thats good, do you have a peppermill card?"
"Well yeah, but my daughter is an executive here"
" Really? Thats awesome! May I ask what your name is?"
" John Doe (Keeping the real name out) "
"Great will let me go check this out, is that ok?"
"Yes, You know I just wanted some basic human courtesey from that woman (the lady he got into a verbal alltercation with). Im a lawyer, for ten years! "
"Well is that so ? Allright sir Im going to go ahead and let my dispatch know that your daughter works here allright"
"Ok"
"Have a great evening"
I shook his hand, hes happy, Im happy...We all just one big happy famiily.
So I go run his name though the players card booth (I seem to be the only security I know who actually calls the info booth to get this very important info), and then I inform base that of our status and the guys name, and that he claims to have a daughter working at our casino(again, this is something I did on my velition, as a CYA tactic). #1 Is all pissed off giving me dirty looks, cuz again I took his call.
I have my back turned for one second and #1 goes right back to the guest, and here we go again. #1 has absoulutely no street smarts.

I just mopped up for him, and he goes and blows it away.

So Im like yah know what, Im going to let him wallow in his **** for a while.

2 hours later one Ms. Doe calls security all pissed off. My supervisor is getting his *** chewed for the officer that treated her dad like ****.

I knew it...

So #1 gets hauled into the office to explain himself.
He makes no mention of me being there, no nothing.
Sam 3 tells him he needs to allow other officers tap him out if hes not getting anywhere. Unfortunately #1s ego is clouding his judgement.

Heres the tricky part.

I snitched on him. Hes a cowboy and needs to be put in his place. So now hes going to learn as I have in the past, the hard way.

I tell my manager everything.

He was happy he had one officer that was being responsible (me) during that situation.

Guess Im just going to have yet another officer dislike me.

And accept the fact that I have to do what is right even if it pisses off the other officers.

So I just think its funny.

Im getting better at my job everyday, and loosing shift buddies one by one.

T

[Chief_Wiggum]

Originally posted by Thumper
Im a lawyer, for ten years! "

WOW!! A REAL lawyer?? Golllly gee!! :rolleyes: I gotta hand it to you, you kept your cool after he threw in that asinine comment. Why don't people realize that the last lawyer who made a positive impression on anyone was Abraham Lincoln?

[Thumper]

Thank you Chief!

Well Im patient. Thats what makes me a good training officer.LOL

Im very very very good with people.

But I have my faults. I do have an alligator mouth that Im trying to keep in check.

T