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A small rant to get things off my chest
12 years ago
General
This turns into a hot mess..
I want to be perfectly clear to anyone who takes the time to actually read this. This is VERY serious to me and is one way to instantly make me pissed off at you. A uniform is a set of clothing wore by an organization to represent that organization. Some can be as simple as khakis and a tshirt in a department store where as others are much more serious. If you are going to wear a particular uniform, you better be DAMN sure that you are part of that organization because you now represent them. If you are not a firefighter, you better fucking not be wearing firefighter gear in public; especially if you do not even have it on right! Now I will get the people who say, well I have a gear fetish and it's hot to me, I get that.. But you dont go into public pretending to be someone you're not!
YOu have to EARN your uniform. Firefighters wear their turnout gear to protect themselves in a fire not to prance around and act like were amazing. We earn those uniforms by running into burning buildings to save lives and your property and we aren't asking for praise, but I dont think it's too hard to ask for a little respect. Same with EMS. Dont claim to know what the fuck you are doing if you don't have the experience! "Well uhhh I'm a lifeguard and I know CPR soo outta my way I got this..." FUCK YOU. If you aren't with ems when we get there, stay the fuck out of our way. I dont even care if you're a doctor, nurse, whatever! When we get on scene it's our scene and we have the experience in the field. Don't pretend like you are all high and mighty because you took a 2 hour first aid class. Point is, if you want to be in it, go VOLUNTEER.
And again with the uniform. Like a firefighter, a soldier earns his uniform. He Earns every pin, every badge, every medal on that uniform and if you aren't a soldier you shouldn't be wearing it! Seeing pictures on the internet and twitter make me sick. Non soldiers wearing uniforms with sideways hats and chains unproperly dressed trying to act cool. When you post pics like that, you are disrespecting the military and that does NOT fly with me. I dont care what country you live in; US, Canada, Britain, Germany... Most of the time those soldiers are putting their lives on the line for you and you better fucking respect them. I may sound harsh... but I'm sick of this hate and people who think they are tough and cool because they can throw on a uniform and go play pretend. Please Dont do it!
YOu have to EARN your uniform. Firefighters wear their turnout gear to protect themselves in a fire not to prance around and act like were amazing. We earn those uniforms by running into burning buildings to save lives and your property and we aren't asking for praise, but I dont think it's too hard to ask for a little respect. Same with EMS. Dont claim to know what the fuck you are doing if you don't have the experience! "Well uhhh I'm a lifeguard and I know CPR soo outta my way I got this..." FUCK YOU. If you aren't with ems when we get there, stay the fuck out of our way. I dont even care if you're a doctor, nurse, whatever! When we get on scene it's our scene and we have the experience in the field. Don't pretend like you are all high and mighty because you took a 2 hour first aid class. Point is, if you want to be in it, go VOLUNTEER.
And again with the uniform. Like a firefighter, a soldier earns his uniform. He Earns every pin, every badge, every medal on that uniform and if you aren't a soldier you shouldn't be wearing it! Seeing pictures on the internet and twitter make me sick. Non soldiers wearing uniforms with sideways hats and chains unproperly dressed trying to act cool. When you post pics like that, you are disrespecting the military and that does NOT fly with me. I dont care what country you live in; US, Canada, Britain, Germany... Most of the time those soldiers are putting their lives on the line for you and you better fucking respect them. I may sound harsh... but I'm sick of this hate and people who think they are tough and cool because they can throw on a uniform and go play pretend. Please Dont do it!
I couldn't agree more with everything you said.
The worst of this I've ever experienced was recently over this past winter break. I went on a cruise with my family, and we took a trip down to the Bahamas. While we were there one night, we came upon a scene where a young clean-shaven bald man was yelling profusely at a man in uniform. A marine's uniform. We were wondering what the bald man was angry about, but soon enough we realized that the man in uniform was not a marine at all and was wearing it to get special attention down there, because it's legal there while it isn't in the states.
At first I was mad at the bald man for cursing and making a scene in public, but as soon as I realized he was yelling at this faker, all bets were off and I was just as pissed as the bald guy. Fuckin' ridiculous that someone would disgrace our forces like that.