Originally Posted by BIG K:
I made it a pretty good habit to leave work at work. I never carried the job home with me. Prolly why I am still pretty healthy.....
Maybe I'm just getting older & more cynical, but it seems that this was something that most law enforcement used to be able to do. But the newer generation seems not to be able to do this. maybe it's just the nature of our society or maybe that the 'crimes" ect are different now. Or then again maybe it is just because I'm getting older.
But I know what you mean about leaving work at work. That is part of the reason I retired from EMS and public safety work, because it did get to the point were it was harder and harder to do that.
Originally Posted by BIG K:
I made it a pretty good habit to leave work at work. I never carried the job home with me. Prolly why I am still pretty healthy.....
what's that like? granted it's not law enforcement, but I'm a big failure at leaving work at work.
Originally Posted by Jilly:
what's that like? granted it's not law enforcement, but I'm a big failure at leaving work at work.
I pretty much learned early in my career as a Sheriff that there were alot of dudes burnt out. They lost the direction that sent them into law enforcement. I decided that when I was at work, I would be "officer........." When I was not at work, I was just Keith......
That approach saved me. I am not a bitter man. As John pointed out, things are different now, perhaps it is just the generation that is now holding the badge. My way of doing things differs greatly than what I see today.
My philosophy was to treat people with respect, if they disrespected me or tried to fight, that's another story. I locked down and did what I had to do. But I ALWAYS treated people with respect to start.......It was up to them how the situation went.......Respect is a two way street.....
Really? My wife and daughter are out for summer! I wish I had a job as a teacher, be out for summer! It sucks ass that my wife and daughter are allowed enough time to conspire against me while I am at work....It is not fair...:-)
Originally Posted by BIG K:
Really? My wife and daughter are out for summer! I wish I had a job as a teacher, be out for summer! It sucks ass that my wife and daughter are allowed enough time to conspire against me while I am at work....It is not fair...:-)
