Hey Officer....What do you make?

[Murgatroy]

I haven't read all of this. Too much bickering and whining.

 

I just got home from vacation. On that vacation, the widow of a close friend spread his ashes over the mountains of East Tennessee. She is a young widow because her husband was doing his job to keep the people travelling through Jackson Mississippi safe. As he was putting a gas grill someone had dropped on the interstate into his cruiser, he was struck and killed by an inattentive driver. 

 

I will say this, there ain't a lot of a chance that I could get killed in a similar fashion doing my job. Though anything is possible.

 

What I do have to say is a simple 'Thank You,' to anyone and everyone who does something to put someone else above themselves. No matter the profession.

[Murgatroy]

If I find it belittling to suggest that being a cop is no more worthy of praise than being a janitor, that's my call. 

To be fair, have you ever had to clean a restroom after someone who isn't your child defecated in the floor and then used said feces to paint the walls? That takes a strong stomach and some bravery. I am not sure I have the fortitude to be a janitor personally.

[DaveTN]

To be fair, have you ever had to clean a restroom after someone who isn't your child defecated in the floor and then used said feces to paint the walls? That takes a strong stomach and some bravery. I am not sure I have the fortitude to be a janitor personally.

Every job is important. My first three years I worked mostly traffic. I still have nightmares from being the first Officer on scene and having to give kids CPR on two occasions; they both died. Paramedics, Firemen and ER workers do that all the time, it has to be tough; I don’t know how they do it.

[Will Carry]

Cops, Teachers and Doctors. No society can flourish without these three professions.

[gregintenn]

I think that if people "thanked" whomever they felt "thankful for" on a more regular basis .... the world would be a slightly better place.

I've recently buried several friends I wish I would have thanked for various things.

[DaveTN]

Cops, Teachers and Doctors. No society can flourish without these three professions.

And the worst the economy gets; the more Cops, Firemen, and Doctors will be needed. With those of us that still have jobs or own property paying the bills.

[BigK]

[quote name="Murgatroy" post="1132173" timestamp="1396222498"]To be fair, have you ever had to clean a restroom after someone who isn't your child defecated in the floor and then used said feces to paint the walls? That takes a strong stomach and some bravery. I am not sure I have the fortitude to be a janitor personally.[/quote] That's more than fair. After cleaning up my own kids' puke and poop when they were young, I gotta hand it to anyone who has to do it for a living.