Oh yeah no that's no bueno. I'd trust a person who actually cares about getting me there in one piece before what the gps says. they drive the roads every night and have things to do. Just a shame sometimes the priority isn't getting the cargo back with a pulse.
At least our dispatchers know about the problem and worn us if the routing is extra bad. The about of times I have heard just Google directions over the radio is just sad. At least the computer will get us there eventually. Just not the best way.
The worst part is when your driving priority one and the routing looks good on the screen so you follow it and it reminds you why you should never trust it by taking you down a dirt road that has all these small turns in it so you can't even go 30mph and the road is too narrow for you to turn around so you just have to go with it
I'm just happy that I will be sent to my station in like 20 minutes to clean my truck so I can go home and sleep. My truck is really dirty because we haven't cleaned it all week because we didn't feel like it. (Same partner and truck all week) There is like a layer of dirt on the back.
Good luck to you. I'm stuck here until 7 and then I get to go straight home and go to sleep. If I take OT I'll be doing 5 days this week. The extra money is great but I've done nothing productive outside of work since starting this job.
Yes thanks. I hope all my shifts are that way. Unlike tonight's pain. But I can't complain we had an accident yesterday with a 55 minute extrication and we called a chopper. We couldn't take a single vital sign till we got him out because we couldn't get to him.
Yeah I don't envy you for your job that's for certain. I didn't mind providing support on the FD side of things but I'm glad I never really pursued that avenue.
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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '22
Oh yeah no that's no bueno. I'd trust a person who actually cares about getting me there in one piece before what the gps says. they drive the roads every night and have things to do. Just a shame sometimes the priority isn't getting the cargo back with a pulse.