Opinions needed

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> Just wondering. Is this a police sergeant evaluating a fire response?

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> EJ Stinneford

> Fayetteville Communications

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Sorta of in a way I guess but it was more of a comment during a conversation

between us rather than an evaluation.(and in a joking manner at that) He

wasn't trying to overstep his bounds, this call was in a village and had

nothing to do with any of his road officers. He was just expressing an

opinion in general that we overreact to calls, he often thinks this but

knows the difference between his opinion and an evaluation of our job if

that makes sense. I guess it falls under that mutual respect area that we

have developed, I will take his opinions sometimes and try to put them to

good use if they have any basis, then when his opinions don't have any basis

I let him know where he can stick them.(He does the same with me and has put

me in my place a few times I might add) In this particular instance we agree

to disagree I say you can't have too much, he says less is more. Now this

is where 's response comes into play.

wrote:

By chance, you aren't enrolled in that home study course: " How to Get In

Trouble With Uniformed Supervisors Like Does on a Regular Basis " are

ya?? Perhaps you should consider changing your major.... Yah, I know -

the pop quizzes are great to ace, but for some reason, most graduates of

the program tend to hide their " diplomas " in their personnel files instead

of on the wall for all to see.

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Yes I have had a few courses in it. I have yet to get my diploma for my

personnel file although I have come close a few times. I learned the rules

quickly. Rule #1 Don't use this method on anything you are seriously angry

about save that for the professional meetings (keep the nature of these

comments light). Rule #2 don't do it in front of too many people as you may

hurt their pride in their stripes. Rule # 3 Apologize profusely when you do

overstep your bounds and do something to brown nose a little. This was the

course In " How to stay out of trouble when you can't keep your flippant

comments to yourself "

I can't help myself with this Sgt., sometimes he takes himself too

seriously. I have to poke fun at it or the whole shift would go nuts under

his anal retentive strong hold. I kept some of his other comments during

this conversation to myself to keep everyone on the list from coming to

Union County and hunting him down and hanging him up by his toenails on the

courthouse lawn until he praised all dispatchers. (To the effect that we

overreact because we are female and we need more men in dispatch because

they stay calmer in emergencies, <he was just teasing to get a rise out of

the dispatchers>) That is how I got away with my comments as well as I

did. He deserved it.

Sara Winfield

" who is obviously too opinionated "