When it comes to the Fire Service, I think that most of us who are in, would agree that we have a weak spot for sugar. You know, just like cops and their jelly filled donuts. Our weakness around here is ice-cream and that includes all flavors and all brands. No, we do not discriminate against the cold stuff ... not even when our winter temperatures dip below - 39 Celsius or close to -38.2 Fahrenheit.
But, it's more than just that. For example, when a Probie has her/his first fire, she/he owes everyone on the crew ice cream. In all reality, any time a Probie has their first of anything, they owe ice cream. I remember one Probie who tried to get out of owing ice cream after the crew members had already picked the flavor, by saying that it wasn't their 'first'. While this might have been true, but by this time, the rest of the crew had already picked out the flavor and were expecting big scoops thrown into bowls and given to them. (When it comes to this crew, you would have better luck at stopping a raging river with your bare hands than try and change their minds about having ice cream.) This Probie was reminded that it was his first fire on that particular date with this crew. In other words, he owed ice cream and he better pay up or he'd feel our wrath.
Another time where you might owe ice cream is when:
- You get your picture in the paper.
- If you're on the news.
- If you screw up.
- If you run the wheels of the engine along the curb or anything of that nature.
- And the list goes on.
The nice thing about this unwritten rule is that it applies to everyone. So, anytime a firefighter gets promoted, yes, he owes ice cream to the rest of the crew.
Anyways, I just thought that you'd like to know one of the reasons that we often struggle with our waistline.
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