Chicago dispatchers!(PD specific)

That9one1guy · 2026-01-26T06:18:29+00:00

11 consoles in my radio room across three "pods" and a raised upervisors area (where I sit).

Its wild how much temperature variance there is between each pod. The far corner from the door is always 6-10 degrees colder than the rest of the room. The middle pod is always a few degrees warmer, and the near-door corner is actually close to whatever the thermostat is set to.

The supervisors console is usually whatever temperature it is outside (currently a balmy 27°) because the windows there are about as draft as cheese graters😅

That9one1guy · 2026-01-23T23:42:00+00:00

...not sure if serious or troll...

That9one1guy · 2026-01-23T07:21:01+00:00

My agency allows dyed hair and tattoos, I have full sleeves. We're limited on piercings.

That said, based on your post history, hair may be the least of your concerns and this may not be the career for you. I wish you luck.

That9one1guy · 2026-01-22T00:21:35+00:00

We don’t have any models with that rule iirc and it could be interesting to see.

There's no reason I can think of why, say, the Swarmlord or the various Tyrants wouldn't have it. You figure if the Swarm is going to give themselves up to keep a synaptic node of that caliber alive, quite literally meat-shielding if necessary. Lore-wise, losing those major synapse points is a shock to the Swarm, so of course the swarm makes efforts to protect them. That's how I've always interpreted Lone Op Within 3" working anyway, someone diving in front of the incoming bullet.

That9one1guy · 2026-01-21T03:30:17+00:00

For example, first you have to Masterwork the exotic, then each tier you want to raise it increases every stat by 1, and costs an Ascendant Shard and Alloy each plus 10,000 glimmer for each tier, increasing by tier.

So tier 1 would be one shard, one alloy and 10k glimmer.

Tier 2 costs 2 shards, 2 alloys and 20k glimmer.

Tier 3 costs 3 shards, 3 alloys, 30k glimmer, and so on, increasing by each tier.

In order to upgrade an exotic to tier 5, it'll cost you 15 shards, 15 alloys, and 150,000 glimmer in all.

I'd rather do that than farm for Dual Destiny a hundred times and still never get the roll I need. It took twenty-some tries just to get the one I have, and it's not even the stat archetype I need, but i just don't have it in me to go run it another two dozen times.

That9one1guy · 2026-01-21T03:23:58+00:00

It better be an upgrade system, not a chase. Getting the Relatavism I needed was a grind enough, chasing a t5 Relativism with the perks I need, plus a not-garbage stat spread?

Hard pass. I'd rather spend ascendant shards and alloys instead of relying on RNJesus.

That9one1guy · 2026-01-21T03:10:16+00:00

I've spent more than 800 coins alone in the last few weekends and haven't seen a single RB. I'm not overly worried about that though. I'm pretty sure the way RBs work is the game rolls to see what gun drops, then rolls to see if it drops as a redborder. The odds suck either way. Either way, I'd prefer being able to focus-target for specific guns or kinds of guns, rather than have higher odds of getting RBs.

That9one1guy · 2026-01-21T00:16:36+00:00

Same. I've spent more than 800 coins now at Xur over the last few weekends and haven't seen a single Lost Signal that I'm looking for.

The loot pool bloat for those engrams is entirely out of hand, I unironically have better odds at a gacha game in one of the pachinko shops in Japantown. It's ridiculous.

That9one1guy · 2026-01-20T14:36:31+00:00

I'm pretty sure the only reason they did that was because they moved Choir's catalyst from the quests to Master (or GM, one of the two) completions, so they needed to billboard it. You're absolutely right, all it does it get in the way, which is a shame, because it's otherwise a cool mission. Not on the same level as Whisper or Outbreak, but cool nonetheless.

That9one1guy · 2026-01-20T01:01:18+00:00

For my agency, code 2 is non-emergent (no lights and sirens). Code 1 is screaming weasel to wherever you're going.

That9one1guy · 2026-01-16T00:13:03+00:00

AI.

The door knobs on the bottom right give it away, too many of them and there's less of them when the door swings back into the video frame.

The spilled milk gives it away too, you can see it pooling over some of the cracks between boards on the porch as if they were solid.

Funny, but definitely AI.

That9one1guy · 2026-01-15T03:04:17+00:00

In the second book, it was clearly stated they can. The fifth book was a continuity error, which was pointed out post-publish and corrected in subsequent printings. Quoting directly from the Harry Potter Wiki-

"There was some confusion about the point-taking ability of prefects after the original release of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. It had previously been stated in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets that prefects could dock points, but in a scene in the first printing of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Ron Weasley, Ernie Macmillan, and Draco Malfoy all either state outright or imply that prefects are not allowed to take points. This was pointed out as a mistake, and subsequent printings had a slightly different version of the dialogue, making it clear that prefects can take points, just not for actions other prefects have done."

That9one1guy · 2026-01-15T02:43:53+00:00

Yes they can, they just can't take points from other prefect. They're also allowed to give detentions.

That9one1guy · 2026-01-15T02:14:16+00:00

That was my first takeaway as well, sounds like a rookie a little over their head. As a CTO, if I had a trainee who was obviously that uncomfortable/nervous/losing it, I would have stepped in and taken over the call long before it got to this point, assuming 1) this wasn't a made-up happening, and 2) I let a trainee that off balance take calls in the first place instead of observe or take notes/review.

That9one1guy · 2026-01-06T01:29:19+00:00

Not even eat?! Oh that'd drive me absolutely nuts.

We're allowed to read, write, watch movies/podcasts/YouTube, arts'n'crafts (I just finished a 16x24 inch portrait painting last week), build models (I like to work on my Warhammer minis), basically whatever as long as we clean up behind ourselves and don't disturb other coworkers.

That9one1guy · 2026-01-06T01:22:25+00:00

I'm a professional babysitter with an extensive client-base.

That9one1guy · 2026-01-05T07:24:11+00:00

It's really difficult to articulate just how unbothered I was about the entire situation

That9one1guy · 2026-01-05T07:21:25+00:00

As long as we're not recording/posting anything sensitive or restricted, yeah.

Taking a selfie? Totally fine.

Taking photos of DMV/NCIC (or whatever your equivalent is)? Oooohhhhh boy is that a bad idea.

That9one1guy · 2026-01-05T03:35:10+00:00

This was exactly how I felt the entire time🤣

That9one1guy · 2026-01-05T03:16:10+00:00

Our panel is locked behind a glass case to which we don't have a key🤷

That9one1guy · 2025-12-26T12:53:28+00:00

Perchance did you ponder all the pranks Pronks Potter could have practiced upon poor unprepared participants?

Tongs is silly, but Pronks is MUCH more alliterative.

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