Holiday Week

Guess what this week is?
It' national public safety telecommunications week
(translation)
911 week

Did you know they had such a thing?

It's pretty great though,
all week people tell us how wonderful we are,
give us treats, and cook us food.
I really love my job,
& not just on 911 week.

My job is pretty great,
and sad, and frustrating, and annoying,
(and i only complain about it sometimes)
but mostly great,
and I feel real real blessed to have such a great job.
I really love it.
here's why......

♥♥My job is really exciting,
like...
"some one just robbed my store with a gun,"
"the kitchen is on fire,"
"my baby can't breath,"
"there's blood everywhere"
exciting...
Not all the time, but it's DEFINITELY not boring,
and it's NEVER the same.

♥♥Our center is so so cool,
like 5 computers per consul
CSI looking cool.
Plus we have some really great equipment,
and resources (even if our internet is slow as snails).
We can do crazy things, and WILL
track you down if you prank call us.
We're real good.

♥♥Frequent flyers
aka: people who have us on speed dial
aka: mental health patients
aka: people who call so much you
have their name/address memorized
aka: strange funny callers that just make you smile
examples:

*a caller with multiple personalities,
one of whom is a vampire

* caller: hi, i need an officer to come throw away my "R" rated movies
dispatch: well, you can just throw them away
caller: i can? well can i keep them?
dispatch: sure you can
caller: ok bye

*a caller that's convinced that the gov.
has planted a bug in his phone,
and calls demanding to talk to the President
cuz we have a direct line (we don't),
then proceeds to rant and rave about conspiracies
until you just disconnect

*a caller who needed an ambulance cuz "their head got eaten"
"by something that didn't exist"
she told us she was dead,
when we revealed she was in fact alive,
she cried with joy.

♥♥ Heart breaking and inspiring stories,
like this one (story/blog is real good, and you will get sucked in..) .
or this (that's my voice, and it was a real cool story)

♥♥Telling people when it's not appropriate to call 911
(if you don't know, please review this post)
there is something strangely satisfying
about reprimanding someone
for abusing the system.

♥♥We help people all day, every day,
24 hours a day, on weekends,
and holidays (which sometimes really sucks)
BUT it's really great and real rewarding
to be the person someone calls for help,
and to be able to give them the help they need.

SOOOO.... basically
my job is wonderful,
and I'm real thankful for it,
and Happy Dispatch week!