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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Don't know if it was, but firemen tend to dislike police. I am also getting the idea EMT are getting to that point now. Close friends of the family have been in both of these fields for a long time. They, and all their friends, from their prospective work, feel derision for police. The firemen openly mocked them as long as I knew them, and the EMTs have been getting less, and less, friendly with the police in the last decade.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I was at my first rodeo a few weeks back and there was a tug of war between the cops and firemen. The cops won but they had an extra guy and somehow their huge anchor person at the back was twice as fat as the biggest fire guy. I don't know how a 450-500 pound guy is a cop.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

I can tell you how that guy is a cop. He started off meeting physical requirement however, after he had been there for years, he either was injured, or something, that put him on permanent desk duty, and ballooned up, but it doesn't matter now, he is on desk duty forever. That or he had been there for years, and became obese over that time, but had enough seniority they just stuck him with an admin/desk job until he retires.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Don’t worry about getting confused. It WAS your first rodeo, after all.