Sleeping on the job?

[EffinC]

When I finished up my 6 months riding with an FTO (Field Training Officer) I got put on midnights for the first 8 months or so after my probationary period.

Guys on midnights are just masterful at sleeping on the job. While I was there the shift commander was this old curmudgeon Lt. who got transfered there from daywork for getting mouthy. He would actively hunt the sleepers, and it became a game of cat and mouse. 4 guys on the shift actually paid like 500 bucks a month to rent out a large 3 garage door storage facility at a vacant warehouse.

Other guys who are also volunteer firefighters in town would sleep in the lounges at the different firehouses in town. And there's the one I simply could never dream of doing.....drive deep into a cemetary, crank the radio up so an incoming call would wake you up, and sleep.

I never slept because I was a new guy with a hardon and anxious to do a good job, plus I am such a deep sleeper i feared not waking up for calls. After like 2:45AM, the unwritten rule is no pulling over cars because you running car tags and shit would wake the veteran guys up.

The cool part is, they work in teams. the cop in your "sister beat" would know your sleeping spot (because you told him in role call) and if you didn't answer up to a call he'd pretend to be you, "Bravo 5 10-4". Then he races to your spot and wakes you up.

Your tax dollars at work.

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This makes me proud.

[TheDude]

Does this mean after 2:45 am I can go driving recklessly at ungodly speeds without any fear I'll get pulled over??

[Sloats]

Originally posted by TheDude
Does this mean after 2:45 am I can go driving recklessly at ungodly speeds without any fear I'll get pulled over??

You don't?

[AngelIllegalImmigrantHater]

i know a perfect place to set up a hammock at work, i just think i would get fired if i did it.

i work for a delivery company and we have these HUGE containers that we put in the planes, theyre a perfect set up for a cute lil club house and more importantly A HAMMOCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i wanna bring one home with me

[TheDude]

Originally posted by Sloats

Originally posted by TheDude
Does this mean after 2:45 am I can go driving recklessly at ungodly speeds without any fear I'll get pulled over??

You don't?

Oh I do, but WITH the fear of being pulled over, I'm a very paranoid obsessive speeder.

[EffinC]

"Dock that chink a days pay for nappin' on the job!"


Boom boom boom boom!

[JimmyBlueEyes]

We have our gates locked and motion sensors in the driveway to warn us of unexpected guests. We had a bell that went off when someone got too close. We split our shifts at night and people own air mattresses or cots. When Jenn and I moved in together last year, I brought my couch over to my office and I sleep on it regularly. However, if we get something like a civilian injury or death over the radio everyone is up, as is the same with a big fire or emergency.