kind of like NYSPEED?
WTF?? dude i havent made a call in a while. they cant kick you out. you need to attend like 5 calls a year and 2 monthly meetings
holy fucking truth. don’t get me wrong, i appreciate what they do, but a good deal of volunteer firefighters are complete douche bags. i saw a super small fire at a laundromat once, (one dryer), and 30 volunteers showed up to smoke cigarettes while two guys put the fire out with a bucket of water that i gave them.
DING DING DING!!! This will happen anywhere there is a structured leadership, be it a volunteer fire co., HOA, etc. You will always get assholes at the top getting rid of people that the just don’t like or view as a threat.
Honestly, if the assholes are running the show, you’re probably better off not being a part of the circus. Taking the knowledge you’ve gained and apply it elsewhere, say like becoming an EMT? I know both Rural Metro and Twin City are hurting for help.
Everything happens for a reason,be glad it was only 7 years and not 20.
You’ll probably find something better to do with your time now.
Honestly, my brother has been a professional firefighter for a very long time. He is top ranking and in charge of more shit than I can even begin to get into. Those elitest ass holes like him that run most firehouses look down on the volunteers which I disagree with. Go speak with the chief, and if that gets you nowhere send me a PM and I will see if i can pull any strings. He is a Onondaga county’s director of emergency response and has held similar positions in buffalo. He knows most chiefs and career guys on a first name basis, so I would assume he could maybe do me a favor.
They voted on it at the fire council which is made up of the chiefs and executive members. I was voted out. There is nothing I can really do but bite my tongue and walk away. I did not say anything when they told me their verdict. I just got up and walked out without saying a word. its just a harsh blow because I used to spend so much time there. It was like my place to unwind when things get overwhelming.
dude… metallica has this one song… that directly appl…
oh wait… no … no they don’t.
dude…you’re a douche.
:hay:
you said yourself it was a volunteer thing…not a career…so just think of it as another hobby you’ve grown out of. It’s not the end of the world and you know it, it’s not what you were going to do for a living, if anything it would just interfere with your real future/career path.
you’re obviously upset initially but it’ll pass…every widowed person in the world faces an immediate time of wanting to drink themselves to death, go into serious depression, contemplate suicide…etc etc…and they usually if not most of the time get over it…and i’d say the situation of the widow is much worse than yours.
take your time to mourn your loss, that’s understandable and you deserve that time to get better…hell go out and drink and have fun, have a good cry, pick up some bar slut, etc…whatever helps you forget about bad things…but not in excess…that’s the key, is to keep yourself in check.
just take comfort in knowing that time heals EVERYTHING…so give it time, and you’ll be fine.
PM me for coping strategies…i’m not going to make public free of cost for all these potential future depressive weirdo’s the advice that i spend $100,000 being educated on so that i could sell it…not give it away.
^^ :tup:
You got your whole life ahead of you, use it as a stepping stone.
I’ll be fine. Its just a massive change because that was a big part of my life. It was really the only thing keeping me in the area anyways so maybe it is for the best.
Dead weight volunteer? Are you serious? I’d start that guy’s house on fire and see how many respond.
i suggest you start brewing your own beer
and drinkign gin heavily
I didn’t read all the posts but perhaps when they go out for a big call burn their house down?
I don’t really get the dead-weight volunteer thing either. Maybe he thought you were bangin his wife?(maybe he CAUGHT you bangin his wife? lol)
Burn down the fire hall…
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.
Quit bitching about shit online…my boss hates me…my fire doodbros hate me. If i spent so much time worrying about people that didnt like me and making posts about it on the internet I would probably have my own forum. Like Don Henley said…GET OVER IT!
I know you’re educated in this so I’m curious as to why you focused on the loss of a hobby rather than the pain of the rejection? It just seems like the rejection is what is hurting, not the loss of the firehall?
If you knew him, you would know that he is about as smart as a bag of sand. 