Overheard on the scanner recently:
Dispatch: “Ambulance 84?”
Ambulance 84: (sirens wailing) “84, go ahead.”
Dispatch: “84, are you taking the MVC call or the scheduled transfer?”
Ambulance 84: (sirens still wailing) “What?”
Dispatch: “84, are you taking the crash or the transfer?”
Ambulance 84: (siren now changed to Yelp mode) “[unintelligible]”
Dispatch: “84, are you doing the MVC?”
A84: “Yes.”
You could hear the sigh in his voice. I wasn’t sure whether to scream at the radio or laugh.
Laughter is the best medicine, I guess.
Notes from Mosquito Hill 