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Hornedfrog2000

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34. That is totally normal, and this should be the case

Reply to I_UndergroundPanther (Reply #16)

Sat Aug 16, 2025, 11:53 AM

Aug 2025

My favorite patients are psychotic, and no, im not kidding. I just am extremely burnt out on the people who come in, and they have childhood attachment issues, so they do things that absorb all of our time. We are not the place to handle this stuff. I am also talking from Iowa, and we are the worst in the nation for mental health.

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Fire chief to 10 yr old sobbing Black girl as she's loaded into ambulance: "Shut the f*** up!" "Shut your mouth!" [View all] Demovictory9 Aug 2025 OP

Volunteer. not professional Justice Brandeis Aug 2025 #1

I think the fire chief is paid staff. thucythucy Aug 2025 #4

Certainly not professional! COL Mustard Aug 2025 #11

well that's awful. seems like a job for police not a firetruck tho nt msongs Aug 2025 #2

More like a mental health crisis team TommyT139 Aug 2025 #3

Not sure of the circumstances Hornedfrog2000 Aug 2025 #14

When I go to the hospital I_UndergroundPanther Aug 2025 #16

That is totally normal, and this should be the case Hornedfrog2000 Aug 2025 #34

I also got dissocitive identity disorder I_UndergroundPanther Aug 2025 #46

A symptom on many levels TommyT139 Aug 2025 #17

They also do not want to label children too early. Hornedfrog2000 Aug 2025 #33

For sure TommyT139 Aug 2025 #37

Thanks for the insight/perspective BannonsLiver Aug 2025 #44

Given how often cops tend to shoot people in these cases, a screaming firefighter is a improvement. Lancero Aug 2025 #19

No worries nwduke Aug 2025 #5

Were all of those people there responding to... a tantrum? JoseBalow Aug 2025 #6

I wondered that as well. hamsterjill Aug 2025 #7

Are we making excuses for an adult cursing at a child Keepthesoulalive Aug 2025 #9

I said that in my post. hamsterjill Aug 2025 #10

I responded to I understand their frustration Keepthesoulalive Aug 2025 #12

Over a cell phone. BannonsLiver Aug 2025 #41

... littlemissmartypants Aug 2025 #8

Terrible! calimary Aug 2025 #13

Notice the grandmother is unquestionably in the right Oeditpus Rex Aug 2025 #15

That's more understandable to me TommyT139 Aug 2025 #18

Well among other things it would dsc Aug 2025 #20

Completely unacceptable. That creep needs to lose his firefighting position. Paladin Aug 2025 #21

I'm confused. Why called 911 and why? What was the emergency and why was she taken away? Oopsie Daisy Aug 2025 #22

From another article: WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2025 #24

Ah... thanks for the info. It sounds like she needs help from CPS or another family crisis org. Oopsie Daisy Aug 2025 #25

what the fuck WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2025 #27

Oh, hello! Thank you for sharing your opinion. Oopsie Daisy Aug 2025 #30

Hi, you're welcome! WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2025 #31

Plus, no matter the situation, you just don't say that to a kid. Scrivener7 Aug 2025 #35

This place blows me away sometimes WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2025 #40

In the real world he did his best. This outrage is ridiculous. Oopsie Daisy Aug 2025 #38

. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2025 #39

I will not fault him. He deserves much more consideration that he's being given. Oopsie Daisy Aug 2025 #43

Typical coward and racist scumbag. RandiFan1290 Aug 2025 #23

Wrong Number OC375 Aug 2025 #26

I agree OC.... democratsruletheday Aug 2025 #29

And yet ... you just don't say that to a kid. Scrivener7 Aug 2025 #36

Wanna bet that Fire Chief considers himself to be a "good Christian". ProudMNDemocrat Aug 2025 #28

No excuse and wrong call SkylineChili Aug 2025 #32

There is a documentary about 911 being called for everything..i think it was focused on urban California Demovictory9 Aug 2025 #45

Should be fired. republianmushroom Aug 2025 #42