The gripe thread

Eru

I know theres a thread about humerous goings on and a good thread it is too so heres one were you can bitch and moan in peace.....

Today I had a guy in who wanted me to photocopy his CV, WTF? I said no Im busy and he then had the cheek to ask me "Why? What else are you doing?". Em, fighting ****ing crime you ****wit!

eroo

Why would you have to copy someones CV??

TheNog

Regular caller to the station always ringing up to complain about boys kicking a ball off her gate.

She really annoys me

deadwood

You should havdone it, and slipped in a photocopy of your sherrifs badge!:D

Eru

eroo wrote: »

Why would you have to copy someones CV??

Thats the point! Someones bedtime me thinks

eroo

Karlitosway1978 wrote: »

Someones bedtime me thinks

Well, you'd better be off then!:p:pac:

TheNog

another one and this is the one I really hate to hear

"guard I want that person arrested now!!!!!!!!"

of course I will arrest that person just cos you say so GGGRRRRRRRRRRRRR

FGR

TheNog wrote: »

another one and this is the one I really hate to hear

"guard I want that person arrested now!!!!!!!!"

of course I will arrest that person just cos you say so GGGRRRRRRRRRRRRR

of course I will arrest that person just cos you say so even though I probably don't have a power of arrest and will more than likely lose my job and my home for unlawful arrest just because you said so..

..and why is your Tax out by six months?

Got to love it. The only difference is where I work it's "I want that person charged!!"

TheNog

here's another one that affects all serving members

people who can make obvious vexatious complaints against members and cannot be prosecuted!!!!!!!!

I still can't get my head around that one

FGR

I never head of of the GCB ever doing it..I wonder will GSOC change that position?

Paulzx

Where do i start?

Most common one

I'll set the scene. House on fire. Flames through the roof. Smoke billowing out of every window. Three fire engines. Blue flashing lights. Firefighters running round laying hose etc. etc. You get the idea

Member of the public walks up. "Whats happening. Is there a fire"


Cue fireman " No, we're making a ****ing movie. What do you think is happening?":rolleyes:

TheNog

ForegoneReality wrote: »

I never head of of the GCB ever doing it..I wonder will GSOC change that position?

hopefully

civdef

That's like where pople point to the flames and smoke shooting into the sky visible from miles away, and helpfully tell arriving crews, "the fire's over there".

deadwood

ForegoneReality wrote: »

"I want that person charged!!"

Standard Deadwood reply #1.

"But we provide this service for free!"

deadwood

Paulzx wrote: »

I'll set the scene. House on fire. Flames through the roof. Smoke billowing out of every window. Three fire engines. Blue flashing lights. Firefighters running round laying hose etc. etc. You get the idea

#2

I always love this one; the bigger and more dramatic the scene, the better. A small crowd gathers to use their camera phones to youtube the explosions and car wrecks. A scene which might even make Metman do some rubber-necking, along comes Gda Deadwood -

"move along folks, there's nothing to see here".

Remaining stoney-faced, while Armageddon rages beind you, as if tou see this kind of stuff every day comes with practice.
:cool:

deadwood

ForegoneReality wrote: »

I never head of of the GCB ever doing it..I wonder will GSOC change that position?

I don't know what action Car Buyers Guide can take.

FGR

deadwood wrote: »

I don't know what action Car Buyers Guide can take.

Boom boom. :rolleyes:

Eru

ML10's and other documents.

No, I cant just sign it, no I dont care what the bank / Meteor / etc said. If its 'just' a signature then go ask a binman to do it or the bank clerk that sent you here in the first place :mad:

Elessar

The old chestnut:

On duty at a marathon or some other physically intensive sporting event.

Patient who's wheezing, has grey/blue skin, difficulty speaking and panicky stumbles into the ambulance.

Asthma attack.

"Do you have your inhaler?!"
"No!!!!!"
".....Where is it?!"
"At home. Didn't think I'd need it."

:wtf:

yayamark

Oh yah

Picture this at the scene of a major RTC.
3-4 cars wrecked, i mean mangled 2-3 ambos, 2-3 fb crews, scene cordoned off and diversion inplace and ...

****er No 1.
Drives up to Garda tape and points behind you implying that he want to drive over the ambo crew, fb crew and the 2 people injured lying on the road. You walk up to him wondering what the **** this asshole wants and in your most calm voice tell him that due to this seriousness the road is closed for the time been. The asshole asks "Is there any chance i can dive thru Guard?":mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

****er No 2.

At the same scene pulls up at scene calls you over and says

"Garda, Garda"
"Yes" i reply

"Was there an accident here?":rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Cue me pulling out my baton and walking over towards him. I see him reversing quickly away.

Note..

I have actually started doing No.2. not a No 2 to colleagues that i know at scenes only to see them recognise me and tell me to **** off while laughing.

metman

deadwood wrote: »

Standard Deadwood reply #1.

"But we provide this service for free!"

Or how about:

I pay your wages!

Standard reply:

No, I pay my own wages, and your social.

deadwood

yayamark wrote: »

I have actually started doing No.2. not a No 2 to colleagues that i know at scenes only to see them recognise me and tell me to **** off while laughing.

I've nearly done a couple of No.2's myself at a few scenes!;)

Eru

Preserving a scene, tape all around, the usual stuff 'Garda - No entry'

Your standing there with your not-so-rain-proof scene log. Lad walks up, has a look then lifts up the tape and stolls on in either as a shortcut or for a quick looksy.

Me: Did you not see the tape?
Him: Well Im going right there Garda and Im late (he says in a self important south dublin accent, as he points somewhere in the distance)

or "I just wanted to have a look / see what was going on"

Oh I see, well can I see where the tape reads 'Garda - no entry - except you'?

Or disabled bays, "Im only here a minute", "Im only picking someone up"
Enter smart arse karl "Can I see your 'park wherever I want' permit please?

deadwood

Karlitosway1978 wrote: »

Enter smart arse karl "Can I see your 'park wherever I want' permit please?

"Yeah, here - just give it a quick vacuum and clean the ashtray" - Gda Deadwood produces his i.d. card.

bunk

a new favourite of mine is to now completley deny any knowledge that an incident has occured.

standing at a scene, taped off, mules everywhere

joe public: is this where your man was killed last night?

bunk: killed? who was killed, dont have a clue what your talkin about.

joe public: your man, he was shot here last nite.

bunk: no, no one shot here last night.

joe public: then why is the place all closed off and theres guards everywhere.

bunk: ah, the lads are just testin out there gear, makin sure the scene tape still works, you know 'keep out', they have to change it if anyone goes past it.

cue bemused joe public walking away scratchin his head:D

deadwood

Prisoner - boozed and/or coked up to his (slightly too close together) eyeballs, who has kicked the living sh1te out of his best mate/wife and trashed the pub is subdued after some nifty gooseneck holds.
The cuffs go on then - "Aaaargh, those cuffs are too tight, loosen them pleeeease!"

Deadwood repy#3.
"It's a new pair- they'll stretch.":cool:

metman

bunk wrote: »

a new favourite of mine is to now completley deny any knowledge that an incident has occured.

standing at a scene, taped off, mules everywhere

joe public: is this where your man was killed last night?

bunk: killed? who was killed, dont have a clue what your talkin about.

joe public: your man, he was shot here last nite.

bunk: no, no one shot here last night.

joe public: then why is the place all closed off and theres guards everywhere.

bunk: ah, the lads are just testin out there gear, makin sure the scene tape still works, you know 'keep out', they have to change it if anyone goes past it.

cue bemused joe public walking away scratchin his head:D

Spot on

We had a scene where suspects had gone to ground so we had a containment in and the Air Support Unit was up......the full works.

Joe Public leans out his window: What's going on? Is it terrorists?
Metman: No nothing to worry about, Inspector's lost a contact lense.
Joe Public: Really??!
Metman: No! Go back inside!

Paulzx

Common ambo one


999 call at 4.30am. Arrive at house and enter.

Ambo crew " Whats the problem"

Customer " I've a sore belly"

AC "When did it start"

C " Ah, about 4 weeks ago"

AC " Did you go and see your doctor"

C " Nah, i didn't bother"

AC " Can i ask you a question?. If you havent bothered doing anything about it for the last 4 weeks why have you decided now at 4.30 in the morning that you need an ambulance."


C " I just thought i'd better get it checked out":mad:


The only consolation we have is the thought of the gob****e sitting for 12 hours in the waiting room of the A&E smelling the drifties and listening to them snoring.

maglite

is stupid people doing stupid things a legitimate gripe?

SV

Paulzx wrote: »

Common ambo one


999 call at 4.30am. Arrive at house and enter.

Ambo crew " Whats the problem"

Customer " I've a sore belly"

AC "When did it start"

C " Ah, about 4 weeks ago"

AC " Did you go and see your doctor"

C " Nah, i didn't bother"

AC " Can i ask you a question?. If you havent bothered doing anything about it for the last 4 weeks why have you decided now at 4.30 in the morning that you need an ambulance."


C " I just thought i'd better get it checked out":mad:


The only consolation we have is the thought of the gob****e sitting for 12 hours in the waiting room of the A&E smelling the drifties and listening to them snoring.

They're the type of people that should have then been given a genuine reason to need to go to a hospital :mad::mad:

Eru

maglite wrote: »

is stupid people doing stupid things a legitimate gripe?

Far better than intelligent people doing intelligent things:D