to buff or not to buff... that is the question.

[Wags]

One problem I find with buffing calls is that it sometimes leads to company instability. Regular members who buff calls, who aren't trying to get an accumulation of class time or another mandate, often find themselves resented by the rest of the company. A lot of people have a tendency to interpret that kind of behavior as extremely selfish and with a show-off mentality. And sometimes it's true.

[emt322632]

When I used to hear the local volly squad get toned out 2 or 3 times for a call when I was at work, I would graciously call the county dispatch and advise them that we were available and the closest mutual aid.

More often than not I would get a thank you, sometimes I'd get a very rude thank you though. I've never jumped calls though. I'll extend the offer, but I'm not going to be the one to stir up a hornet's nest. Especially when I'm in uniform and on the clock.

[Richard B the EMT]

It is my understanding that "Skel" is a put-down phrase, usually of homeless or publicly intoxicated street people, who seem to believe that they have no responsibilities to the immediate world, and that the same immediate world has every responsibility to them. Another version I've heard is that they are a skeletal part of society.

I don't know for sure, but these are things I have heard for years.

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[Timmy]

Do you get paid extra if you buff?