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Comment by robert l. bossie on November 6, 2009 at 12:15am

Heard this before. Tell her to join the department, put in the least amount of training time to still be a member. Then she can help as vol. members to not wast her tax money. I have done this. They seem to have a different trend of thinking afterward.

Comment by Art "ChiefReason" Goodrich on November 5, 2009 at 8:49pm

Well, I would tell her:
Mom; button your house coat and get your arse back in the house!
She complains about the garbage guys too.
Did.
TCSS.
Art

Comment by Steven on November 5, 2009 at 3:28pm

"I understand your concerns and I thank you for sharing them with us." Leave it at that. She wanted to start a confrontation. The best way to deal with that is to defuse it as quickly and quietly as possible without bruising her ego.

Sometimes it will take years of classroom instruction to show taxpayers why it's so important to have that big fat truck ready to drive around to a fire. We have a lot of people in "high places" asking why we need so many departments with so many of the same types of apparatus in our county and even when we have a major fire that puts all of those tankers into service for one incident, they still ask why we need so many of them. It should be boneheadedly obvious but for some reason, it's not and it never will be.

Comment by Paul Montpetit on November 5, 2009 at 2:28pm

Send her to the Chief.....that's what he is there for....To take the crap.....then when she leaves rag on about the ignorant old B_tch with the rest of the people around......LOL...Not worth your time or your breath to address this sort of thing.....Can't make everyone happy....Hey, we have one person like that around our place (and he is a member)....LOL

Comment by Greg Ramsdell on November 5, 2009 at 8:50am

well, let her know that you hear what she is saying. ask for her address so that you can pass it on to the tax receiver's office and commissioner board. when she asks why, inform her that you will do your best to have her address taken off the tax rolls for the fire service, that the commissioners need to inform her insurance company, and that she will also be added to the local Do Not Respond List. if's she's truly crazy, she do it, then call the police and have her committed. otherwise, she'll shut up and move on with a horrified look.
"HAVE A NICE DAY LADY!"

Comment by Tim Brooke on November 4, 2009 at 11:45pm

Be professional .Dont Say or do something you will regret. She isnt worth your time. Direct her through your chain of command if she has a complaint.

Comment by Richard A Bobbitt Jr on November 4, 2009 at 11:37pm

lol yea thats right u did good its funny how people can be to people trying to help... She will regret it if she needed help im sure one day..

Comment by Michael Rocke on November 4, 2009 at 6:40pm

Give her the finger....lol. She obviously is ignorant. You did a good job of trying to keep the peace. I would have snapped.