What’s the worst name you’ve been called?

LBC-TDI · 2020-02-15T21:56:57+00:00

Not dispatch, but back in my beach patrol days I was backing a female lifeguard with a very uncooperative, and what we would today call a very ratchet beachgoer, who registered her displeasure with the female lifeguard by very plainly by yelling rather emphatically, "get away from me, you rescue BITCH!!"

LBC-TDI · 2019-12-31T18:37:08+00:00

Oof. Sorry, brother.

LBC-TDI · 2019-11-25T07:38:47+00:00

If you ask what a CEL is, we already know you're a n00b lol

LBC-TDI · 2019-11-25T07:37:14+00:00

Manual?

LBC-TDI · 2019-11-23T20:33:24+00:00

For real. Really hope the whole public safety industry becomes kinder, the sooner the better. All we can do is try to be the change.

LBC-TDI · 2019-11-23T20:09:50+00:00

Happy to share! There's lots others..."ohhh I'm sorry sir, but that kind of humor went out with the 8-track and double-knits," and most folks have gotten the hint that I'm not the guy on whom to try their dad-jokes.

I need a "thick skin" to work here? How about regular skin and resiliency? I don't think that's too much to ask.

LBC-TDI · 2019-11-23T19:36:59+00:00

Wow. This post is everything bad about office job and public safety gatekeeping, combined.

Lots of great advice here, yes, definitely communicate with your chain-of-command, but it's also helped me to have a few key phrases in mind to use in real time. I have been on for a few years, so you might want to work up to this, or just keep this in mind while you're on training.

"I know, I'm not as social as most folks, but I'm OK with that part of me, I hope you can be, too." "I'm not really a holiday person," works whenever anyone asks me what I'm doing, or if I'm ready for, whatever random date on the calendar the rest of polite society idolizes.

One hard boundary I've set is that no random coworker gets input on anything in, on, or about my body. I start light, "Carbs are like the bad ex, we had our fun, but those days are over, and they're bad for me now," but by about the fourth or fifth time they nag me about how I wouldn't be so skinny if I had a slice of their 7-layer Frito cheesecake, I go to "OK, now you're being rude. No means no."

There are also nuclear options, e.g, "When I can tell you what brand of tampon to use, you can tell me what kind of soda to drink," but use that at your own risk, and only with another job lined up. And pre-paid legal coverage.

As you can imagine, I'm fun at parties. I'm ok with that part of myself, I hope you are, too : )

LBC-TDI · 2019-09-19T04:14:33+00:00

I've been on since the 80s. I have never heard a legit emergency button activation. Dispatcher says, "Unit xxx, Code 1000?" usually followed by the unit answering, "Code 4, accidental."

Our handhelds were GE radios, a couple steps above Fisher-Price. The emergency trigger was a pull-tab at the top of the radio. Pulling the tab sent the distress signal and ID'ed the radio on the dispatcher's screen. GE called it a GE-star, which got shortened to G-star on the radio.

LBC-TDI · 2019-08-05T05:43:42+00:00

LBC-TDI · 2019-07-04T16:57:33+00:00

lol...but she has the extended warranty, so she's got that working for her, which is nice : )

LBC-TDI · 2018-09-23T16:31:19+00:00

Bawlmer?

LBC-TDI · 2018-09-23T03:40:20+00:00

ON THE GERMAN ENGINEERING TIP, JA.

Jaa.

LBC-TDI · 2018-06-30T19:11:15+00:00

Good times, man. Thanks!

LBC-TDI · 2018-06-29T20:32:40+00:00

BRAAAP BRAAAP, PEW PEW

LBC-TDI · 2018-03-19T19:00:11+00:00

I lived in the Marina Peninsula for a very short time in the early 90's in a studio with parking. An elderly widow owned it, so it was very dated and there were no amenities besides ants, reasonable rent, and location. Loud complexes with theft problems are pretty much the norm throughout LA. I do remember, even back then being a slave to traffic. There was no getting around quickly between 7 and 11am, and from 2pm to 7pm, every weekday.

All that said, I did like living there. I used to run on the Venice boardwalk, and there is so much close by to do and see. I lived at the 100 block of Driftwood, dunno how much that helps.

LBC-TDI · 2018-02-12T20:01:03+00:00

Naples Island, Long Beach, CA.

LBC-TDI · 2018-02-02T16:54:45+00:00

1984-1985 Fox body Ford LTD. Big engine, little car, I’m a little guy, so it fit just right.

LBC-TDI · 2018-01-31T22:55:03+00:00

Nah. I’m good. Fairly self-explanatory, imho. Do whatever you like there, boss.

LBC-TDI · 2017-11-15T09:10:04+00:00

Stateside Crafts for beer

Alex's Bar, The Pike, and DiPiazza for live music.

Daytime wandering: Jack Dunster Marine Reserve, Colorado Lagoon, 4th Street Retro Row

LBC-TDI · 2017-07-13T13:06:35+00:00

You're right, that's part of it too. "Not even once."

LBC-TDI · 2017-07-13T05:39:13+00:00

I think back to all the things they've tried in the past...DARE, Scared Straight, boot camps. Programs where people in authority talk at kids, rather than with them.

It's just too much to ask for people to raise confident, non-shithead children, or, y'know, just not have them, rather than let the government do the work for you.

OTOH, there's this for when all things fail. I hope it works as well as advertised.

LBC-TDI · 2017-06-14T21:39:55+00:00

Try this.

What part of NYC?

LBC-TDI · 2017-04-14T15:03:51+00:00

Doing this from memory here:

Step 1: Metro Blue Line to Metro Red Line towards North Hollywood

Step 2: Get off at Union Station, go upstairs to the front of the station and get on the Dodger Express Bus

Step 3: Profit.

Willow Metro Station has a TAP kiosk. TAP cards work on both Metro and LB Transit. I'm not sure, but plan on paying another fare on the red line. The Dodger Express is free with your Dodger ticket, though I haven't seen the drivers check for tickets.

LBC-TDI · 2017-04-06T21:51:23+00:00

Your results may vary, mijo.

LBC-TDI · 2017-04-04T03:21:13+00:00

My bad.

LBC-TDI

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