This post was delayed due to the fact that
as Monday’s particular issue was somewhat sensitive, it seemed prudent of me to
hold off on posting until I could revise the text properly. Can’t be leaking
out any “For Official Use Only” issues, now can I?
To put it simply, most of Monday was spent
discussing (and subsequently avoiding) the story picked up by MSNBC in this article (it was
eventually featured
again in the D.C. Examiner, several days later). I’ll let those fine
journalists do the writing for me today.
We, as recruit class 994, were slated to
go to this particular party. However, we did not attend any events that day.
Nor did we serve any drinks; indeed, we didn’t even leave the Academy. And
thank God for that, as I spent enough time as a waiter (see first post) before
DCFD and I swore I’d never do it again. What a nightmare that would have been!
There’s not much else I can say on the
topic without going into more detail than DC Fire & EMS would be
comfortable with, so I’ll let you make your own interpretations of how
appropriate it is to use recruits like this.
Just before our day ended, I received a
uniform voucher from the instructors—long story short, I am now in possession
of four full uniforms. No more business casual for me!
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