Spoiled Firefighters

From WFTV, Florida:

A Seminole County commissioner who sparked controversy about a grocery run firefighters made is ignoring the backlash that blew up after Channel 9's story aired.

Since WFTV's story aired last week, more than 2,000 people have signed a petition asking Commissioner Brenda Carey to apologize.

The controversy started after Carey texted the Station 36 firefighters' superiors about them going to a Winn-Dixie less than a mile from their fire station while they were on the clock.

Tuesday was the first commission meeting since the story broke last week, but Carey again ignored speaking out about the controversy and instead praised the work of all emergency responders, according to Channel 9's Tim Barber.

Carey told Barber over the phone last week that she was just looking out for taxpayer dollars and the text was not meant as a complaint, although it eventually turned into one.   http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/seminole-co-commissioner-ignores-firefighter-groce/nmFMp/

This story appeared on Fire Rescue 1, a fire service web site and the spoiled full time firefighters acted like a bunch of spoiled babies, based on some of these comments: http://www.firerescue1.com/weird-news/articles/2167433-Firefighters-grocery-store-run-angers-politician/

Wendy Hall Beaver

If you don't want them going to the store then you provide their meals for them.

Steven Mayfield · Los Angeles, California

How about going to the store before their shift starts?

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· 5 · May 5 at 8:30am

Chris-Trista Long

Steven Mayfield think about this they work 24 hour shifts. If they shope before shift or after shift that takes away family time for them. They were in their response area so I don't see a problem with them getting groceries

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133 · May 5 at 8:37am

Bill Mason · Top Commenter · NWSCC

Steven Mayfield apparently family time and sleep aren't that important to ya. Firefighters work only (on average) 10 days a month, but that's equal to a month of 60 hour weeks because they run 24 hour shifts. Each house fire is equivalent to running a marathon in energy exertion, and with the current load of medical calls that most departments run, sleeping at the station is almost a thing of the past. Let them go get some grub and don't be an ass.

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Joe Russell · EMT Basic at Stat Ambulance/Southcoast EMS

I think that the politician can take his 9-to-5 job and shove it so far up his ass he might actually understand what it is like to work a 24 hour shift

And the comments kept on going.

Full time firefighters used to be "heroes" and many still are.

But now, instead of acting like "heroes", by these comments indicate that there a bunch of spoiled babies out there in full time firefighting land.

There is no reason why firefighters cannot buy their food before their shift.  The full time firefighters know when they are working, they know who is going to be on their shift and so there is no reason why the full time firefighters cannot buy their food before their shift.

But the comments left on this firefighter web site shows that full time firefighters are acting like a bunch of babies that don't live in the real world.  They think the world owes them time to go shopping instead of acting like people who in the real world who shop for food before they begin work.

Here's an idea to these spoiled babies- bring in your own sack lunches, like so many people do in the real world.