Why are most volunteer firefighters allowed to be fat slobs? Aren't they a risk to the rest of the crew?

[aescby]

when I was a volunteer firefighter for a brief time, I noticed the demeanor of many of the "good" people there. They are fat. Most of them were. You'd think for search and rescuse workers, they'd at least be able to run a mile and a half or something, but no. They always ate junk food. At the lunch table during the academy, my squad would eat Wawa junk and I'd pull out a salad, Tuna sandwhich, and an apple or grapefruit.

In my fire station, there was a weight room which collected dust. I'm not lying. I have nothing to gain from this. One day, after we are comming back to the station after weekley training, we discuss what each of us are doing later that night. Some said they were going to the bar. When I was asked, I told them I'm going for a run. They looked at me like I was nuts. They asked me why do I run in a real lazy manner. It seems physical activity is something they dispised.

Some nights, when the guys are in the rec room, sitting around, eating cheetos, watching NASCAR waiting for a call to come in, I was in the apparatus room jumping rope and doing pull-ups as well as practicing my hose rolls. I'm staying productive and healty. Number one concern in the fire service is death from heart attack. Also, it was funny how they were preaching in one chapter in the book about how a fireman should be in tip top shape coming from a fat guy who was career. LMAO double standard anyone?????

It seemed that they did not like me. I never made fun of anyone there nor did I try or mean to disrespect them. I would not do that. I like to take care of my body. Is that a crime? Many talk of how firefighters bond, well if bonding with those guys meant, sitting around jerking off to cars, eating junk, doing no exercise in a physically demanding occupation, acting macho as if they don't stink, and belittling people who ar like myself then I guess those people are more like demons if you ask me. Also, at my fire house, they seem to be sheeple. People who believe everything big brother government tells them. They watch the NEWS which is something I definetly do't part take in. I have a brain and think for myself and know media is full of crap and so is our government. I live in the USA btw. I had a different opinion one night about drugs in America and how marijuana should be legal and everything else, decriminalized. Just for having an opinion and backing it up in an educated, articulate manner without profanity and name calling like what followed from a chief's son, I was looked down upon. The general public blindly gives these people a golden pass and treat them like angles when in fact, they are just people like you and me. For the most part, alot of these guys are cheating on their wives/girlfriends, bully others, and have a hero complex. But no!! Their fireman and they are breave heros the public will say. They put to much value on the person. It's like saying all priests are good people because they are priests when in face, they humans do bad and evil things too. Not all prisoners are evil and not all cops uphold the law. Recently, someone lost their car in a lake because rescuers were slow at getting there. Too bust eating I see?

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[oz]

They aren't. You were never a fireman.

[tai38]

Oh my. A new account, and a new series of ranting that only draws you negative responses. You really do need professional help. You were not right for the fire service. You were never able to fit in, and they didn't want you around. Your posts make that painfully obvious in one reading. But, anyone who has seen the other dozen or so times you ave posted the same thing recognize you and your problem.

You are a highly narcissistic obsessive compulsive with a fascination for radical conspiracy theories and a fan of marihauna. None of those things will endear you in any firehouse. Forget about it. I must be at least a years since you started these silly posts. When you get enough negative answers, you delete your questions and move on.

What is the 'trigger' that gets you to resume them? get over it, and move on with what little life you have