Avoid getting struck by an ambulance too

Anyone: What made you want to become a nurse, doctor, paramedic, because it was never about the money, right?

None around to hit you.

I've ubered to the emergency room two times. It's a lot cheaper and a lot faster.

Yada. Yada. All the caveats. Blah blah blah

How dense are you?

So, playing football is okay?

You can't just live off passion though. It's sickening that los pay and bad conditions are justified because the job is "fulfilling". At some point people just can't take it anymore.

Makes sense, for example in rugby tournaments, even for school level there must be an ambulance present.

It was literally all about the money. After 6 years as an EMT-B I thought “hey this career is pretty great, if only there was a way I could be compensated decently for it”. So I went to paramedic school. You don’t know me

This article's from the UK where ambulances are free

I did after a fall. I’m a few mins from the hospital. Ambulance ride would be $500+ even with insurance. Uber: $10. I hit my head and needed a CT scan, literally no reason to take an ambulance out of service for a ride there.

'Don't play footie. Don't go shopping. Protect our NHS.'

as long as it's not handegg

...It doesn't matter how much a person loves a career, they need enough money to live. Also, the ambulances are run by paramedics and they go through so much shit. I don't know how bad the conditions are in the UK (though they must be pretty fucking bad for a strike), but I can tell you that in Canada, paramedics are over worked and underpaid and have been for ages. The rate of mental health issues, like PTSD, is through the roof in that profession. And no shit. They face dangerous situations, including violence, every day. They also often go above and beyond the job. An off duty paramedic literally saved my grandfather's life a few years ago. Man is a fucking hero and deserves twice the pay and far better working conditions than he gets.