Like, can you keep it down? I'm trying to be hip.
This week's C L complaint department.
TO THE HIPSTER THAT FLIPPED OFF OUR AMBULANCE...
Date: 2007-10-16, 11:43PM EDT
So sorry that my ambulance had to drive past you on the Carroll St Bridge over the Gowanus Canal with its emergency lights and sirens going.
I know the sirens are loud. They are loud for a reason. To let others know that there is an emergency and to make way so the ambulance can get to the patient as quickly and safely as possible. Also, per New York State and our department regulations ambulances are required to respond with emergency lights and sirens for high priority, life-threatening emergency calls.
And that day, when my ambulance passed you, it was responding to such a call. For a patient in a life-threatening situation, requiring immediate intervention.
I know you covered your ears. This is understandable. Sirens are extremely loud. They are loud for a reason. To let others know that there is an emergency and to make way so the ambulance can get to our patient as quickly and safely as possible.
What is not understandable is why you gave my ambulance the finger. Did you think that the siren was being used just to annoy you? Why would you show such blatant disrespect for us? Apparently, you have no understanding for the risks we take to protect your health and safety. Personally, I have had firearms and knives pulled out on me, have been punched, kicked, spit on, and verbally threatened. I have been injured and hospitalized because of these things. All while attempting to care for these very same patients who have assaulted me via the aforementioned methods. I currently experience frequent migraine headaches, respiratory distress, and gastric ulcers due to 9/11 WTC inhallation/ingestion exposure. For all of this I am paid less than a garbageman who works for the Sanitation Department, although my level of training is equal to at least two years of medical school.
I very well may have cared for and transported one or more of your friends, or perhaps even family members. And if you get hurt or sick, I very well may be the one to respond to your call for help. But even if it is not me, it is one of my co-workers, fellow Paramedics and EMTs, many whom have experienced similar things.
Did you know this when you decided to flip off my ambulance? Did you even consider that any of this might be true? At best, you didn't and insulted out of ignorance. At worst, you did it intentionally, demonstrating that you are not only ignorant, but you are mean-spirited and care more about yourself than others.
Remember, what comes around, goes around. The difference between us in EMS and you is that we have made a committment to making a real difference in the quality of life of others, often when they are most in need. What have YOU done, short of being a "cool hipster"?
I hope you think about what you did, your attitudes, and your beliefs the next time you need an ambulance. Unlike you, we will respect and care for you regardless of your attitude and actions towards us.
Regardless of what you think...
THE WORLD DOES NOT REVOLVE AROUND YOU!
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YOU STUPID HIPSTER PIECES OF SHI@##!!!!!!
Date: 2007-10-18, 2:31PM EDT
DONT CHAIN YOUR GOOFY ASSED BICYCLES TO PRIVATE PROPERTY!!!!!!!!!!!
MY FENCE HIS NOT YOUR PRIVATE HITCHING POST YOU STUPID WORTHLESS THROWBACK!!!!!
btw hope you enjoy the icy hot i smeared on your seat and hand grips its definitely giving me a warm feeling!
- Location: GREENPOINT
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New York's street hoods gone soft - a long time ago (SAVE NYC!)
Reply to: pers-453964711@craigslist.org
Date: 2007-10-19, 5:55PM EDT
If NYC today was the same as it was in the 1980's, all these pasty white ugly ass nerdy hipsters and other outta state DORKS walking around Manhattan would be flooding the city's Intensive Care units with stab & gunshot wounds, cracked ribs, broken teeth, and other assault related injuries. But instead they're free to come here, unchallenged by anyone, to drive up our prices ($2000 STUDIO apartments??????) so abnormally that the native NY'ers are fleeing to live under the rocks that these freaks crawled out of to live here in NYC. I hope the immigrants in NYC's surrounding boroughs realize that while these nerds (disguised as hipsters) walk around their neighborhoods smiling at them like retards as if they love their culture (which they really might), they are there to crush & destroy the neighborhood they've spent decades building. To crush the small ethnic cafes and replace them with Starbucks and bars that charge $5, $10 or more for a Corona. They are there to steal their neighborhood from them. Ironic that individually, they probably move into the neighborhood because of it's character, as they started doing over 10 years ago in the Lower East Side and Alphabet City, but then as more & more follow, and the neighborhood's natives get driven out by kids armed with trust funds and over-educated dorks, the neighborhood becomes a "Little Boise" or "Little Little Rock" and loses the character that once made it what it was. Listen to me people of the outer boroughs - look at Manhattan as an example and start BEATING the shit out of these putz's as they enter your real estate offices and buildings to inquire about apartments. BEAT THEM SENSELESS! Show them what NYC is about. Manhattan lost the battle. I never thought I would say this but, street thugs & hoodlums, stand up and SAVE NYC!
I couldn't agree more. Can you picture these hipster morons strolling down broadway in bed stuy in the 70's or 80's? What's worse is that they write home and boast about living inthe hood amongst blacks and hispanics. Hipsters are such losers!
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BRA-fucking-VO. I fucking hate NY the way it is. Where the fuck are the Greek kids beating the shit out of some small time yokel bitch in Astoria? Where the fuck are the kids from Marcy projects stomping the shit out of some pasty nerd ass hat?
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I think this is B.S.
There is such a thing as a cultured city sans-crackheads.
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New York, I Love You
But you're bringing me down
New York, I Love You
But you're bringing me down
Like a rat in a cage
Pulling minimum wage
New York, I Love You
But you're bringing me down
New York, you're safer
And you're wasting my time
Our records all show
You are filthy but fine
But they shuttered your stores
When you opened the doors
To the cops who were bored
Once they'd run out of crime
New York, you're perfect
Don't please don't change a thing
Your mild billionaire mayor's
Now convinced he's a king
So the boring collect
I mean all disrespect
In the neighborhood bars
I'd once dreamt I would drink
New York, I Love You
But you're freaking me out
There's a ton of the twist
But we're fresh out of shout
Like a death in the hall
That you hear through your wall
New York, I Love You
But you're freaking me out
New York, I Love You
But you're bringing me down
New York, I Love You
But you're bringing me down
Like a death of the heart
Jesus, where do I start?
But you're still the one pool
Where I'd happily drown
And oh.. Take me off your mailing list
For kids that think it still exists
Yes, for those who think it still exists
Maybe I'm wrong
And maybe you're right
Maybe I'm wrong
And myabe you're right
Maybe you're right
Maybe I'm wrong
And just maybe you're right
And Oh..
Maybe mother told you true
And they're always be something there for you
And you'll never be alone
But maybe she's wrong
And maybe I'm right
And just maybe she's wrong
Maybe she's wrong
And maybe I'm right
And if so, is there?
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