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Why are fireman so fat and lazy despite their occupation?

when I was a volunteer firefighter for a brief time, I noticed the demeanor of many of the "good" people there. They are fat. Most of them were. You'd think for search and rescuse workers, they'd at least be able to run a mile and a half or something, but no. They always ate junk food. At the lunch table during the academy, my squad would eat Wawa junk and I'd pull out a salad, Tuna sandwhich, and an apple or grapefruit. In my fire station, there was a weight room which collected dust. I'm not lying. I have nothing to gain from this. One day, after we are comming back to the station after weekley training, we discuss what each of us are doing later that night. Some said they were going to the bar. When I was asked, I told them I'm going for a run. They looked at me like I was nuts. They asked me why do I run in a real lazy manner. It seems physical activity is something they dispised. Some nights, when the guys are in the rec room, sitting around, eating cheetos, watching NASCAR waiting for a call to come in, I was in the apparatus room jumping rope and doing pull-ups as well as practicing my hose rolls. I'm staying productive and healty. Number one concern in the fire service is death from heart attack. Also, it was funny how they were preaching in one chapter in the book about how a fireman should be in tip top shape coming from a fat guy who was career. LMAO double standard anyone????? It seemed that they did not like me. I never made fun of anyone there nor did I try or mean to disrespect them. I would not do that. I like to take care of my body. Is that a crime? Many talk of how firefighters bond, well if bonding with those guys meant, sitting around jerking off to cars, eating junk, doing no exercise in a physically demanding occupation, acting macho as if they don't stink, and belittling people who ar like myself then I guess those people are more like demons if you ask me. Also, at my fire house, they seem to be sheeple. People who believe everything big brother government tells them. They watch the NEWS which is something I definetly do't part take in. I have a brain and think for myself and know media is full of crap and so is our government. I live in the USA btw. I had a different opinion one night about drugs in America and how marijuana should be legal and everything else, decriminalized. Just for having an opinion and backing it up in an educated, articulate manner without profanity and name calling like what followed from a chief's son, I was looked down upon. The general public blindly gives these people a golden pass and treat them like angles when in fact, they are just people like you and me. For the most part, alot of these guys are cheating on their wives/girlfriends, bully others, and have a hero complex. But no!! Their fireman and they are breave heros the public will say. They put to much value on the person. It's like saying all priests are good people because they are priests when in face, they humans do bad and evil things too. Not all prisoners are evil and not all cops uphold the law. What was the matter with this picture?

Public Comments

1. It's because all classes of workers are lazy and ready anytime to quit job. Fat is because they are drunks and the modern time cheapest drink is beer. Beer is cheap because there are no taxes against it. I had a team of workers(builders and carpenters) who should reconstruct my balcony. If you don't shout at them and give them all the times commands about what to do, they trying to get under the skin by long chats and trick you to let them do anything but their work. That is they observe a broken appliance, and pretend that they will fix it, despite it's supposed to be fix by the vendor only. That is all beings use the optimization technique, achive a goal by minimum effort. PS: Anywhere where is no feeling of a master's voice, people begin to do the work un-properly, no matter of what they are lawyers, doctors, teachers, workers.
2. Pretty cool. I've seen this but never pieced it together until now: I knew a teacher's husband who was a fire chief and he was totally, grotesquely, fat. It didn't bother me too much because I thought, hey, at least he isn't extremely skinny! Not all firemen need to do sprints, but they do need to break doors down and carry people out of burning buildings. Now fat people may not be ascetically pleasing but they are strong nonetheless. I also have a friend who is a volunteer firefighter and he loves to work out. He mostly volunteers to impress girls... regardless, he's doing his part lol! If the fatties intermingle with the fit people you can create a well balanced squad, they shouldn't ostracize you because of your lifestyle nor should you do so to them. You are unbiased while rescuing people from a building be unbiased about your fellow squad!