Open Bar MMXIV^2: Solace of Quantum

[Junkenstein]

I'm also looking at pursuing a formal complaint against the emergency services.  I reported we had a student out in the cold, unable to move and in severe pain and distress.  She also had stomach and chest pains.

It took an hour for an ambulance to arrive.  An hour.  And the paramedics said they only got the call themselves four minutes before they arrived. So for 56 minutes, they were totally cool with a highly distressed, frightened girl far from home possibly dying on the streets and, as far as I can tell, only gave in because I wouldn't stop calling them.

Top Tip - Whenever dealing with emergency services (and it is a damned emergency) regardless of the problem at some point mention the words "Unconscious" and "Not breathing". I've had multiple call for police/ambulance services over the year, and the response was always horrifically slow or not at all until someone mentioned trying this to me. I realise this isn't exactly civilised, but it is quite frustrating to hear that your emergency is not an emergency.

I've found it's a lot easier claiming confusion after the fact than letting a shit situation get worse and relaying information correctly.

Anecdotally, I hear most of the (UK) Emergency service workers in the field seem to assume dispatch is evil and useless, and dispatch seem to think the same way. That's probably a good metaphor for something.

[Left]

I'm also looking at pursuing a formal complaint against the emergency services.  I reported we had a student out in the cold, unable to move and in severe pain and distress.  She also had stomach and chest pains.

It took an hour for an ambulance to arrive.  An hour.  And the paramedics said they only got the call themselves four minutes before they arrived. So for 56 minutes, they were totally cool with a highly distressed, frightened girl far from home possibly dying on the streets and, as far as I can tell, only gave in because I wouldn't stop calling them.

So the fuckup was in dispatch?
And yeah, that's pretty fucked up.

[EK WAFFLR]

Comic Sans: "I'm not just a font. I am a force of motherfucking nature"

http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-comic-sans-asshole

[Reginald Ret]

I just got my nose rubbed in my humanity.

I was in a meeting where we were being told about the needed overtime for teh coming month and i just sat there nodding, not really noticing something wasn't right.
I remember hearing every word and understanding the concepts behind them but somehow I didn't react, just like everyone else there.

Until the entire staff flipped out on hearing the news that we were going to work saturdays and sundays for three weeks on end. Mandatory. Then i realised i had just suffered from the Asch-conformity effect or something.
Working 3 weekends means no free day for anyone for 26 days.
Luckily everyone flipped out (strange how one group can react so differently from another) and it got changed to voluntary saturdays.

This experience scared the fuck out of me. Apparantly i am a meek little sheep with no willpower.

[Junkenstein]

Don't be too hard on yourself, meetings like this are designed to induce a near-coma state to make you hyper-suggestible.

The thing to remember is that if you're in a meeting, nothing good will come of it. Beware if you haven't noticed the lurking awful.

[Cain]

Top Tip - Whenever dealing with emergency services (and it is a damned emergency) regardless of the problem at some point mention the words "Unconscious" and "Not breathing". I've had multiple call for police/ambulance services over the year, and the response was always horrifically slow or not at all until someone mentioned trying this to me. I realise this isn't exactly civilised, but it is quite frustrating to hear that your emergency is not an emergency.

I've found it's a lot easier claiming confusion after the fact than letting a shit situation get worse and relaying information correctly.

Anecdotally, I hear most of the (UK) Emergency service workers in the field seem to assume dispatch is evil and useless, and dispatch seem to think the same way. That's probably a good metaphor for something.

Yeah, this has been the first time I've had to call an ambulance in a while.  Maybe the cuts are finally taking their effect.  I know they have a ticksheet for this kind of thing, but, for me, numb limbs, chest pain and inability to stand all scream "potentially serious issue".  But then, I am not a trained medical professional.  Much like the dispatchers *drumroll*.

So the fuckup was in dispatch?
And yeah, that's pretty fucked up.

Yeah, as far as I can tell.  I have nothing but good experiences with paramedics, and the utmost respect for their dangerous, underpaid, physically and mentally demanding profession.

[Reginald Ret]

Don't be too hard on yourself, meetings like this are designed to induce a near-coma state to make you hyper-suggestible.

The thing to remember is that if you're in a meeting, nothing good will come of it. Beware if you haven't noticed the lurking awful.

Thanks, I'll remember that.
Sometimes it is hard to tell the difference between a meeting-type meeting and a workshop-type meeting, because those last ones are usually fun and at least somewhat productive. (they burn daylight ofcourse)

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Don't be too hard on yourself, meetings like this are designed to induce a near-coma state to make you hyper-suggestible.

The thing to remember is that if you're in a meeting, nothing good will come of it. Beware if you haven't noticed the lurking awful.

TRUE WORDS.

[LMNO]

I'm at this weird point where, I have more alcohol in my glass, but, I don't want it.

This is, as I am sure you all know, a rare thing. But... I don't want it anymore.

Twid,
Absinthe

I believe I have identified the problem.

[Cain]

Yeah, srsly.  I've got no problems with scotch, and I think absinthe is crazy strong shit.

I mean, it's not ethanol, but it's damn close.

[LMNO]

Not only that, but do you really want to taste more than a few ounces of liquorice in pure liquid form?

[The Johnny]

Not only that, but do you really want to taste more than a few ounces of liquorice in pure liquid form?

Chartreusse FTW

[Nephew Twiddleton]

I quite like the licorice taste. And absinthe. Except right now.

[Eater of Clowns]

I'll be on vacation and in North Carolina for a few weeks, so I'll be around even more sparsely than usual.  See you all in a bit.

[Q. G. Pennyworth]

Anybody doing Boston Pride tomorrow? I need some dressup to get over all the fuckityfuckfuck enough to do things about it.