Canal Diver
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OK, here I go with my very first response...
What really is a "public safety diver", other than a public safety employee, who has a little more specialized training, and can breathe underwater? Ultimately you still work for the taxpayers that provide your paycheck and you do what you're told. Before you strapped on that SCUBA tank as a cop or fireman, if a cow or horse got loose, you didn't tell the dispatcher "call the livestock guys, that ain't my job". I've turned off gas meters without waiting for the gas man, I've been a personal bodyguard for celebrities and I've done a dozen other tasks I've been told to do because someone knew I knew how. When the mayor calls the chief and says "hey, I know you have divers, and the water department needs help" you don't tell the chief, "sorry, not my job, call Joe's commercial dive outfit." You pull on your wet suit and you get wet. In a perfect world, sure but when was the last time this was a perfect world? You take your chances on THIS call, just like you take your chances every single day with every single call. But you knew it was different and dangerous when you signed up. And I dare Joe to sue the city because they used their own resources to solve a problem. I don't see every mechanic in the country lining up to sue because the city fixes their own cars and equipment.
OK, go ahead, I'm ready to be jumped on.
What really is a "public safety diver", other than a public safety employee, who has a little more specialized training, and can breathe underwater? Ultimately you still work for the taxpayers that provide your paycheck and you do what you're told. Before you strapped on that SCUBA tank as a cop or fireman, if a cow or horse got loose, you didn't tell the dispatcher "call the livestock guys, that ain't my job". I've turned off gas meters without waiting for the gas man, I've been a personal bodyguard for celebrities and I've done a dozen other tasks I've been told to do because someone knew I knew how. When the mayor calls the chief and says "hey, I know you have divers, and the water department needs help" you don't tell the chief, "sorry, not my job, call Joe's commercial dive outfit." You pull on your wet suit and you get wet. In a perfect world, sure but when was the last time this was a perfect world? You take your chances on THIS call, just like you take your chances every single day with every single call. But you knew it was different and dangerous when you signed up. And I dare Joe to sue the city because they used their own resources to solve a problem. I don't see every mechanic in the country lining up to sue because the city fixes their own cars and equipment.
OK, go ahead, I'm ready to be jumped on.