[RP TownTalk] firehouse behaviour

Roland Walker walker at pobox.com
Fri Sep 28 02:41:47 UTC 2007


> I agree with Sue that what we need to do is to figure out who the bad
> apples are and make sure they don't spoil the rest of the barrel.

I want to clarify that the behavior I witnessed involved a large crew
of eight or ten people.  It was my understanding that the crew
consisted of everyone who was on the shift.

If it was just one or two people I could see weeding out the bad apples.

R

On 9/27/07, Alan Thompson and Sarah Wayland <twacks at his.com> wrote:
> I'm actually really glad to hear this Nancy - thanks for posting it.
>
> We had a nice experience with the Branchville Volunteer Fire
> Department in College Park many years ago. I think that's one reason
> I get grouchy when I hear the stories of a few bad apples. I feel
> like they are making the rest of the volunteers look bad, when most
> of them are so wonderful.
>
> I agree with Sue that what we need to do is to figure out who the bad
> apples are and make sure they don't spoil the rest of the barrel.
>
> -Sarah
>
>
> On Sep 27, 2007, at 6:01 PM, Nancy Mooney wrote:
>
> > I'm very sorry to hear what others experienced from our local fire
> > house.  I felt I had to write in with a different view.  .... They
> > were very gracious and kind every time.  They carried her up and
> > down steps and made it look easy.  when her condition got to the
> > point that she needed to go to the hospital they came promptly and
> > not once did anyone say or do anything inappropriate.  They were
> > kind and encouraging.
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