My theory is that when police show up, something generally undesirable is happening (ticket, drug bust, domestic abuse etc). A Catastrophic way of thinking.
When EMS show up, even though we appreciate the help they give (rescue breathing on an infant, timely interventions for OD's, etc) we discount those positives and only see the bad situation that caused it in the first place.
Firefighters are seen as the men and women whose deeds are very overt and obvious that we are actively helping (running into the burning building, delivering the baby, helping out a lonely senior whose smoke detector is beeping etc). Despite the negatives, we look for the good in a bad situation.
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My theory is that when police show up, something generally undesirable is happening (ticket, drug bust, domestic abuse etc). A Catastrophic way of thinking.
When EMS show up, even though we appreciate the help they give (rescue breathing on an infant, timely interventions for OD's, etc) we discount those positives and only see the bad situation that caused it in the first place.
Firefighters are seen as the men and women whose deeds are very overt and obvious that we are actively helping (running into the burning building, delivering the baby, helping out a lonely senior whose smoke detector is beeping etc). Despite the negatives, we look for the good in a bad situation.