# WTF
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtf/52370
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [July 29, 2008, 6:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtf/52370 "2008-07-29T18:16:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 4
### Author:  [@9c1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/9c1)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2008, 6:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtf/52370/61 "2008-07-30T06:51:56Z")
> [@JEG"](#):
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> I am so overcome with emotion right now I can’t even think straight. I have been a volunteer firefighter for just over 7 years with the Akron Fire Company. I went into Fire Council tonight becuase they said I have not been making enough calls. Long story short, they said I was “dead weight” and kicked me out. The first 5 YEARS I was in the fire company I only missed a handfull of work details and events. I dedicated every second of free time to that place. It came to be my second home. Recently I have been working alot and could not make many work details or drills because of my conflicting work **schedual**. I have made 30 calls since January this year…our quota for the year is at least 50 to be a member in good standing. I’m so incredably dumbfounded that they would treat me like that after the countless thousands of hours I have dedicated to them, not to mention a house fire is the reason I ended up with a reconstructed shoulder. This is such an incredble personal blow for me I can’t even come up with the words to explain how incredably hurt I am by this. I know im gonna get flammed on hardcore here but I just need some advice to help me get over this before I do something stupid like drink myself dead.
Maybe it’s because you still can’t figure out that there is no **A** in the word **SCHEDULE**.
:gotme:
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### Author:  [@JEG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JEG)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2008, 9:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtf/52370/62 "2008-07-30T09:01:36Z")
I’ve dont alot of thinking and as much as it sucks I do not regret a momoent that I had spent there. I know that I have personaly saved a few lives and that right there makes all the differance. If it was not for my then those few people would be dead right now. Which is a good feeling to know that you have at least had an impact on somebodys life.
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### Author:  [@TheKID](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TheKID)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2008, 9:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtf/52370/63 "2008-07-30T09:05:46Z")
> [@fiend540](#):
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> How could a volunteer be dead weight, you would think they would want as many as possible
QFT! I was going to ask the same
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### Author:  [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2008, 9:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtf/52370/64 "2008-07-30T09:07:02Z")
Take up arson as a hobby
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### Author:  [@Zong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zong)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2008, 9:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtf/52370/65 "2008-07-30T09:07:39Z")
^lol
oh the ironing
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### Author:  [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2008, 9:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtf/52370/66 "2008-07-30T09:08:42Z")
> [@JEG](#):
>
> I’ve dont alot of thinking and as much as it sucks I do not regret a momoent that I had spent there. I know that I have personaly saved a few lives and that right there makes all the differance. If it was not for my then those few people would be dead right now. Which is a good feeling to know that you have at least had an impact on somebodys life.
👏
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### Author:  [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2008, 9:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtf/52370/67 "2008-07-30T09:10:41Z")
If you take up arson in Akron…
More fire calls = Need for more volunteers
I’m sure there are a bunch of abandoned buildings you can burn down…it will help clean Akron up :tup:
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### Author:  [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2008, 9:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtf/52370/68 "2008-07-30T09:11:56Z")
ehh how do u get kicked out of something volunteer?
lol like friday…how the fuck do u get fired on your day off
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### Author:  [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2008, 9:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtf/52370/69 "2008-07-30T09:12:59Z")
> [@cky89](#):
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> He didn’t really get rejected, they disliked him because he went against of the grain of how they were corrupt. He loved being a part of something, which was a hobby, not an acceptance of people.
the serpico of the volunteer firefighters
you didnt get shot in the face and live, did you jeg?
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### Author:  [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2008, 9:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtf/52370/70 "2008-07-30T09:33:35Z")
> [@JEG](#):
>
> yeah I’m certified in :
>
> CPR (infant and adult)
> rope rescue
> basic and advanced ice rescue tactics
> swift water rescue
> thermal imaging camera
> search and rescue
> advanced firefighting tactics
> mask confidance
> confined spaces
> vehicle extrication
> fire police
> mercy flight ground crew
> triage
> was a basic EMT, and am currently a CFR
> EVOC
> ladder truck opperations
>
> there is more but I cant remember it all of the top of my head
Am I correct in that none of that has helped your career?
So long as you can pass mandatory drug screenings, you should be able to build a quality resume?
MAybe you can use the tax money spent on you to get ahead in life.
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### Author:  [@JEG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JEG)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2008, 9:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtf/52370/71 "2008-07-30T09:35:57Z")
I think its time I gtfo of Akron. I like this town alot, but it has nothing to offer me anymore.
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### Author:  [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2008, 9:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtf/52370/72 "2008-07-30T09:39:39Z")
> [@2TurboZ](#):
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> Well that obviously means you will have more time to dedicate to your true passion…weed and bass fishing. While you are at it scoop up a dictionary and learn to spell.
Maybe he could finish a couple cars for you?
Good luck man…you’ll be fine!! You’re better off with out them.
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### Author:  [@2TurboZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/2TurboZ)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2008, 9:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtf/52370/73 "2008-07-30T09:43:10Z")
> [@ultradriver10000](#):
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> Maybe he could finish a couple cars for you?
>
> Good luck man…you’ll be fine!! You’re better off with out them.
PSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
But you do have a point. sigh
😛
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### Author:  [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2008, 9:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtf/52370/74 "2008-07-30T09:47:51Z")
> [@JEG"](#):
>
> I am so overcome with emotion right now I can’t even think straight. I have been a volunteer firefighter for just over 7 years with the Akron Fire Company. I went into Fire Council tonight becuase they said I have not been making enough calls. Long story short, they said I was “dead weight” and kicked me out. The first 5 YEARS I was in the fire company I only missed a handfull of work details and events. I dedicated every second of free time to that place. It came to be my second home. Recently I have been working alot and could not make many work details or drills because of my conflicting work schedual. I have made 30 calls since January this year…our quota for the year is at least 50 to be a member in good standing. I’m so incredably dumbfounded that they would treat me like that after the countless thousands of hours I have dedicated to them, not to mention a house fire is the reason I ended up with a reconstructed shoulder. This is such an incredble personal blow for me I can’t even come up with the words to explain how incredably hurt I am by this. I know im gonna get flammed on hardcore here but I just need some advice to help me get over this before I do something stupid like drink myself dead.
Idk anything about the volunteer fire system. But it sounds like you should just talk to them and tell them your situation and that you are willing to put forth more effort.
7 Years seems like an awful lot of time to just be let go like this.
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### Author:  [@Oroc](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Oroc)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2008, 9:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtf/52370/75 "2008-07-30T09:56:51Z")
> [@Paulo](#):
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> Your not one of those people that where the radios EVERYWHERE they go are you? I had a guy in a few of my classes that lived nowhere near campus, but decided he should keep his radio on him at all times to look “sweet”.
OMG the kid that was in our class? wtf i hated that kid! so annoying!
> [@ILCisDEAD](#):
>
> Idk anything about the volunteer fire system. But it sounds like you should just talk to them and tell them your situation and that you are willing to put forth more effort.
>
> 7 Years seems like an awful lot of time to just be let go like this.
UMM are you ok? sick? fever? did your computer get hijacked and somebody else responding? I purposely scrolled thru this thread looking for a smartass remark from either you or newman and your actually showing sympathy. what gives? Is it the smelly balls getting to you?
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### Author:  [@Bassdegrime](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bassdegrime)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2008, 10:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtf/52370/76 "2008-07-30T10:06:09Z")
there is a fire in my pants.
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### Author:  [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2008, 10:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtf/52370/77 "2008-07-30T10:11:14Z")
> [@JEG](#):
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> Eh…its just the fact that I will be 24 this friday and I have spent the past 7 years of my life working my ass off there. Thats almost 1/3 of my life dedicated to something that I could say I am part of, and be very proud to say it, only to have them turn around and stab me in the back.
Just saying -
You may have thought you were dedicated, and doing whatever you could, but in the eyes of other people, you could have been doing nothing.
I meet plenty of people who think they are “soooooo busy” and “SUPER HARD WORKING” and whatever else… only to find that they spend most of their day scratching their balls and surfing the web. Then when they get approached, they are like “but I was soooooo busy.”
Not saying that this is your case, but at the same time, not saying that it is not…
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### Author:  [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2008, 10:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtf/52370/78 "2008-07-30T10:26:30Z")
in before
[http://www.rnews.com/Story\_2004.cfm?ID=63494&rnews\_story\_type=18&category=10](http://www.rnews.com/Story_2004.cfm?ID=63494&rnews_story_type=18&category=10)
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### Author:  [@Bassdegrime](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bassdegrime)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2008, 11:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtf/52370/79 "2008-07-30T11:29:24Z")
he looks like a shit vampire
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### Author:  [@Jack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jack)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2008, 4:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtf/52370/80 "2008-07-30T16:06:48Z")
> [@Daddie](#):
>
> Just saying -
>
> You may have thought you were dedicated, and doing whatever you could, but in the eyes of other people, you could have been doing nothing.
>
> I meet plenty of people who think they are “soooooo busy” and “SUPER HARD WORKING” and whatever else… only to find that they spend most of their day scratching their balls and surfing the web. Then when they get approached, they are like “but I was soooooo busy.”
>
> Not saying that this is your case, but at the same time, not saying that it is not…
:repost:
Josh… you sure you didn’t see this coming? No warnings? No fuckups on your part? I think you might be leaving out part of the story…
Aren’t there like 20 other volunteer fire dealies like 5 minutes from your house?
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