Garbage Truck, Ambulance, the similarites are amusing.

[captainstandup]

Garbage Truck =

Haul off things no one else wants to deal with.

Most dangerous work at night and in areas most people are wise enough to avoid.

Serious risk posed to crews by criminals, and the motoring public.

Potential for exposure to substances and items that can kill them.

Back injuries, rotator cuff injuries common malady.

Underfunded and often underequipped to meet demand for service.

Frequently provide service to those less than grateful

Often exposed to sights and smells that are nauseating to say the least.

Work holidays and weekends

At least garbage folks only handle their refuse once. How often do you think they are called to return garbage to residences?

Feel free to add similarities

[JPINFV]

Where are you at where garbage men work on holidays?

[spenac]

Where your at the garbage men actually leave the truck and touch the trash? Ours they just drive up and mechanical arm grabs and emptys trash into truck. Wish we had something like that for our BS calls. :twisted:

[JPINFV]

It's pretty common in parts of Southern California to have it where the trash men have to get out and lift the trash cans themselves. It's the same thing with where I currently live in Boston.

[mobey]

Ours they just drive up and mechanical arm grabs and emptys trash into truck. Wish we had something like that for our BS calls. :twisted:

Just call the local hose-rollers for a "lift assist"

[CBEMT]

Weekends and holidays? Where???

[spenac]

Just call the local hose-rollers for a "lift assist"

Volly fire might take 4 hours to show up and then drunk or high. So not an option.

Of course we could deny to transport just like garbage collectors refuse to take all garbage.

[captainstandup]

I'm in North Carolina, the local municipalities haven't evolved to the robotic collection vehicles yet. I'm not saying our patients are trash, I'm just trying to start a semi - humor based dialogue on the similarities.

I should be concerned about offending the "sanitation engineers" (trash men). Some of these guys make a lot of money. Especially the unionized folks. And they aren't nearly as invisible as EMS folks.

[spenac]

I'm in North Carolina, the local municipalities haven't evolved to the robotic collection vehicles yet. I'm not saying our patients are trash, I'm just trying to start a semi - humor based dialogue on the similarities.

I should be concerned about offending the "sanitation engineers" (trash men). Some of these guys make a lot of money. Especially the unionized folks. And they aren't nearly as invisible as EMS folks.

But they have mob backing so they get better pay and benefits than we do. Watch your back they may have spys on here.

-10 not posting in funny section

[JPINFV]

Thats because you use their services weekly. When was the last time you needed an ambulance for yourself or a loved one?