You know your a Dispatcher..........

[Guest WCDES636]

You know you're a Dispatcher if ...

1. You have the bladder capacity of five people.

2. You believe that 50% of people are a waste of good air.

3. Your idea of a good time is a vegetation fire or a car chase.

4. You believe in the aerial spraying of Prozac and birth control pills.

5. You disbelieve 90% of what you hear and 75% of what you see.

6. You have your "weekends" off planned for a year.

7. You believe the government should require a permit to reproduce.

8. You refer to your favorite restaurant by the intersection at which

it's located.

9. You ever had to put the phone on hold, or unkeyed the mike before you

begin laughing uncontrollably.

10. You think caffeine should be available in IV form.

11. You don't believe anyone who says, "I only had two beers" is going to

blow less than a .20.

12. You find out a lot about paranoia just by talking to the public.

13. People call you and ask you directions to strange places...and you

know where it's located.

14. You can discuss where you are going to eat with your partner while

dispatching a call to a multiple car TC with major injuries.

15. You are the only person introduced at social gatherings by

profession.

16. You do not see daylight from May until October.

17. A week's worth of laundry consists of 4 polo shirts, 4 pairs of

socks, and 4 pairs of underwear.

18. You've ever referred to Tuesday as "my weekend", or "this is my

Friday".

19. You believe that unspeakable evils will befall you if anyone says,

"Boy, it sure is quiet today."

20. Discussing dismemberment over a meal seems perfectly normal to you.

21. You find humor in other people's stupidity.

22. You have left more meals on the pod than you've eaten.

23. You think eating cold food is normal.

24. You think the most important book in the command center is the

restaurant menu guide.

26. You think chocolate is its own food group.

27. You think there should be a Starbuck's attached to each command

center.

[Guest DAISY82504]

You know you're a Dispatcher if ...

27. You think there should be a Starbuck's attached to each command

center.

...wow, #27 has my name written all over it!

Edited February 21, 2010 by xfirefighter484x

[IzzyEng4 427]

You forgot: "You may know where you are, God may know where you are, but if the dispatcher doesn't know where you are, you better be in good terms with God!"

[efdcapt115 1,511]

.....When your name begins with a 6 and ends with a K.

.....When you know what a "Box of Joe" is.

.....When you answer your home phone with a "60-Control is on."

.....When the letters KED don't automatically make you think of the "Kendrick Extrication Device."

Edited February 21, 2010 by efdcapt115

[JackEMT 77]

-You've seen every re-run of every syndicated show. (for me, the 3AM Law and Order episodes)

-You've seen every info-mercial

-You answer your home phone on the first ring, regardless of where you are.

-You can recognize the callers voice without looking at the caller ID.

[chris 18]

When your fave five in your phone are restaurant #'s and #-1 is white castle..

[chris 18]

When your belly button doubles as a cup holder. QTIP

[Guest DFFD227]

...MAN BOOBS

...When you start stealing and wearing your moms bra's......

Edited February 22, 2010 by DFFD227

[Remember585 815]

When your belly button doubles as a cup holder. QTIP

Nice.

-You've seen every re-run of every syndicated show. (for me, the 3AM Law and Order episodes)

-You've seen every info-mercial

Generally, News 12 is the only thing on here and since it is the same thing over, and over, and over again... it drives you crazy.

Infomercials are awful, I want to kill Vince with a Slap Chop!

[Remember585 815]

...When you start stealing and wearing your moms bra's......

We need to talk...

[yanks4ever1320 6]

You consider coffee an indispensable work tool.

[Fireman488 57]

What about the "full moon" theory = a busy night?

This was always the case when I was on the police job.