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So here we are another day of rather nothing.  I really intended to sit down and write something the other day when I posted a bunch of rants about the newbie.  It doesn't get any better than what is going on now.   Newbie has a family member who was pregnant, and it was not their first child.  They saw the need to make changes to the schedule and make trades to get the day off, obviously with no sick days to use, so they had to utilize a shift trade.  I think everyone here is has been down and morale is bad because of situations such as this.  We are now on the 4th new hire in the past 5 years.  I know this is nothing for some agencies who are what it appears as a rotating door.

 I at one point thought I would be writing out calls with generic details here, as well as "Live" tweeting calls as they came in.  But damn, I work at a slow agency.   Crap, I did it, something will happen now.  Just like in EMS, certain words were never to be mentioned, uttered or wrote.   

 Tonight I came in, reviewed the cads from the prior 16 since I left which took a whole maybe 10 minutes. I took a call for a woman who is in an abusive relationship, who had went out of town today and when she returned her boyfriend had let her dogs run loose.  She was wanting something done about it.  The officer informed her that there was nothing illegal about it, she proceeds to yell at him about her being the victim and how he gets to do what he wants.  Keep in mind she has been with this guy for several years, and they have both been involved in altercations and been arrested for beating on each other before, she likes to play the victim.  I know that is bad to say, but we have offered her assistance leaving him, and she has refused it.  

 I also handled a call for an issue with electricity in the campground, and contacted someone to go check and assist them with.  

 Beyond that I have spent kicked back, feet up, sipping on coffee and flipping channels.  

 I am currently listening to a humor podcast typing this, still sipping coffee, contemplating doing some walking.  I had walked about a mile earlier in the office.  

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